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From: Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: Best layer 2 bridge over IP solution ?
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On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 11:43:31PM -0000, Andrew White wrote:
A> I'm looking for suggestions to the problem below, any help appreciated !!
A> 
A> I have several offices which use LAT MOP and IPX.  This works over the
A> existing WAN as it is a combination of bridging and routing (routed IP ).
A> 
A> I would like to move to a pure IP network, but need to transport these
A> protocols until we can remove them entirely from the network.
A> 
A> Is Vtun and netgraph the way to go ? Or is there a simple more stable/proven
A> method of achiving this ?

You should try ng_bridge using ng_ksocket or ng_gif as IP transport.

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