X-Git-Url: https://tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?p=tinc;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Ftinc.texi;h=abbfeb31daf9dcb959fcb82334ccbf79de808574;hp=dba075403dc4b7a62fa96e5bbf955681da16956e;hb=ab90fa9bd1a653a330be7ef11293000721a0e7b4;hpb=14979f835df4214a7c2510852f7ffedc9e08c2c0 diff --git a/doc/tinc.texi b/doc/tinc.texi index dba07540..abbfeb31 100644 --- a/doc/tinc.texi +++ b/doc/tinc.texi @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*- -@c $Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.22 2002/03/01 13:38:02 guus Exp $ +@c $Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.23 2002/03/01 14:25:10 guus Exp $ @c %**start of header @setfilename tinc.info @settitle tinc Manual @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1998-2002 Ivo Timmermans , Guus Sliepen and Wessel Dankers . -$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.22 2002/03/01 13:38:02 guus Exp $ +$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.23 2002/03/01 14:25:10 guus Exp $ Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Copyright @copyright{} 1998-2002 Ivo Timmermans , Guus Sliepen and Wessel Dankers . -$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.22 2002/03/01 13:38:02 guus Exp $ +$Id: tinc.texi,v 1.8.4.23 2002/03/01 14:25:10 guus Exp $ Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are @@ -813,13 +813,15 @@ Only unicast packets of routable protocols (IPv4 and IPv6) are supported in this @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 @@ -829,6 +831,11 @@ are valid. It is common practice to change keys at regular intervals to make it even harder for crackers, even though it is thought to be nearly impossible to crack a single key. +@cindex MACExpire +@item MACExpire = (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 = } This is a symbolic name for this connection. It can be anything