Routing problems?

[Jim Chapman]

Ha! Total Misunderstanding!  I shall look to my firewall :-)

Many thanks

jim

On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 15:53:17 +0200
Guus Sliepen <guus at sliepen.eu.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 02:29:08PM +0100, Jim Chapman wrote:
> 
> > I did think of that, however, I don't think that's the case
> > because this is a star configuration.  A branch can lose
> > connectivity with the center, such that the center can't ping the
> > branch but if the branch pings the center things are happy again. 
> > However, other branches still have full VPN connectivity to the
> > 'dead' branch, routed through the center (which is the center of the
> > star)  So UDP is getting through in both directions between branch
> > and center.
> 
> If a branch wants to send something to another branch, the tinc daemon
> on the first branch will directly send it to the other branch. So
> packets between branches will never go via the center.
> 
> -- 
> Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
>     Guus Sliepen <guus at sliepen.eu.org>
> 
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