Otto Moerbeek <o...@drijf.net> wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 12:42:46PM +0100, Luca Di Gregorio wrote:
> 
> > # uname -a
> > OpenBSD XXXXX.my.domain 7.4 GENERIC#0 amd64
> > 
> > # ifconfig vxlan0 tunnel SOURCE_IP DEST_IP:8472 vnetid 5
> > # ifconfig vxlan0 inet 192.168.5.1/30
> > # ifconfig vxlan0 up
> > 
> >  # ifconfig vxlan0: I can't see the dest UDP port 8472 anywhere
> > vxlan0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> >         lladdr fe:e1:ba:d9:e4:0b
> >         index 18 llprio 3
> >         encap: vnetid 5 parent none txprio 0 rxprio outer
> >         groups: vxlan
> >         tunnel: inet  SOURCE_IP -->  DEST_IP  ttl 1 nodf
> >         Addresses (max cache: 100, timeout: 240):
> >         inet 192.168.5.1 netmask 0xfffffffc broadcast 192.168.5.3
> > 
> > # ping 192.168.5.2
> > 
> > In tcpdump, I see that arp packets are sent to UDP port 4789, not 8472:
> > SOURCE_IP.4789 >  DEST_IP.4789: VXLAN vni 5: arp who-has 192.168.5.2 tell
> > 192.168.5.1 [ttl 1]
> > 
> > Is this a bug?
> 
> It helps to read the vxlan(4) manpage, specifcially the paragraph abouts 
> ports.

Is there any reason to allow people to use non-standard ports?  Equipment that
does this is rare.

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