to check whether tinc is working

[Guus Sliepen]

On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 07:50:35PM -0700, Jason wrote:

> > I sent you an email on same topic weeks before and you 
> > replied me to use ping for transmitting packets between 
> > computers in the vpn. The OS I am using is Linux. for ping we 
> > give the IP address of the computer. After executing tinc if 
> > I ping the other computer with its IP address I am able to 
> > send and receive packets. My doubt is WHETHER PACKETS GO 
> > THROUGH THE TINC INTERFACE OR THROUGH THE NORMAL INTERNET. 
> > Just help me to check this.
> 
> Use traceroute to detemrine what path the packets are taking.

That's one way (if it goes via tinc, it will not show any intermediate
hops). Another way is to use tcpdump or to increase tinc's debug level
to 5, so tinc will log all packets it sends and receives.

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