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In message <4794D038.60206@xxxxxxxxxx>, Todor Boev <t.boev@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The tricky part is that I also want the laptop to be on the VPN so that > it remains on the network while I travel around. As I understand it my > laptop will at all times be on two IP networks: the current physical > network and the VPN. However when I get back home each nigh the current > physical network is provided by the wireless access point of my router. > So my laptop will suddenly have two interfaces with IP's on the same > network. I heard this is called to be "multihomed". My question is will > this create any problems for me or things will just work? There is a potential problems here, you may get a tunnelling loop. With a Windows XP laptop you certainly will, which can be solved by manually specifying interface priorities (Advanced button in the TCPIP properties window) With a Linux laptop thing are more difficult as Linux will reply to ARP requests for any owned address on any interface, with that interface's MAC address. -- OpenPGP key fingerprint: D0A6 F403 9745 CED4 6B3B 94CC 8D74 8FC9 9F7F CFE4 ____________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users Warning: require_once(../../../archive_common.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/openvpn/domains/openvpn.net/public_html/archive/openvpn-users/2008-02/msg00052.html on line 199 Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '../../../archive_common.php' (include_path='/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/openvpn/domains/openvpn.net/public_html/archive/openvpn-users/2008-02/msg00052.html on line 199 |