One way to have broadcasting sent over wan links is to use cipe in bridging mode.
I have created a package that does just this. Before anyone asks why I want this the reason is pretty simple. A lot of lan games tend to use broadcasting to find the game server, so this way I am trying to play lan games over the internet. As for a business reason to do this, I can't come up with a good example neither. Kim >-- Origineel Bericht -- >From: "Charles Steinkuehler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "stefan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [leaf-user] broadcast through pptp-connection (bering rc3) >Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:13:16 -0500 > > >> i want to send broadcast-packet through a pptp-connection. any ideas >?? > >I won't bother to ask why, but this is generally a bad idea. The only >networking software I know of that's broken enough to need to send >broadcast packets down a WAN link is Microsoft's file sharing...they >actually pitch their ability to route broadcast traffic as a feature, >not as a requirement of their broken protocols. Even with M$ >networking, however, there are ways around needing to tunnel broadcast >packets.. > >Anyway, check into L2TP (Level 2 Tunneling Protocol), which is the M$ >mechanism used to pipe broadcast traffic across routers & WAN links. >There's a linux version of this available, which you should be able to >run on your LEAF system. Sorry, but I don't recall the linux project >name offhand...a quick google search for linux and l2tp should point you >in the right direction... > >Charles Steinkuehler >http://lrp.steinkuehler.net >http://c0wz.steinkuehler.net (lrp.c0wz.com mirror) > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber - The world's fastest growing >real-time communications platform! Don't just IM. Build it in! >http://www.jabber.com/osdn/xim >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user >SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: Jabber - The world's fastest growing real-time communications platform! Don't just IM. Build it in! http://www.jabber.com/osdn/xim ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
