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From: James Carlson <carlsonj@workingcode.com>
To: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ppp / open vpn
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:29:37 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4D2DC8E1.4040005@workingcode.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <W90767349010091294791641@webmail30>

On 01/12/11 10:17, tony.chamberlain@lemko.com wrote:
>>> inet addr:10.1.0.6 P-t-P:10.1.0.6 Mask:255.0.0.0
> 
>> That doesn't look happy. Why would both the local and remote address be
>> equal? (I wouldn't expect a functioning system to allow a configuration
>> like that.)
> 
> I thought the same thing, but that is how openvpnas sets up the routes.
> As for changing the software so it does not kill all the tunnels, I agree
> completely (as I agree they should use two different config files for
> routing traffic, one to route everything through VPN and one to route
> everything through ethernet) but I have no control over that.  I can't
> change the software.

Ah, the classic overconstrained problem.  Good luck.

At least the IP routing part of the solution should work.

-- 
James Carlson         42.703N 71.076W         <carlsonj@workingcode.com>

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-01-12 15:29 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-01-12  0:20 ppp / open vpn tony.chamberlain
2011-01-12 14:57 ` James Carlson
2011-01-12 15:17 ` tony.chamberlain
2011-01-12 15:29 ` James Carlson [this message]
2011-01-12 21:17 ` Jan Just Keijser
2011-01-12 21:26 ` James Carlson
2011-01-13  1:47 ` Jan Just Keijser
2011-01-13 12:41 ` tony.chamberlain
2011-01-13 14:02 ` Charlie Brady

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