Re: openvpn bridge using NetBSD 4.0(i86) and XP?

[Stephen Borrill <netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost>]

On Wed, 2 Apr 2008, Carl Brewer wrote:
> I'm looking to hook up a VOIP phone from a client's home to their work, at 
> home they have a PC running XP hooked up to a generic DSL router doing NAT, 
> and their work system has NetBSD 4.0 (i386) as their network gateway (also 
> NAT'ing) and the PBX is inside their network.  The easiest way to do this 
> that I can see is to use OpenVPN as an ethernet bridge, SIP's a terrible 
> protocol to pass through firewalls etc, and I figure the simplest way (if not 
> necessarily the most efficient) will be to bridge the network.
[snip]

Not quite what you are asking, but I've had no problems at all with using 
OpenVPN in routing (i.e. tun) mode to do exactly this. I've even gone as 
far as making client to client calls.

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Stephen