tinc while traveling

[Guus Sliepen]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:40:16PM -0700, Young-Jun Oh wrote:

> 1. When I scan available ports my external IP address from outside using
> nmap, port 655 doesn't show up even though I've enabled on router. I'm using
> AT&T DSL and not fixed IP.
> I had to use port like 80 for tinc to work. Is this normal?

This is a problem with your modem.

> 2. If I create a VPN connection to home from hotel, tinc server at home will
> try to connect my laptop using port 655 which is not open and not forwarded
> at hotel. Is there any way to get away with this? Can tinc use established
> connection without creating new connection from home to hotel?

If your hotel laptop connects to home, it should work. However, try adding
TCPOnly = yes to the tinc.conf of your laptop.

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