Tinc-up and Windows...

[Guus Sliepen]

On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 11:36:13PM +0100, Joop Susan wrote:

> I've used tinc successfully for a long time, all with Linux hosts. No
> problem there.
> 
> Unfortunately I now have to add a Windows host to the VPN. What a fight
> Winblows is! Probably just my ignorance.

I find it much harder to work with than other OSes as well.

> The VPN works and tinc says that tinc-up is run (and a debugging
> statement proves it) but I can't get an extra route added.
> 
> tinc-up.bat contains:
> -------------------
> netsh interface ip set address name=vpn1 source=static addr=192.168.1.12 mask=255.255.255.0
> netsh routing ip add persistentroute dest=192.168.0.0 mask=255.255.255.0 name=vpn1 nhop=192.168.1.12
> -------------------

Windows remembers the settings from the Network Connections control
panel even if you reboot. The same should hold for persistent routes. So
you don't need to do this in tinc-up.bat.

> I can ping/telnet the host on 192.168.1.5, but not 192.168.0.9.
> 
> 'netsh routing ip show persistentroutes' shows
>   192.168.0.0/24 Non-DOD 0 1 192.168.1.12 UM VPN1
> 
> If I type 'route print' there is no route to 192.168.0.0/24.
> 
> If I type 'route add 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.12' it
> starts to work. Now I can browse http://192.168.0.9...
> 
> Any hint on what might be wrong with my tinc-up.bat?
> 
> What is the correct way to add the extra route to the VPN device on Windows?

I have no idea.

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