Setup guide
General Information
Summary
Ethernet over IP (EoIP) Tunneling is a Wandy RouterOS protocol that creates an Ethernet tunnel
between two routers on top of an IP connection. The EoIP interface appears as an Ethernet
interface. When the bridging function of the router is enabled, all Ethernet traffic (all Ethernet
protocols) will be bridged just as if there where a physical Ethernet interface and cable between the
two routers (with bridging enabled). This protocol makes multiple network schemes possible.
Network setups with EoIP interfaces:
• Possibility to bridge LANs over the Internet
• Possibility to bridge LANs over encrypted tunnels
• Possibility to bridge LANs over 802.11b 'ad-hoc' wireless networks
Quick Setup Guide
To make an EoIP tunnel between 2 routers which have IP addresses 10.5.8.1 and 10.1.0.1:
1. On router with IP address 10.5.8.1, add an EoIP interface and set its MAC address:
/interface eoip add remote-address=10.1.0.1 tunnel-id=1 mac-address=00-00-5E-80-00-01 \
\... disabled=no
2. On router with IP address 10.1.0.1, add an EoIP interface and set its MAC address::
/interface eoip add remote-address=10.5.8.1 tunnel-id=1 mac-address=00-00-5E-80-00-02 \
\... disabled=no
Now you can add IP addresses to the created EoIP interfaces from the same subnet.
Specifications
Packages required: system
License required: level1 (limited to 1 tunnel), level3
interface eoip
Standards and Technologies: GRE (RFC1701)
Hardware usage: Not significant
Related Documents
• Package Management
• IP Addresses and ARP
• Bridge Interfaces
•
PPTP Interface
Description
An EoIP interface should be configured on two routers that have the possibility for an IP level
connection. The EoIP tunnel may run over an IPIP tunnel, a PPTP 128bit encrypted tunnel, a
PPPoE connection, or any connection that transports IP.
Specific Properties:
• Each EoIP tunnel interface can connect with one remote router which has a corresponding
interface configured with the same 'Tunnel ID'.
• The EoIP interface appears as an Ethernet interface under the interface list.
• This interface supports all features of an Ethernet interface. IP addresses and other tunnels may
be run over the interface.