1 Server, Multiple Client Setup

[Andrew Barlow]

Thanks for the swift reply. I appreciate it!

I'll give it another shot, although i'm sure that's how I had it setup, but
the server kept saying it didn't know how to get to the client, because the
clients host file on the server doesn't contain an address for the host
(Because the client address is dynamic).

Also, how could I circumvent the nat problem? With a simple port opening of
TCP/UDP 655 wherever the clients are (if they can)?

Could you post an example tinc.conf for the server and one of the clients
for me so I can see what I got matches what you got, based on my previous
email? Maybe a host file for each too so I can see how thats done?

My previous testing got me connected to each other but I had to manually
have the external IPs of each client setup in each host... but as the only
machine that doesn't change address is the server, its not very flexible or
convenient.

I must also note that the server will be running Ubuntu Server 9.04 (Tinc
version 1.0.9) and some of the clients will be linux and some will be
Windows. For the moment though, its all Linux on Linux action. I assume Tinc
doesn't care as long as the host files and tinc.confs are setup ok?

Regards,

Andy Barlow



2009/3/4 Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org>

> On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 12:56:46PM +0000, Andrew Barlow wrote:
>
> > I have tried for days on end with no success on this, so I thought I
> would
> > post it here and see if someone can help me at all.
> >
> > *Here's the scenario:*
> >
> [1 server, multiple clients with changing IP addresses]
> >
> > I assumed you would only need to have inside each client host file
> something
> > like:
> >
> > "ConnectTo = server
> > *KeyStuff*"
> >
> > And the server would do the rest for me perhaps?
>
> Yes, that's basically the only thing you need with tinc. The only possible
> problem is with NAT. Tinc has no support (yet) to penetrate NATs, so
> clients
> behind a NAT will have problems talking to each other directly.
>
> --
> Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
>     Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org>
>
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
> Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
>
> iEYEARECAAYFAkmuktgACgkQAxLow12M2ntZhgCgl/yxR3VhcuFPyt+QtXDSCFpf
> J+4AoK1em6gLAKx3dEyTLZ4f36cJe7Yx
> =xYmC
> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>
> _______________________________________________
> tinc mailing list
> tinc at tinc-vpn.org
> http://www.tinc-vpn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tinc
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://www.tinc-vpn.org/pipermail/tinc/attachments/20090304/33e175ea/attachment.htm