Extended VLAN?

[Dan D Niles]

On Wed, 2010-04-14 at 00:23 +0200, Ross Cameron wrote:
> Look into OpenVPN's bridge mode.
>     www.openvpn.net
> 
> I use it to bridge networks like what you have in mind quite regularly.

Thanks,  I'll look into that.

> 
> 
> 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
> >
> >
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