Extended VLAN?

Ross Cameron abalour at gmail.com
Tue Apr 13 22:24:07 UTC 2010


Look into OpenVPN's bridge mode.
    www.openvpn.net

I use it to bridge networks like what you have in mind quite regularly.



On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Dan D Niles <dan at more.net> wrote:
> I have two FreeBSD routers.  I would like both locations to share the
> 10.10.0.0/16 network.  If I were using Cisco routers I would use
> extended VLANs.  How would I do that with FreeBSD routers?
>
> I already have a tunnel set up and routing different networks in the
> 192.168.0.0/16 range.
>
> Router A:
>
> ifconfig em2 inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
> ifconfig gif0 create 192.168.1.1 192.168.2.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 tunnel <routerA> <routerB>
> route add 192.168.2.0/24 129.168.2.1
>
> Router B:
>
> ifconfig em2 inet 192.168.2.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
> ifconfig gif0 create 192.168.2.1 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 tunnel <routerB> <routerA>
> route add 192.168.1.0/24 129.168.1.1
>
> This routes traffic between 192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.2.0/24 as I would
> expect.
>
> The docs say I can use a tunnel with a bridge, which seems like it would
> do what I want.
>
> Router A:
>
> ifconfig em3 inet 10.10.1.1 netmask 255.255.0.0
> ifconfig bridge0 create addm em3 addm gif0
>
> Router B:
>
> ifconfig em3 inet 10.10.2.1 netmask 255.255.0.0
> ifconfig bridge0 create addm em3 addm gif0
>
> I cannot ping 10.10.2.1 from router A or 10.10.1.1 from router B.
>
> Should I be able to use a bridge this way?  Am I missing some piece?
>
> Is there an easier/better way to extend a VLAN with FreeBSD routers?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Dan
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> freebsd-questions at freebsd.org mailing list
> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions
> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe at freebsd.org"
>



-- 
"Opportunity is most often missed by people because it is dressed in
overalls and looks like work."
    Thomas Alva Edison
    Inventor of 1093 patents, including:
        The light bulb, phonogram and motion pictures.


More information about the freebsd-questions mailing list