Miika Keskinen <we...@xther.net> said: > Hi. > > How much functionality there needs to be implemented in order to get > multiple connections with one tap-adapter working? And then, should that > be implemented either by implementing ethernet-switch or maybe even with > bridging-code? Normally when talking about bridges there is limit of 256 > interfaces per bridge and I can see that as an issue.
OpenVPN would need to be a switch. That means scanning ARPs, learning MAC addresses, propagating broadcasts, etc. > Then again, another issue with windows version of openvpn and mostly > it's way of resolving whether it's run as service. It would be more than > nice to be able to call like os.popen("openvpn ....") on windows too but > called that way it cannot get those consolethingies and doesn't like it. > So anyone got this same problem? I think that identifying could be done > by other means. OpenVPN doesn't need to be run from a console window (otherwise running as a service wouldn't work). OpenVPN tries to open the console, but if it doesn't exist, it is nonfatal -- OpenVPN will continue to run. It does, however, want the standard file handles (especially stdout) to point to something so it can generate logging output. James > And sorry for my bad engrish ;) > > yours. > Miika Keskinen > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Openvpn-devel mailing list > Openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-devel > --