Set Mac address

[Etienne Dechamps]

Running a DHCP server over a tinc VPN operating in router mode is a very
weird setup. In theory one *might* be able to make it work, but since every
node needs to be statically configured with tinc routing information anyway
("Subnet" configuration), that doesn't sound very useful to me.

On 30 August 2016 at 11:56, <albi at life.de> wrote:

> > If you're using a TAP interface (i.e. layer 2, Ethernet) combined with
> router mode (an unusual setup, at least on
> > Linux),
>
> Thanks,
> DeviceType = tap
> does the job.
>
>
> > operating at layer 3, therefore tinc will strip any layer 2 header
> (including the MAC address) before sending the packet
> > across the VPN. As a result, changing the MAC address of the virtual
> interface will have pretty much no effect when
> > running in that mode.
>
> Yes, but I like to run a central dhcp Server inside tinc vpn (relays will
> use the server) and the dhcp server will not
> start without mac address. isc-dhcp-server. Now it works fine.
>
>
> ALBI...
>
>
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