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<DIV>Hi Cobin,</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for the feedback. The machines I’m on are normally very stable but
as a developer myself, I know how brittle things can often be. I don’t want to
be too quick to put the blame on tinc, but since I’m having this issue on all
three machines, I would normally suspect it is a tinc issue. I have no evidence
to back it up however, and given the number of Windows problems I’ve had in
recent years, I wouldn’t rule out MSFT either. Their code isn’t nearly as stable
as it once was, and I’ve reported many bugs to them (as a programmer).
Unfortunately, I can’t seem to find any simple VPN package that works 100% of
the time (within reason). All the ones I’ve tried have one issue or another
(Hamachi, Freelan, Comodo Unite, etc.). I may just have to live with this
problem but wanted to gauge the experience of others. Thanks again.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Larry</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=cbluth@gmail.com
href="mailto:cbluth@gmail.com">Cobin Bluth</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 5, 2014 3:32 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=tinc@tinc-vpn.org
href="mailto:tinc@tinc-vpn.org">tinc@tinc-vpn.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: FW: VPN stablility problems</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P dir=ltr>I have experienced similar problems with a win7 ultimate amd64
machine. I have always attributed my VPN stability issues to a combination of
WiFi and poor underlying internet connection. I have about 15 linux machines, 4
windows 7/8, and 2 raspberry pis all running tinc on varying vpn subnets and
varying connections. I've had only one windows 7 machine with stability issues,
most likely due WiFi and other factors...</P>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On May 5, 2014 12:03 PM, "Larry Smith" <<A
href="mailto:lsmith999999@hotmail.com">lsmith999999@hotmail.com</A>>
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<DIV>Hi there,</DIV>
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<DIV>I installed the latest version of your product (1.0.23) a couple of days
ago and would like to know if there are known stability issues on Windows.
It’s my first time using your product and I have it installed on three Windows
machines, Win 8.1 Pro, Win 7 Pro, and Win 7 Starter’s edition (the latter is
running on a low-end netbook). After installing it everything seemed to work
at first but I soon noticed problems losing my connection between machines.
Sometimes the connection remains up for an hour or two, and then the
connection drops for no apparent reason (I can no longer ping for instance).
It may then come back up again after a while but I can’t find any pattern so
far. Right now for instance, my Win 7 Pro machine can ping the Win 7 Starter’s
machine but not the other way around. It was working in both directions a
couple of days ago however. I’ve tried stopping and re-starting the service on
both machines, re-booting the routers, etc., but the situation is currently
persistent (but may resolve itself again later). Note that I’m an experienced
C++ developer and I’ve checked all obvious issues (firewall, port forwarding,
IP addresses, etc.). It should work however since I’ve made no changes to my
original setup. All machines have a stable connection to the Internet and I
can remotely login between the machines using other software. While I’d like
to give you the benefit of the doubt and it is a free product (which I do
appreciate BTW), something doesn’t appear to be stable so I’m wondering if
this is a known issue. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Larry
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