Non TCP/IP traffic

[Guus Sliepen]

On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 12:52:09AM -0300, Marijn P. Vriens wrote:

> > > Can i make tinc route this IPX/SPX traffic and how do i make the firewall
> > > route this traffic from one interface to the virtual tinc interface.
> > >
> > > Is this at all possible?
> >
> > While I haven't actually done it, I see no reason why it wouldn't work.
> > Just use switch mode and do the IPX routing just like you would if the tinc
> > interfaces were real physical ethernet cards (assign the tinc switch network an IPX
> > net number, setup an internal IPX network, and setup IPX routing).
> 
> Would it also work from the client point of view? it's very likely that some
> of the VPN endpoints are going to be windows XP/2000 machines. To the windows
> implementation of Tinc, it's also "just an other interface"?.

It works on Windows as well.

> I was thinking more in the lines of using a ethernet bridge to bridge the
> internal<->vpn network. what would be the benefits of setting up a IPX router?

I think you have a bit more control over the traffix with the IPX
router, but bridging should get the job done as well.

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