taptunnel

Availability and IPv6 support

Name

IPv6 support

Supported operating systems

taptunnel

included

Linux only (uses ethertap device)

Description

taptunnel is a client and server for creating Ethernet tunnels over TCP/IP-networks (such as the Internet). It can be used to connect two private networks over a public one. It uses raw-ethernet, and therefore can tunnel a variety of protocols (IPX, ARP, IPv4, IPv6, DHCP, etc).

Comments

It is Linux 2.2 only. Usage discuraged by the author in favor of vtun.

Usage information

Categories

CategoryApps, CategoryAppssysutils, CategoryAppswww

Source of information

freshmeat

Campus6: Apps_taptunnel (last edited 2008-04-10 15:29:32 by localhost)