[ovs-discuss] OVS And GRE Tunnels

[Dmita Levy]

Hello Cali,

Have you tried using tunctl to create the tunnel adapter and then adding
that adapter to the bridge the gre port is assigned to? That being said,
what are you using the tun adapter for - is it tun/tap to tap VM's into the
bridge?

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Cali Ente <calientepermanente at gmail.com>wrote:

> As I thought, in that case, does anyone know of a way to connect a linux
> tun device to OVS?
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Cali Ente <calientepermanente at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hey all quick question, when creating a tunnel port in OVS using the set
>> > interface=gre does this connect to a preexisting tun or does OVS make
>> it's
>> > own? For example I have a tun0 device that I want to attach to my OVS
>> port,
>> > and it cannot be added (incompatible device), so I thought that I merely
>> > needed to add it with the GRE option.
>>
>> OVS GRE does not use or require an existing device.
>>
>
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