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Tunneling
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3.4.4
Tunneling
The Tunneling menu is divided into two (3) sub-sections: GRE Tunnels, IP in IP Tunnels and IPSec.
GRE
Tunnels
(Generic
Routing
Encapsulation)
The GRE Tunnels menu item is used to configure a GRE Tunnel. GRE is a tunneling protocol that was originally
developed by Cisco. It can do a few more things than IP-in-IP tunnelling. For example, you can also transport
multicast traffic and IPv6 through a GRE tunnel.
Click on the
GRE Tunnels
menu item and the GRE dialog window appears: