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@settitle tinc Manual
<itimmermans@@bigfoot.com>, Guus Sliepen <guus@@sliepen.warande.net> and
Wessel Dankers <wsl@@nl.linux.org>.
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<itimmermans@@bigfoot.com>, Guus Sliepen <guus@@sliepen.warande.net> and
Wessel Dankers <wsl@@nl.linux.org>.
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@cindex switch
@item switch
In this mode the MAC addresses of the packets on the VPN will be used to
-dynamically create a routing table just like a network switch does.
-Unicast, multicast and broadcast packets of every ethernet protocol are supported in this mode
+dynamically create a routing table just like an Ethernet switch does.
+Unicast, multicast and broadcast packets of every protocol that runs over Ethernet are supported in this mode
at the cost of frequent broadcast ARP requests and routing table updates.
@cindex hub
@item hub
-In this mode every packet will be broadcast to the other daemons.
+This mode is almost the same as the switch mode, but instead
+every packet will be broadcast to the other daemons
+while no routing table is managed.
@end table
@cindex KeyExpire
make it even harder for crackers, even though it is thought to be nearly
impossible to crack a single key.
+@cindex MACExpire
+@item MACExpire = <seconds> (600)
+This option controls the amount of time MAC addresses are kept before they are removed.
+This only has effect when Mode is set to "switch".
+
@cindex Name
@item @strong{Name = <name>}
This is a symbolic name for this connection. It can be anything