tinc confused on remote nodes behind NAT?

Guus Sliepen guus at tinc-vpn.org
Fri May 21 19:57:59 CEST 2010


On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 10:32:38AM -0500, Rob Townley wrote:

[...]
> From the log below, the MTU port is different than the real port.  hp821
> seems to be seen on multiple ports, but i wonder if it is being confused
> with other nodes behind the same NAT.
[...]
> Got MTU probe length 1315 from hp821 (1.2.3.4 port 655)

MTU probe is done via UDP, so this log entry shows you the IP address and port
used for UDP.

> Sending PING to hp821 (1.2.3.4 port 7777): 8

PING and PONGs are sent via TCP, so this log entry shows you the IP address and
port used by the TCP connection. These port numbers are likely to differ, that
is not a problem.

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