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[Openvpn-users] Re: Corrected version of "OpenVPN makes vpn-Server unreachable at iso/osi level if a client connects"


  • Subject: [Openvpn-users] Re: Corrected version of "OpenVPN makes vpn-Server unreachable at iso/osi level if a client connects"
  • From: Charles Duffy <cduffy@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 10:20:51 -0500

On Sun, 04 Sep 2005 10:55:41 +0200, Markus Mueller wrote:

> So I found news about the problem: The problem doesn't occure as long as I
> on't add the tap inferface on the server into the bridge (brctl addif 
> br0 tap1)! > As long it isn't in the bridge I can ping the tap
> interface! If I add the interface > into bridge, it still works some
> seconds and then hangs. Anybody have a hint about that? I think this
> looks like a linux kernel bridgeing problem?

You can never ping an interface that's part of a bridge -- such an
interface isn't supposed to have an IP anyhow. Instead, you should be
trying to ping *the bridge itself*, which should have an IP assigned.


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