tinc running openwrt (mikrotik metarouter mips)

[Yazeed Fataar]

Hi Graham

Can you perhaps share with me the mr-mips metarouter image you are using?

Regards
Yazeed Fataar
<yazeedfataar at hotmail.com>

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 8:01 PM, Graham Cobb <g+tinc at cobb.uk.net> wrote:

> On 19/01/16 03:57, Yazeed Fataar wrote:
> > Hi Marek
> >
> > I managed to setup everything in openwrt. However I am getting errors
> > when trying to run tinc daemon. Below is my debug output. Please help..
> > How do I fix tunnel interface error?
> >
> > root at OpenWrt:/etc/tinc/vpn# tincd -n vpn -D -d3
> >
> > tincd 1.0.21 (Mar  9 2014 18:26:59) starting, debug level 3
> >
> > /dev/net/tun is a Linux ethertap device
>
> On my OpenWrt system, the corresponding log entry says:
>
> /dev/net/tun is a Linux tun/tap device (tun mode)
>
> I don't know if that is a real problem.  And I don't know how the tun
> device gets created -- I don't remember having to do anything special
> (but it was a long time ago when I set it up).
>
> However, I do start tinc using "/etc/init.d/tinc start", not by running
> tincd directly.
>
> > Executing script tinc-up
> >
> > ifconfig: SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
> >
> > ifconfig: SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
> >
> > Script tinc-up exited with non-zero status 1
>
> That doesn't look good!
>
> My /etc/tinc/NETWORK/tinc-up file contains:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> ifconfig $INTERFACE 1.2.3.4 netmask 255.255.0.0
> /etc/init.d/firewall reload
>
> (with the real IP address for this node of the VPN instead of 1.2.3.4,
> of course).
>
> I do remember some work being needed to get the firewall set up
> correctly.  But you aren't getting that far.
>
> I would support Maxim's suggestion: make sure you have a simple tinc
> network working on ordinary Linux systems first, to make sure you know
> how the keys and addressing work.
>
> Graham
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