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authorFrank Lichtenheld2023-12-01 12:20:22 +0100
committerGert Doering2024-04-03 17:28:46 +0200
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Change default of "topology" to "subnet"HEADmaster
Change-Id: Iede3e7c028cbb715e28bc88c7e583f84dadc02c8 Signed-off-by: Frank Lichtenheld <frank@lichtenheld.com> Acked-by: Arne Schwabe <arne-openvpn@rfc2549.org> Message-Id: <20231201112022.15337-1-frank@lichtenheld.com> URL: https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg27627.html Signed-off-by: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
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diff --git a/doc/man-sections/vpn-network-options.rst b/doc/man-sections/vpn-network-options.rst
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+++ b/doc/man-sections/vpn-network-options.rst
@@ -495,11 +495,17 @@ routing.
``mode`` can be one of:
+ :code:`subnet`
+ Use a subnet rather than a point-to-point topology by
+ configuring the tun interface with a local IP address and subnet mask,
+ similar to the topology used in ``--dev tap`` and ethernet bridging
+ mode. This mode allocates a single IP address per connecting client and
+ works on Windows as well. This is the default.
+
:code:`net30`
Use a point-to-point topology, by allocating one /30 subnet
per client. This is designed to allow point-to-point semantics when some
- or all of the connecting clients might be Windows systems. This is the
- default.
+ or all of the connecting clients might be Windows systems.
:code:`p2p`
Use a point-to-point topology where the remote endpoint of
@@ -508,15 +514,8 @@ routing.
connecting client. Only use when none of the connecting clients are
Windows systems.
- :code:`subnet`
- Use a subnet rather than a point-to-point topology by
- configuring the tun interface with a local IP address and subnet mask,
- similar to the topology used in ``--dev tap`` and ethernet bridging
- mode. This mode allocates a single IP address per connecting client and
- works on Windows as well.
-
*Note:* Using ``--topology subnet`` changes the interpretation of the
- arguments of ``--ifconfig`` to mean "address netmask", no longer "local
+ arguments of ``--ifconfig`` to mean "address netmask", and not "local
remote".
--tun-mtu args