On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 02:57:24PM +0200, Walter Zimmer wrote: > We have been assigned a task to connect a remote host over an > access network to the main network. To put this in ASCII art: > > remote host main network > --- --- > | | | | > --- --- > | | > | | > | | > --- --- > | |---access network---| | > --- --- > router1 (linux) router2 (linux) > ... > - ARP > - DHCP > - IP > > ...must all work transparently. > > Tunneling is not an option, since the packets must be inspectable > by the access network. If you don't tunnel, how will your packet travel through the "access network"? Whatever you do to transport those packets between router1 and router2, it is a form of "tunnel" --- unless you have discovered a practical way to teleport! -- Mojahed System Administrator, Agni Systems Limited - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
