Subject: Re: Should tap(4) and etherip(4) really clutter dmesg?
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Lubomir Sedlacik <salo@Xtrmntr.org>
List: current-users
Date: 02/27/2007 02:50:42
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On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 08:45:06PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote:
> is the MAC address ever actually used? eg would a remote openvpn
> server know the MAC of a local client tap?
>=20
> I guess I thought the physical interface mac would be used; there's no
> link layer protocol on localhost, right?

think bridge(4).

i actually use this trick quite often, since NetBSD doesn't allow MAC
address change on network interfaces.


regards,

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