On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 04:33:24PM +0100, Bernd Aufrecht wrote: > >> Can i ask why you are bridging a openvpn interface ? why not route ? > > For security reasons. My wireless access point has only WEP and so i > have it connected to my second LAN Port on my home server. I then use > openvpn to connect from from my notebook and bridge into the my local > lan. > > This setup separates the WiFi network completely from my lan and creates > an additional security barrier for intruders.
seems overly complicated, I used to do something similar, but why not
use routing at my place I use 192.168.8.0/22 for the whole area 10 for
wlan 11 lan 8 for vpn's 9 as adhoc, let the routing take care of the
rest. .1 is the dgw for all the lans
I am just curios why the extra hassle of a bridge
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