Set Mac address

albi at life.de albi at life.de
Tue Aug 30 12:56:18 CEST 2016


> If you're using a TAP interface (i.e. layer 2, Ethernet) combined with router mode (an unusual setup, at least on
> Linux),

Thanks,
DeviceType = tap
does the job.


> operating at layer 3, therefore tinc will strip any layer 2 header (including the MAC address) before sending the packet
> across the VPN. As a result, changing the MAC address of the virtual interface will have pretty much no effect when
> running in that mode.

Yes, but I like to run a central dhcp Server inside tinc vpn (relays will use the server) and the dhcp server will not
start without mac address. isc-dhcp-server. Now it works fine.


ALBI...



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