Fix combination of Mode = router and DeviceType = tap on Linux.

I believe I have found a bug in tinc on Linux when it is used with
Mode = router and DeviceType = tap. This combination is useful because
it allows global broadcast packets to be used in router mode. However,
when tinc receives a packet in this situation, it needs to make sure its
destination MAC address matches the address of the TAP adapter, which is
typically not the case since the sending node doesn't know the MAC
address of the recipient. Unfortunately, this is not the case on Linux,
which breaks connectivity.

diff --git a/src/linux/device.c b/src/linux/device.c
index f770f7fade4d15d732100335cfcd84a83702c777..71fedef6fa0080b19fe5d5cd841f5ea5c12ce80a 100644 (file)
--- a/src/linux/device.c
+++ b/src/linux/device.c
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ static bool setup_device(void) {
                device_type = DEVICE_TYPE_TUN;
                device_info = "Linux tun/tap device (tun mode)";
        } else {
+               if (routing_mode == RMODE_ROUTER)
+                       overwrite_mac = true;
                ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI;
                device_type = DEVICE_TYPE_TAP;
                device_info = "Linux tun/tap device (tap mode)";