You cannot assign to a bridge interface that is not ehternet-like. If you wish to do bridging via tunnel, you must use ethertap tunnel. The easiest way is vtun - http://vtun.sf.net, but it works in userspace and eats lot of cpu for higher bandwidths.
Any know solutions for creating ethertap tunnels in kernel space ? -- Nikolay Datchev On Sun, 5 May 2002, J. Waldram wrote: > I have a functioning nf bridge (system has an IP address). From a remote > subnet/network I create a VPN using ssh and PPP to get an active interface > ppp0 on each end. When I attempt to "brctl addif <bridgename> ppp0" an > error: > br_add_interface: Invalid argument > > I am trying to have a local (internet routable) subnet extend through the > VPN to the remote site. What obvious points am I missing? > > -- > Jim Waldram Executive Programmer Analyst > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Atmospheric Science > 307-766-5351 (Ph) University of Wyoming > 307-766-2635 (Fax) Box 3038, Laramie, WY > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bridge mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/mailman/listinfo/bridge > _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.math.leidenuniv.nl/mailman/listinfo/bridge
