I have to install a VPN between three places (A, B, C), the A is a Windows 2000 will be the VPN Server and the others are Windows98 and are the clients. B and C doesnt need to comunicate.I have the following questions and i would appreciate some help: 1) I only have to install tinc in the Server, or i have to install it in the clients too? 2) I read in the documentation that tinc is compatible with windows2000 and windowsXp, but is it compatible with windows98 ?? 3) Can i use any client VPN software to connect to a tinc Server ? 4) If installed as a service and configured the tinc Server is started automaticly when windows starts, is it posible to make the clients connect automatic to the tinc server when windows start without the need of any input from the user ?? 5) A machine in a VPN has two ip addresses the original and the private or do i have to change the ip address of the computer so it doesnt conflict with the address of another computer in the other network? (this question may appear a newbie question but i havent found a answer to it) 6) Which method does tinc uses routing or bridging? does it support both? Tinc: Discussion list about the tinc VPN daemon Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/lists/ Tinc site: http://tinc.nl.linux.org/
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 09:58:19AM -0000, Ricardo Lopes wrote:> 1) I only have to install tinc in the Server, or i have to install it in > the clients too?On the clients too.> 2) I read in the documentation that tinc is compatible with windows2000 and > windowsXp, but is it compatible with windows98 ??No.> 3) Can i use any client VPN software to connect to a tinc Server ?No.> 4) If installed as a service and configured the tinc Server is started > automaticly when windows starts, is it posible to make the clients > connect automatic to the tinc server when windows start without the > need of any input from the user ??That is mentioned in the documentation.> 5) A machine in a VPN has two ip addresses the original and the > private or do i have to change the ip address of the computer so it > doesnt conflict with the address of another computer in the other > network? (this question may appear a newbie question but i havent > found a answer to it)You can assign addresses in any way you like, as long as you make sure packets are routed correctly. Tinc doesn't mandate anything.> 6) Which method does tinc uses routing or bridging? does it support both?That is mentioned in the documentation. -- Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards, Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.eu.org> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: Digital signature Url : http://brouwer.uvt.nl/pipermail/tinc/attachments/20040127/f2118ddf/attachment.pgp
On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Ricardo Lopes wrote:> I have to install a VPN between three places (A, B, C), the A is a Windows > 2000 > will be the VPN Server and the others are Windows98 and are the clients. B > and C > doesnt need to comunicate.I have the following questions and i would > appreciate > some help:In my experience, tinc on unix/linux works wonderfully, but the network performance through tinc on windows is poor. Last I heard, 2-3 months ago, the problem was believed to be not with tinc itself, but with the TAP-Win32 and/or CIPE virtual ethernet drivers dropping packets. ... Or has this problem been identified and corrected? Jason Tinc: Discussion list about the tinc VPN daemon Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/lists/ Tinc site: http://tinc.nl.linux.org/