[Openswan Users] dhcp help

[Paul Wouters]

On Thu, 4 Dec 2008, James Muir wrote:

> I've read the dhcp-over-ipsec rfc. I suspect that, under windows, this
> is what the sonicwall vpn client does. I think Openswan supports
> dhcp-over-ipsec. Is this true? The file README.x509 seems to indicate
> that it does, but maybe dhcp-over-ipsec support depends on which ipsec
> stack you are using (i.e. KLIPS or NETKEY).

No, dhcp-over-ipsec is not supported. It was never implemented by anyone,
except I believe by SSH.

You will need to use ModeConfig/XAUTH or L2TP or a static ip assignment.

Paul