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explain effect of --topology subnet on --ifconfig
The fact that the second parameter of --ifconfig is no longer a "remote address" but a "netmask" when using --dev tun and --topology subnet was not documented clearly enough. Trac #370 Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de> Acked-by: Steffan Karger <steffan.karger@fox-it.com> Message-Id: <1430216419-11943-1-git-send-email-gert@greenie.muc.de> URL: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.openvpn.devel/9616
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@ -798,6 +798,12 @@ driver supports an
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command which sets a subnet instead of a remote endpoint IP address.
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This option exists in OpenVPN 2.1 or higher.
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Note: Using
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.B \-\-topology subnet
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changes the interpretation of the arguments of
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.B \-\-ifconfig
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to mean "address netmask", no longer "local remote".
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.TP
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.B \-\-tun-ipv6
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@ -861,16 +867,21 @@ May be used in order to execute OpenVPN in unprivileged environment.
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Set TUN/TAP adapter parameters.
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.B l
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is the IP address of the local VPN endpoint.
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For TUN devices,
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For TUN devices in point-to-point mode,
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.B rn
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is the IP address of the remote VPN endpoint.
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For TAP devices,
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For TAP devices, or TUN devices used with
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.B \-\-topology subnet,
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.B rn
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is the subnet mask of the virtual ethernet segment
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is the subnet mask of the virtual network segment
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which is being created or connected to.
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For TUN devices, which facilitate virtual
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point-to-point IP connections,
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point-to-point IP connections (when used in
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.B \-\-topology net30
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or
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.B p2p
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mode),
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the proper usage of
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.B \-\-ifconfig
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is to use two private IP addresses
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@ -885,7 +896,9 @@ you will be pinging across the VPN.
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For TAP devices, which provide
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the ability to create virtual
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ethernet segments,
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ethernet segments, or TUN devices in
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.B --topology subnet
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mode (which create virtual "multipoint networks"),
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.B \-\-ifconfig
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is used to set an IP address and
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subnet mask just as a physical
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