From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lennert Buytenhek Subject: Re: [RFC] gre: transparent ethernet bridging Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 15:09:20 +0200 Message-ID: <20060810130920.GH17652@xi.wantstofly.org> References: <44CEAB31.5090501@snapgear.com> <20060731220822.444f04e4@localhost.localdomain> <20060802074223.GA23715@xi.wantstofly.org> <44D15265.4090905@snapgear.com> <20060803073307.GA29775@xi.wantstofly.org> <44D1BE93.1080308@snapgear.com> <20060803194016.GC527@xi.wantstofly.org> <44D29C47.6080407@snapgear.com> <20060804080236.GA4106@xi.wantstofly.org> <44D69D82.1090407@snapgear.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Stephen Hemminger , netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from alephnull.demon.nl ([83.160.184.112]:64407 "EHLO xi.wantstofly.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161504AbWHJNJY (ORCPT ); Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:09:24 -0400 To: Philip Craig Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <44D69D82.1090407@snapgear.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 11:55:14AM +1000, Philip Craig wrote: > > I have one machine at home that appears to be on my employer's network > > via such a tunnel. I don't use bridging, because I don't need any other > > machine at home to access this tunnel. I do want bridging, and not proxy > > ARP, because it allows me to run arpwatch, and doesn't require me to > > reconfigure something at the remote end if I, for example, want to add > > another IP address to my home box. > > Okay. > If this is using Linux, do you have a patch that does this already? I use vtun: http://vtun.sourceforge.net/ But I would prefer using some in-kernel ethernet tunneling method with ipsec instead.