hello newbie question !

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Francisco Teng Jr. a écrit :

>Hello Guus,
>
>I tried forwarding both UDP and TCP, same results.
>
>Regarding windows bridging, I was hoping to not depend on Windows XP
>for bridging.  I also dont see any way of performing bridging under
>Windows.
>
>I currently have a software running under win2k that does not work
>under Windows XP.   It uses Netbios broadcasts, etc. so I have to
>depend on the hub mode of tinc.
>
>I'll try your suggestion of using the same address on the NIC and the
>VPN adapter.   Maybe it will work.
>
>
>
>But putting you on the spot ... in your expert technical opinion, is
>it possible to do what I am planning on two win2k  machines ?
>
>Thanks for your response.   Appreciate it very much.
>
>
>
>Francisco
>

If you need to uses broadcast you must run tinc in switch mode. In 
routing mode only unicast can pass trough the vpn.
But take care, if you uses switch mode I think you must have the same 
subnet on the two side of your vpn (to test, I am not sure).

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