May be it's a problem of diald -- I have a production system with three simultaneous tunnel vision vpns running on tap0, tap1 and tap2.
Werner > -----Original Message----- > From: I. Forbes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 12:54 PM > To: debian-isp@lists.debian.org > Subject: RE: VPN recomendations > > > Hello All > > Tunnelv is a userland package that works via the ethertap device. It > is quite neat and totally secure. > > But it has a bug that conflicts with diald. Diald will also use the > ethertap device if the kernel supports it. The bug is that both > packages insist on using the first device "tap0" - at the same time. > I could not find an easy solution to make one of them use "tap1" - I > must still file a bug report. > > Also the debian (potato) package is a bit lacking in scripts for > starting and stopping the daemon. You will need to put together > some clever stuff to put in /etc/init.d/tunnelv (which is not in the > package) and maybe in /etc/ppp/ip-up and /etc/ppp/ip-down on the > other end. I suppose it all depends on what kind of network you > are working on. > > Ian Forbes > > > On 14 Sep 2000, at 10:09, Werner Fleck wrote: > > > I am using Tunnel Vision > (http://www.worldvisions.ca/tunnelv/) for 18 months > > now. It is easy to configure and it works very reliable. > And there is a > > debian package "tunnelv". > > > > Werner > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kim O [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 7:42 AM > > > To: debian-isp@lists.debian.org > > > Subject: VPN recomendations > > > > > > > > > was just wondering what the best way is to do VPN between > > > linux servers in > > > different places to establish a small private network over public > > > infrastructure. packages,software or howtos appreciated. > > > > > > thanks > > > > > > Kim > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ian Forbes ZSD > http://www.zsd.co.za > Office: +27 +21 683-1388 Fax: +27 +21 64-1106 > Snail Mail: P.O. Box 46827, Glosderry, 7702, South Africa > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >