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| author | Christian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com> | 2021-01-09 20:51:01 +0100 |
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| committer | Christian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com> | 2021-01-09 20:51:01 +0100 |
| commit | 1a89ce7c329a6bc3addc553b57ae2ff2d40cba96 (patch) | |
| tree | 01b90ef7e5a2f0b6f1cc1ca85598e99456ce31c1 /docs/configuration/interfaces/tunnel.rst | |
| parent | e9a0b934175a89ce4998e2157e5ba98ffa016665 (diff) | |
| parent | 90ad8ca92e4c9cffab78a8d748243ea8ea11e270 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'owen-01' of https://github.com/owendelong/vyos-documentation
* 'owen-01' of https://github.com/owendelong/vyos-documentation:
Fixed line lenghts
Integrated documentation of ip6gre into gre and added a corresponding configuration example
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diff --git a/docs/configuration/interfaces/tunnel.rst b/docs/configuration/interfaces/tunnel.rst index 088d1820..d2d63ce2 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/interfaces/tunnel.rst +++ b/docs/configuration/interfaces/tunnel.rst @@ -101,8 +101,9 @@ Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) A GRE tunnel operates at layer 3 of the OSI model and is repsented by IP protocol 47.The main benefit of a GRE tunnel is that you are able to carry -multiple protocols inside the same tunnel. GRE also supports multicast traffic and -supports routing protocols that leverage multicast to form neighbor adjacencies. +multiple protocols inside the same tunnel. GRE also supports multicast traffic +and supports routing protocols that leverage multicast to form neighbor +adjacencies. A VyOS GRE tunnel can carry both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic and can also be created over either IPv4 (gre) or IPv6 (ip6gre). @@ -113,10 +114,10 @@ Configuration A basic configuration requires a tunnel source (local-ip), a tunnel destination (remote-ip), an encapsulation type (gre), and an address (ipv4/ipv6).Below is a -basic IPv4 only configuration example taken from a VyOS router and a Cisco IOS router. -The main difference between these two configurations is that VyOS requires you -explicitly configure the encapsulation type. The Cisco router defaults to gre -ip otherwise it would have to be configured as well. +basic IPv4 only configuration example taken from a VyOS router and a Cisco IOS +router. The main difference between these two configurations is that VyOS +requires you explicitly configure the encapsulation type. The Cisco router +defaults to gre ip otherwise it would have to be configured as well. **VyOS Router:** |