Re: [lime-users] VPN

Hi again! I’m glad you received it this time and are testing it out. I definitely have no windows machines either ;] And actually you don’t need any configuration files for streisand. Once you’ve set up your instance just navigate to your server’s web address and log in with the provided credentials. Then when you see this screen: Select L2TP/IPsec. Then on the next screen press linux, and copy the credentials you find there in the Hex admin page’s configuration in the appropriate fields. That will get you up and running in no time. Remember to select max MTU and RMU to 1280 if you’re getting fragmented packets [I for instance could not access http://speedtest.net before I corrected these values, exactly because of packet fragmentation]. Let me know if you need any further help! Nicolas From: Marvin Arnold &lt;marvin(a)unplugged.im&gt; Reply: libremesh users &lt;lime-users(a)lists.libremesh.org&gt; Date: 16 February 2017 at 15:49:26 To: lime-users(a)lists.libremesh.org &lt;lime-users(a)lists.libremesh.org&gt; Subject:  Re: [lime-users] VPN Thanks for resharing Nicolas, the original never did find my mailbox. We tried configuring this setup but hit a wall because we don't have windows machines. Is there no easy way to take the configuration files Streisand spits out and upload them directly to the hex? Alternatively, we're not sure what which settings to copy over from that file and put into the hex. On 02/15/2017 02:27 AM, Nicolas North wrote: Hi Marvin I’m sorry but I’m having some serious spam issues since i’ve migrated my mailserver. Here is the mail i had sent you. Hope you receive it! –––––––––––––––– Hi Marvin Sorry for the late reply. We’re using Hexes as vpn-only devices, with the following setup: ||| ISP Router ||| <=> ||| Hex VPN Router ||| <=> ||| LiMe Router |||    |        wifi adhoc    |   [other LiMe routers] This is the guide we’ve been following [https://matthewmcclatchey.com/using-private-internet-accesss-vpn-with-mikro…], with the exception of the fact that our vpn is lt2p+ipsec, and that we’ve had to set max mtu and max mru values to 1280 for some reason as packets were getting fragmented with our setup. If you connect a cable from the ISP’s router’s lan to the Hex’s wan, and another cable from the Hex’s lan to the LiMe router’s wan, you’ll have all of your internet-bound traffic from inside your mesh network sandboxed inside the VPN with no exceptions. The hex has some kind of "persistent tunnel” enabled by default, so drops the connection if the vpn breaks for some reason, even though it never has unless we actually rebooted the remote vpn server for testing purposes. I suggest giving the Hex an address like 172.16.0.1 to avoid conflicts with other more common subnets. We set all our ISP routers to 192.168.0.1 and LiMe uses 10.13.0.1 etc… so we’re good to go. Also, as a bonus, we try to pair all LiMe routers with an openwrt “simple AP” router, that takes care of the AP level and lets the LiMe router handle only the adhoc meshing level, for maximum wireless efficiency. We give APs static addresses of 10.13.64.1, 2, 3, and so on. They must all be different. Try and stay out of the DHCP range which starts at 100 I think. This last part [the AP addressing] is all trial and error and experimental so it might be wrong, but for us it works. We still need to figure out how to scale addressing for APs so we’re open to suggestions. While we’re at it: TLDR question: what static IPv4 address to give a simple AP connected to the lan of a LiMe router? Is 10.13.64.1 - 10.13.64.99 a good range? How do we scale beyond that since every AP in the entire network must have a different IP? Let me know how this works for you. To those answering the question: thank you in advance. Nicolas From: Marvin Arnold &lt;marvin(a)unplugged.im&gt; Reply: Marvin Arnold &lt;marvin(a)unplugged.im&gt; Date: 14 February 2017 at 02:19:38 To: pau(a)dabax.net &lt;pau(a)dabax.net&gt;et>, nk(a)os.vu &lt;nk(a)os.vu&gt; Subject:  Re: [lime-users] VPN Hi Pau, Nicolas, Maybe I'm losing my head, but I can't find the original email from Nicolas being quoted. It looks like it may be the additional VPN setup tips we are looking for. I've checked my spam and don't see any hidden messages... On 02/13/2017 06:43 PM, Ilario wrote: _______________________________________________ lime-users mailing list lime-users(a)lists.libremesh.org https://lists.libremesh.org/mailman/listinfo/lime-users