Package: openvpn
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
Hi,
there are quite some howtos around providing overly complex scripts
to setup a bridge for OpenVPN while the bridge-utils package provides
some nice integration for /etc/network/interfaces. Maybe it would help
to add a note about this to the README.Debian. Attached is my proposal
with a small example.
Sven
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-trunk-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
--- README.Debian.orig 2010-10-05 15:16:59.000000000 +0200
+++ README.Debian 2010-10-05 15:23:40.000000000 +0200
@@ -89,6 +89,27 @@
in the same file
+If you'd like to use a bridged setup (utilizing a tap device) Debian provides
+some helper tools in the bridge-utils package to help you setting up your
+bridge via /etc/network/interfaces.
+
+An easy example, creating a bridge interface 'br0' from 'eth0' and 'tap0',
+can look like this:
+
+ auto lo br0 eth1
+ allow-hotplug eth0
+
+ iface br0 inet static
+ address 192.168.1.1
+ network 192.168.1.0
+ netmask 255.255.255.0
+ broadcast 192.168.1.255
+ bridge_ports eth0 tap0
+ pre-up openvpn --mktun --dev tap0
+
+It's recommended to read the manpage - man 5 bridge-utils-interfaces - aswell.
+
+
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# Compatibility notes on 2.x vs 1.x #
#####################################
@@ -195,4 +216,4 @@
Kudos to him, for finding out and proposing a solution.
- -- Alberto Gonzalez Iniesta <[email protected]> Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:46:30
+0200
+ -- Sven Hoexter <[email protected]>, Tue, 5 Oct 2010 15:23:40 +0200
