On Saturday 22 January 2005 15:50, Holly Bostick wrote: > But here's my question: is this issue not occurring solely because the > user is trying to connect to said VPN through software? > > My ISP uses VPN as well, and at the moment I connect via the LAN using > software routing on a Windows machine (the presence of Windows bypasses > the OP's issue). However, we are waiting for a router, which supports > VPN in hardware and is compatible with both UNIX and Windows, and is > configured via a web interface.
Don't believe that routers do it "in hardware", they don't. ;-) > > So if the OP had such a router (or, alternatively, if and when I get my > bf to switch to Linux, making this a one-OS household), such a kernel > patch would no longer be necessary, would it (because the router > understands VPN perfectly well, so as long as I give it the correct > configuration details, it would work fine)? Yes, it will work with any OS that talks TCP/IP. The router will hold up the tunnels for the VPN and all your computers see will be a normal IP connection. Don't worry! One thing you probably should do (after you have got your router) is set the MTUs (Maximum Transfer Unit) of your computers' ethernet interfaces a bit lower than the usual 1500 to avoid IP fragmentation. I don't know the *exact* number off the top of my head but 1400 should do: ifconfig eth0 mtu 1400 > > Or am I missing something (I'm no network guru ;-) )? :-) Again: Don't worry, the router will take care of the VPN. Uwe -- Alternative phrasing of the First Law of Thermodynamics: If you eat it, and you don't burn it off, you'll sit on it. http://www.uwix.iway.na (last updated: 20.06.2004) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
