Hi

at 11.10.2011 00:08, groups, freeman wrote:
> Sort of a brief, general question, having spent 8 hrs on this and gotten 
> nowhere.
> 
> I currently have LEAF uC v3.1.1b3 router, with extensive shorewall rules 
> for eth1 (my LAN).
> 
> If I want to migrate to using OpenVPN, road warrior setup (incl using 
> bridging and not routing to access the eth1 network), I need to remove 
> eth1 from my interfaces file and activate br0, I believe.

Mhhh... yes this makes browsing (in a SMB sense) easier, but you may be
paying dearly on the bandwidth side. Typically on the OpenVPN list the
general feeling is "if you don't need bridging, dont use it".

> 
> However since all my shorewall rules refer to eth1 I need to change 
> those to be for br0, yes?

If you bridge eth1 and tap(n), yes. They are considered one network.

> 
> Just want to confirm that last point since it'll be a pile of work (incl 
> the fact that I have a eth1:1 interface that'll complicate things) to do 
> such a switch.

> 
> I guess I could use the routing method, but prefer the bridging method 
> because I want to use Windows network shares, etc.

Have you consiered to deploy a WINS service somewhere?

cheers

Erich

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