Tinc doesn't respond in Windows XP.

Guus Sliepen guus at sliepen.eu.org
Sun Oct 19 22:27:08 CEST 2003


On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 05:09:09PM -0300, Ricardo Luis Kulzer wrote:

> C:\Program Files\tinc\vpn>type rsa_key.priv
> -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
> MIICXgIBAAKBgQDSedLmhH6lK3wJv6Q6QUEFNg6xAvBQY9ISRq3ivGdbqrX8o0iu
> (ommited)
> gvT9fxMDhfu94PoSG08s+fEzAEKLmSoYzYBusUNuEh1dqg==
> -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

You should never post private keys, regenerate them before starting
tinc again!

> C:\Program Files\tinc\vpn\hosts>type office
> Address = 143.106.50.70
> Port = 8500
> Subnet = 10.20.40.0

Shouldn't that be Subnet = 10.20.40.0/24?

> I also configured my VPN interface (a TAP-Win32 Adapter type) with 
> static IP address 10.20.40.1, net mask 255.255.0.0
[...]
> [ricardol at sheratan vpn]$ cat tinc-up
> #!/bin/sh
> /sbin/ifconfig $INTERFACE 10.20.40.1  netmask 255.255.255.0

Both your home machine and the office machine have 10.20.40.1 as IP
address? That surely won't work.

> C:\Program Files\tinc>tincd -n vpn
> 
> The tincd install the service, and says that it was started. But the VPN 
> doesn't work.

You can get more output from tinc by starting it this way:

tincd -n vpn -d5 -D

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