On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 09:16:39PM -0500, xerid@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hello, > I'm new to networking and Linux. > I was wondering what a v35 connection was. It's a type of serial connection, better suited for DSL-speeds than standard RS-232. > Also, I want to create my own WAN using IP tunneling from my LAN to my > friends LAN (would that be considered a WAN), and I want to know if the > instructions I found in the HOW-TO will work with other systems such as FreeBSD > or Solaris. I know it said IP-2-IP is Linux only, but do they all use GRE? Um, > one more things. The in the tunneling section of the HOW-TO, data encryption was > not mentioned. I would like to encrypt the tunnel, but how? Try vtun - http://vtun.sourceforge.net/ It runs on linux, freebsd and solaris, and supports compression and encryption; if you're feeling wild, you can even tunnel raw ethernet frames, and set up a tunneled ethernet-bridge. Regards, -- Q_. Jasper Spaans <j@xxxxxxxx> `~\ http://jsp.ds9a.nl/ Mr /\ Tel/Fax: +31-20-8749842 Zap <Your ad here?>
