On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 04:54:46PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Uhm... Yes. > > > # ifconfig tun0 > > tun0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr > > 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 > > Silly bear! That is the tun device. Never tunnel the tun device. > > > The above is from the VPS, with the openvpn connection from the laptop > > running. This is a tun device, which doesn't require a MAC address at > > all to function as I understand it. > > Right. Which does not have anything to do with the way proxy arp is > set up. > > > I thought this over again with my brain fresher in the afternoon than > > it was last night, and you are right, it would work in this situation > > as long as the tun device had a MAC address of course. > > Do not attempt to proxy arp the tunnel device. That way leads to madness. > > I am going to stop here. You are good to go. I am so very short of > time right now that I don't have more time to play. Sorry. You have > found a perfectly fine way to proceed. I am sorry I ever mentioned > any alternative methods.
Ok, though I'll say I'm left scratching my head after reading your reply. It's as if we're discussing two different things. Maybe we are for all I know. Don't be sorry you mentioned alternative methods. Maybe your way of doing something is better than mine, and I mean this in a general sense. I'd personally rather have a choice than have no choice. If you feel like elaborating on the above once you have more time, then by all means please do so. Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn..net gpg public key: http://www.gregn..net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-mana...@eu.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130824000420.ga6...@gregn.net
