From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 20 01:42:48 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA09191 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:42:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (gatekeeper.barcode.co.il [192.116.93.17]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA09186 for ; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 01:42:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from smap@localhost) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il (8.8.5/8.6.12) id LAA08836; Wed, 20 Aug 1997 11:41:41 +0300 (IDT) X-Authentication-Warning: gatekeeper.barcode.co.il: smap set sender to using -f Received: from localhost.barcode.co.il(127.0.0.1) by gatekeeper.barcode.co.il via smap (V1.3) id sma008833; Wed Aug 20 11:41:17 1997 Message-ID: <33FAAD9F.3DAD@barcode.co.il> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 11:41:03 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4u) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Paul T. Root" CC: Questions FreeBSD Subject: Re: IP tunneling References: <199708191533.KAA21144@horton.iaces.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Paul T. Root wrote: > > This is kind of a pie in the sky question. > > Is there any software for Unix (FreeBSD or whatever else) that would allow > me to do IP tunneling in IP. What I mean is can I setup some software that > will make 2 or more machines think they are directly connected to each other > while actually being a couple of hops apart. > > Cisco's can do this cisco to Cisco. > > Thanks, > Paul. > -- > "I think I left it in the basement. I'll run upstairs and have a look." > --M.C. Escher ppp (user-mode PPP) supports PPP over TCP. It's not quite the same, but it may be good enough for you. The man page in 3.0-current has more info (I think it also works with older versions, but it's not that well documented). Nadav