[MLUG] Help with network bridge (or any other solution)

[Nick Nobody]

On Thu, 2009-03-26 at 20:10 -0400, Aurelian Melinte wrote:
> >
> >You can use brctl[1] for transparent bridging but that's only if DHCP
> >will work over the vpn tunnel. Otherwise set up NAT[2] on your "tun"
> >machine using iptables. From there you can use static IPs for the client
> >machines or set up a DHCP server on the "tun" box to provide them with
> >IP addresses.
> 
> 
> 
> The bridge does not likes the tun interface. I think this is because tun is IP level, not Ethernet: 
> 
> # brctl addif mybr1 cscotun0
> can't add cscotun0 to bridge mybr1: Invalid argument
> 
> 
> I am left with NAT.
> 
> Thanks,
> a.
> 

Oops, I was thinking of a TAP interface.

Sorry for the confusion,

nick