Date: Mon, 22 Feb 1999 19:23:10 -0800 (PST) From: eddy@isi.edu To: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ethernet segment spliting Message-ID: <14034.5665.522309.576539@kit.isi.edu> In-Reply-To: <19990223132752.B6930@caamora.com.au> References: <002c01be5ec5$0a5455e0$9e2594d1@ws2600> <19990223132752.B6930@caamora.com.au>
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jonathan michaels states:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 1999 at 04:39:56PM -0800, Derek Jewett wrote:
> i don;t think so derek, the best way to describe it is that i have one class c
> addr and i wnat to use this to setup a 'wan' with just this one addr space.
> problem being that thier are 3 (at teh moment) locations that are
> gepgraphically disperced and can only be reached by ppp over telephone lines.
>
this is really straight forward if i understand your needs, where B?
are the bridges connected via PPP links.
PPP
*-B1 ----- B2-*
\ /
PPP \ / PPP
\ /
B3
|
*
assuming your each of your bridges connects directly to atleast one
of the other bridges, (i.e. you are _not_ relying on an ISP to get
from one bridge to another, (if you were relying on an ISP between
bridges then a VPN is needed)). CIDR is irrelavent here.
the bridges above will be not be doing any IP routing, just forwarding
IP packets based on MAC addresses. you can do this with cisco's and
i'd assume most other major bridge/router vendors. of course you may
run into serious traffic jams if your bridging ethernet over a much
slower line, like a 56k.
i'm not sure if this can be done with freebsd however. Luigi's bridge
code and ppp would be the place to look (Luigi will probably be able
to answer this :).
- rusty
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