1 Server, Multiple Client Setup

[Guus Sliepen]

On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 03:03:29PM +0000, Andrew Barlow wrote:

> I'll give it another shot, although i'm sure that's how I had it setup, but
> the server kept saying it didn't know how to get to the client, because the
> clients host file on the server doesn't contain an address for the host
> (Because the client address is dynamic).

It sounds like you added "ConnectTo = client" lines to the tinc.conf on the
server. You should remove those. It's enough if the client has a ConnectTo =
server.

> Also, how could I circumvent the nat problem? With a simple port opening of
> TCP/UDP 655 wherever the clients are (if they can)?

That would help.

> Could you post an example tinc.conf for the server and one of the clients
> for me so I can see what I got matches what you got, based on my previous
> email? Maybe a host file for each too so I can see how thats done?
> 
> My previous testing got me connected to each other but I had to manually
> have the external IPs of each client setup in each host... but as the only
> machine that doesn't change address is the server, its not very flexible or
> convenient.

You don't have to add Addresses of clients if you remove the ConnectTo lines
from the server's tinc.conf.

> I must also note that the server will be running Ubuntu Server 9.04 (Tinc
> version 1.0.9) and some of the clients will be linux and some will be
> Windows. For the moment though, its all Linux on Linux action. I assume Tinc
> doesn't care as long as the host files and tinc.confs are setup ok?

That's correct.

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