OpenWrt Forum Archive
https://forum.archive.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=3502103.05.2012 · Think of it as creating a virtual unmanaged switch that VPN traffic is virtually connecting to every time and then that traffic will be daisy chaining (through some traffic rules) to the LAN interface/switch. Part 1. Creating our "VPN" interface/unmanaged switch Go to Network -> Interfaces. Create new Interface called VPN.
[OpenWrt Wiki] Tinc
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/services/vpn/tinc02.05.2013 · An unmanaged interface isn't completely unmanaged - it is created. There seems to be a conflict (or race condition) between netifd trying to create the interface and tincd attempting to do the same. Although the interface had been configured properly by tinc-up (I logged he results), I always found my INTERFACE to have no address at the end of ...
[OpenWrt Wiki] Linux Network Interfaces
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/networking/network.interfaces32 rader · lo, eth0:1, eth0.1, vlan2, br0, pppoe-dsl, gre0, sit0 tun0, imq0, teql0, .. are virtual network interfaces that do NOT represent an existent hardware device but are linked to one (otherwise they would be useless).Virtual network interfaces were invented to give the system administrator maximum flexibility when configuring a Linux-based operating system.