netname by id - possible?

[Guus Sliepen]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 10:49:47AM +0200, Jan Lühr wrote:

> >> short one: If a server is running multiple networks - is it possible to assign networks by host-id?
> >> I mean:
> >> Node supplies id A on handshake -> netwerk abc
> >> Node supplies id X on handshake -> network xyz
> >> etc.
> > 
> > No. Why would you want to do this anyway?
> 
> Consider a set of gateway-nodes running different networks. Each network is bridged to a different vlan.
> Eg: 
> network A -> vlan 1000
> network B -> vlan 1001
> network C -> vlan 1002
> 
> In this scenerio a client-node has to choose its vlan by using a certain tcp / udp port. This requires new configuration to be distributed, if vlan changes occur.
> However I'd prefer to manage these vlans on the gateway-nodes only.

Ah, I thought you wanted a routed setup, but now you are bringing layer 2 into
the picture! I still don't know what problem you are trying to solve. Why do
you need different VLANs, and why do you need to be able to change which one a
node belongs to?

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