[Noisebridge-discuss] Linux Ethernet-over-IP tunnels

[Alex Perez]

L2TP (Layer 2 Transport Protocol) is the "sexy" way to do this, but it  
can be a bitch to configure. Most OSes support some for of L2TP,  
alongside more traditional mechanisms such as PPTP.

On Sep 10, 2009, at 5:57 PM, Jonathan Lassoff wrote:

> I'm interested in setting up some Ethernet (layer 2) over IP tunnels,
> but am not having much luck finding anything built into the kernel.
>
> I've got PPP over L2TP (xl2tpd) working, but it seems like a lot of
> overhead. Surely there must be a better way.
> Ideas?
>