larger than minimun MTU, forwarding via other node

Guus Sliepen guus at tinc-vpn.org
Mon Jun 2 23:30:54 CEST 2014


On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 02:42:45PM -0400, Sandy McArthur Jr wrote:

> > The fix is to add "LocalDiscovery = yes" to either MacbookAir or Newnode's
> > tinc.conf. This will cause them to send broadcast packets on the local
> > network,
> > so they can learn each other's local IP address.
> 
> Does LocalDiscovery need to be added to both devices? the language above
> suggests just one.

One is indeed enough.

> Which port is broadcast on? Also, would the windows firewall interfere with
> this?

The broadcast packets have the same source and destination ports as
would be used for unicast packets between the two nodes that want to
communicate with each other. I have no idea if the Windows firewall
will block those or not, it depends on how it is configured.

-- 
Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
     Guus Sliepen <guus at tinc-vpn.org>
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