Router mode and MAC addresses

[Guus Sliepen]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 12:40:26PM +0100, Etienne Dechamps wrote:

> >That's correct. The main reason for this is that the protocol was fixed in tinc
> >1.0. In tinc 1.1, when using the new protocol, the Ethernet header is omitted
> >in router mode.
> 
> Well, actually, my inquiry was about tinc-1.1pre7. Is there
> something I missed in the code that throws away the Ethernet header
> before sending packets in the current 1.1 branch?

Yes, already since tinc 1.1pre3, in send_sptps_packet() in net_packet.c, the
Ethernet header is stripped when in router mode. You need to enable
ExperimentalProtocol to enable this (it will be on by default in the next
release).

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