LocalDiscovery flip flopping and network design tips

[John Griessen]

On 05/11/2017 02:01 PM, Etienne Dechamps wrote:
> These two networks can be the same, i.e. the VPN can be an extension of your local network, sharing the same subnet. That's one
> the many ways things can be set up. The same result can be achieved through other ways (e.g. Ethernet-level bridging). This does
> not contradict my earlier statement: a subnet can be *both* inside *and* outside the VPN, depending on the scenario.
>
> The Subnet configuration option indicates the subnets that you want tinc to route towards your node. tinc doesn't care whether
> these subnets are also part of a physical network or not; it just uses it to route packets inside the VPN, once they leave the VPN
> tinc's job is done. Technically you can put anything you want in your Subnet options; it all depends on what behavior you want to
> achieve in the end

I'm a noob, so my goal is simplicity.  What examples, howto's, tutorials do you recommend?

Besides simplicity, my goal is a virtual private network between 3 VPS datacenters that may not have private networks
as a service they provide, but they do provide IPv4 addresses.