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Re: [Openvpn-users] Re: [Openvpn-devel] TINC and OpenVPN tunnel performance on a Windows client


  • Subject: Re: [Openvpn-users] Re: [Openvpn-devel] TINC and OpenVPN tunnel performance on a Windows client
  • From: AthlonRob <AthlonRob@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 23:36:51 -0800

On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 15:35, Erik Anderson wrote:
> Can one bridge TUN devices as easily as TAP devices?

I don't believe you can bridge TUN devices at all, as a bridge is
supposed to look at ethernet frames and not the protocols themselves.

TUN is, as far as I understand, a TCP/IP only kind of thing.  You don't
run broadcasts or other protocols over it.

TAP tunnels the ethernet frames themselves, so theoretically it is as
powerful as if you had an ethernet card with a cable going to the other
system... and you can do everything with it.

My understanding is that since all we're really concerned with is IP
type stuff, TUN is a bit faster and more consistent because that's all
it deals with.  TAP drivers, since they deal with so much more, are
going to have a little bit more overhead in their connections and
therefore run just a wee bit slower.

As far as I'm concerned, TAP's ability to be added to a bridge makes it
the best option for me.  I'd much rather use TAP and bridge myself in
than use the TUN driver and have to worry about odd routing tables and
the like.

Rob


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