Tinc

Client (Raspberry Pi / laptop )

Install

Install dependencies

sudo apt install build-essential automake libssl-dev liblzo2-dev libbz2-dev zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libreadline-dev 

Compile Tinc 1.1pre :

cd /usr/src/

wget https://www.tinc-vpn.org/packages/tinc-1.1pre17.tar.gz

tar xvf tinc-1.1pre17.tar.gz

cd tinc-1.1pre17

./configure

make

 sudo make install

Once installed the configuration dir should be in:

/usr/local/etc/tinc/

And tinc is installed in

/usr/local/sbin/tinc

tmux: attaches shell to the pi and running without your ssh connection

Adding clients On the server:

    tinc -n hub invite $CLIENTHOSTNAME

On the client:

   tinc join $INVITEURL

   tinc -n hub add subnet 10.0.0.1XX

   tincd -n hub -D -d3

to rejoin tinc you need to

 1. start `tmux` and then 
 2. run the following command `tincd -n hub -D -d3

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