# eoip: a Linux implementation of MikroTik EoIP tunnelling

> eoip implements MikroTik-compatible Ethernet-over-IP tunnelling in Linux kernel modules with a user-space management utility. The author says development used sniffed datagrams; the README documents the GRE-like packet format, tunnel configuration and keepalive behaviour for IPv4 and IPv6 variants.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/bbonev/eoip>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/bbonev/eoip/blob/ac996b337f2798f7db00f34317d147b7ecce61db/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/eoip-protocol-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/eoip-protocol-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/eoip-protocol-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires a supported Linux kernel and matching headers; the unified source covers kernels from 3.2 onward.
- **Prerequisites:** Both tunnel endpoints require symmetrical local and remote address configuration.
- **Limits:** The protocol provides no transport security.
- **License:** GPL-2.0 License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/bbonev/eoip/blob/ac996b337f2798f7db00f34317d147b7ecce61db/README.md>

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