Problems getting tinc running

[Guus Sliepen]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 04:18:05PM -0700, Jason wrote:

> My answer will probably differ a little from Guus's answer since he
> generally prefers router mode over switch mode, but I prefer to setup a new

Yes :)

> note that in switch mode, each interface in ur network needs its own mac
> addr. for my linux tinc boxes, i use the convention fe:fd:0:0:0:n where n is
> the same as the last digit of the ip of that box on the vpn subnet. on my
> windows boxes, i let the tun driver use the pseudorandom mac addr that it
> comes up with automatically.

Linux's tun/tap driver also assigns random MAC addresses, only the old
ethertap driver had a fixed one.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
    Guus Sliepen <guus at sliepen.eu.org>
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