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39.Dd November 11, 2007
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40.Dt GRE 4
41.Os
42.Sh NAME
43.Nm gre
44.Nd encapsulating network device
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
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46To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line
47in the kernel configuration file:
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48.Bd -ragged -offset indent
49.Cd "pseudo-device gre"
50.Ed
51.Pp
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52Alternatively, to load this driver as a module at boot time,
53place the following line in
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54.Xr loader.conf 5 :
55.Bd -literal -offset indent
56if_gre_load="YES"
57.Ed
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58.Sh DESCRIPTION
59The
9b5a9965 60.Nm
984263bc 61network interface pseudo device encapsulates datagrams
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62into IP.
63These encapsulated datagrams are routed to a destination host,
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64where they are decapsulated and further routed to their final destination.
65The
66.Dq tunnel
67appears to the inner datagrams as one hop.
68.Pp
69.Nm
70interfaces are dynamically created and destroyed with the
71.Xr ifconfig 8
72.Cm create
73and
74.Cm destroy
75subcommands.
76.Pp
77This driver currently supports the following modes of operation:
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78.Bl -tag -width indent
79.It "GRE encapsulation (IP protocol number 47)"
984263bc 80Encapsulated datagrams are
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81prepended an outer datagram and a GRE header.
82The GRE header specifies
984263bc 83the type of the encapsulated datagram and thus allows for tunneling other
b911de4f 84protocols than IP.
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85GRE mode is also the default tunnel mode on Cisco routers.
86This is also the default mode of operation of the
87.Nm
984263bc 88interfaces.
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89.\"As part of the GRE mode,
90.\".Nm
91.\"also supports Cisco WCCP protocol, both version 1 and version 2.
92.\"Since there is no reliable way to distinguish between WCCP versions, it
93.\"should be configured manually using the
94.\".Cm link2
95.\"flag.
96.\"If the
97.\".Cm link2
98.\"flag is not set (default), then WCCP version 1 is selected.
99.It "MOBILE encapsulation (IP protocol number 55)"
984263bc 100Datagrams are
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101encapsulated into IP, but with a shorter encapsulation.
102The original
984263bc 103IP header is modified and the modifications are inserted between the
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104so modified header and the original payload.
105Like
984263bc 106.Xr gif 4 ,
61f4f7c0 107only for IP-in-IP encapsulation.
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108.El
109.Pp
110The
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112interfaces support a number of
113.Xr ioctl 2 Ns s ,
114such as:
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115.Bl -tag -width ".Dv GRESADDRS"
116.It Dv GRESADDRS
117Set the IP address of the local tunnel end.
118This is the source address
119set by or displayed by
120.Xr ifconfig 8
121for the
122.Nm
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124.It Dv GRESADDRD
125Set the IP address of the remote tunnel end.
126This is the destination address
127set by or displayed by
128.Xr ifconfig 8
129for the
130.Nm
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132.It Dv GREGADDRS
133Query the IP address that is set for the local tunnel end.
134This is the
135address the encapsulation header carries as local address (i.e., the real
136address of the tunnel start point).
137.It Dv GREGADDRD
138Query the IP address that is set for the remote tunnel end.
139This is the
140address the encapsulated packets are sent to (i.e., the real address of
141the remote tunnel endpoint).
142.It Dv GRESPROTO
143Set the operation mode to the specified IP protocol value.
144The
145protocol is passed to the interface in
146.Po Vt "struct ifreq" Pc Ns Li -> Ns Va ifr_flags .
984263bc 147The operation mode can also be given as
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148.Pp
149.Bl -tag -width ".Cm -link0" -compact
150.It Cm link0
151.Dv IPPROTO_GRE
152.It Cm -link0
153.Dv IPPROTO_MOBILE
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154.El
155.Pp
156to
157.Xr ifconfig 8 .
158.Pp
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159The
160.Cm link1
161flag is not used to choose encapsulation, but to modify the
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162internal route search for the remote tunnel endpoint, see the
163.Sx BUGS
164section below.
61f4f7c0 165.It Dv GREGPROTO
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166Query operation mode.
167.El
168.Pp
169Note that the IP addresses of the tunnel endpoints may be the same as the
170ones defined with
171.Xr ifconfig 8
b911de4f 172for the interface (as if IP is encapsulated), but need not be.
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173.Sh EXAMPLES
174Configuration example:
175.Bd -literal
61f4f7c0 176Host X-- Host A ----------------tunnel---------- Cisco D------Host E
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177 \\ |
178 \\ /
61f4f7c0 179 +------Host B----------Host C----------+
984263bc 180.Ed
61f4f7c0 181.Pp
984263bc 182On host A
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183.Pq Dx :
184.Bd -literal -offset indent
185route add default B
186ifconfig greN create
187ifconfig greN A D netmask 0xffffffff linkX up
188ifconfig greN tunnel A D
189route add E D
984263bc 190.Ed
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984263bc 192On Host D (Cisco):
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193.Bd -literal -offset indent
194Interface TunnelX
195 ip unnumbered D ! e.g. address from Ethernet interface
196 tunnel source D ! e.g. address from Ethernet interface
197 tunnel destination A
198ip route C <some interface and mask>
199ip route A mask C
200ip route X mask tunnelX
984263bc 201.Ed
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984263bc 203OR
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984263bc 205On Host D
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206.Pq Dx :
207.Bd -literal -offset indent
208route add default C
209ifconfig greN create
210ifconfig greN D A
211ifconfig greN tunnel D A
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212.Ed
213.Pp
214If all goes well, you should see packets flowing ;-)
215.Pp
216If you want to reach Host A over the tunnel (from Host D (Cisco)), then
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217you have to have an alias on Host A for e.g.\& the Ethernet interface like:
218.Pp
219.Dl "ifconfig <etherif> alias Y"
220.Pp
221and on the Cisco:
222.Pp
223.Dl "ip route Y mask tunnelX"
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224.Pp
225A similar setup can be used to create a link between two private networks
226(for example in the 192.168 subnet) over the Internet:
227.Bd -literal
228192.168.1.* --- Router A -------tunnel-------- Router B --- 192.168.2.*
229 \\ /
230 \\ /
61f4f7c0 231 +------ the Internet ------+
984263bc 232.Ed
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234Assuming router A has the (external) IP address A and the internal address
235192.168.1.1, while router B has external address B and internal address
236192.168.2.1, the following commands will configure the tunnel:
237.Pp
238On router A:
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239.Bd -literal -offset indent
240ifconfig greN create
241ifconfig greN 192.168.1.1 192.168.2.1 link1
242ifconfig greN tunnel A B
243route add -net 192.168.2 -netmask 255.255.255.0 192.168.2.1
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244.Ed
245.Pp
246On router B:
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247.Bd -literal -offset indent
248ifconfig greN create
249ifconfig greN 192.168.2.1 192.168.1.1 link1
250ifconfig greN tunnel B A
251route add -net 192.168.1 -netmask 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
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252.Ed
253.Pp
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254Note that this is a safe situation where the
255.Cm link1
256flag (as discussed in the
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257.Sx BUGS
258section below) may (and probably should) be set.
259.Sh NOTES
260The MTU of
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261.Nm
262interfaces is set to 1476 by default, to match the value used by Cisco routers.
984263bc 263This may not be an optimal value, depending on the link between the two tunnel
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264endpoints.
265It can be adjusted via
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266.Xr ifconfig 8 .
267.Pp
268For correct operation, the
269.Nm
270device needs a route to the destination that is less specific than the
271one over the tunnel.
272(Basically, there needs to be a route to the decapsulating host that
273does not run over the tunnel, as this would be a loop.)
274If the addresses are ambiguous, doing the
61f4f7c0 275.Nm ifconfig Cm tunnel
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276step before the
277.Xr ifconfig 8
278call to set the
61f4f7c0 279.Nm
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280IP addresses will help to find a route outside the tunnel.
281.Pp
282In order to tell
283.Xr ifconfig 8
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284to actually mark the interface as
285.Dq up ,
286the keyword
287.Cm up
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288must be given last on its command line.
289.Pp
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290The kernel must be set to forward datagrams by setting the
291.Va net.inet.ip.forwarding
292.Xr sysctl 8
293variable to non-zero.
984263bc 294.Sh SEE ALSO
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295.Xr gif 4 ,
296.Xr inet 4 ,
297.Xr ip 4 ,
298.Xr netintro 4 ,
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299.Xr protocols 5 ,
300.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
301.Xr sysctl 8
302.Pp
303A description of GRE encapsulation can be found in RFC 1701 and RFC 1702.
304.Pp
305A description of MOBILE encapsulation can be found in RFC 2004.
306.Sh AUTHORS
b2a6f486 307.An Heiko W. Rupp Aq Mt hwr@pilhuhn.de
984263bc 308.Sh BUGS
61f4f7c0 309The
a1a3b19e 310.Fn gre_compute_route
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311code in
312.Pa if_gre.c
313toggles the last bit of the
984263bc 314IP-address to provoke the search for a less specific route than the
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315one directly over the tunnel to prevent loops.
316This is possibly not the best solution.
984263bc 317.Pp
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318To avoid the address munging described above, turn on the
319.Cm link1
320flag on the
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321.Xr ifconfig 8
322command line.
323This implies that the GRE packet destination and the ifconfig remote host
324are not the same IP addresses, and that the GRE destination does not route
325over the
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327interface itself.
328.Pp
329The GRE RFCs are not yet fully implemented (no GRE options).