On Tue, Dec 09, 2008 at 07:49:04AM +1100, Rod Whitworth wrote: > I have a friend who has two internet connections. Lucky B! > > He wants me to have a look at some of his operation without travelling > to his site (loooong way). I would need to be able to effectively > duplicate some of his system and make it look like it was still at his > site. > > Hopefully I can keep the ASCII art intelligible. > > ISP#1------/30 with /29 over it-----Buddy's > router---------/30--------ISP#2 > | > 2 hosts on /29 > > He proposes that I work out how to use the second connection to "route" > all of the traffic from ISP#1 to a spare global IP that I have via > ISP#2 and the cloud and duplicate his setup here (the ISP#1 side and > hosts). I think "transport" would have been better than "route" but > that was his word. > > IOW the world needs to be able to get to my duplicate of his box and, > apart from latency, it should be transparent. > > Is this even possible? I've been dreaming of binatting the /30 end > point, but over a remote link? Don't think so. Some kind of tunnel? > > I've done some wierd things with networks* over the years but this > request tops the "Huh?" list. Or it is really easy and I just need more > sleep... > > * Not always intentionally. > > Anyone game? > > *** NOTE *** Please DO NOT CC me. I <am> subscribed to the list. > Mail to the sender address that does not originate at the list server is > tarpitted. The reply-to: address is provided for those who feel compelled to > reply off list. Thankyou. > > Rod/ > /earth: write failed, file system is full > cp: /earth/creatures: No space left on device >
The layer 2 IPSEC bridge example here has worked well for me in the past for extending networks: http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=brconfig&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386&format=html John
