Quick & Easy: Tinc 1.1pre15 VPN between Windows Systems

Tinc VPN 1.1pre15 on Windows
with windows client (repeat client step to add more clients)

Firewall
open firewall port 655 on your router

Install Tinc VPN

Download & Install Tinc 1.1pre14

Configure master node (master)

Ctrl + R then C:\Program Files\tinc & Enter
Click on File > Open Command Prompt as Administrator

• tinc -n vpn init master
• tinc -n vpn add subnet 20.0.0.1
• tinc -n vpn add address=public.domain-or-ip

setup ethernet interface

• cd tap-win64
• addtap.bat
• cd ..
• netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces locate the one thats disconnected probably Ethernet 2
• netsh interface set interface name = "Ethernet 2" newname = "tinc"
• netsh interface ip set address "tinc" static 20.0.0.1 255.255.255.0
• netsh interface ipv4 show config now you should have a tinc interface with ip/subnet

Configure client node (client1)

if you want to add more clients, change name and ip

Download & Install Tinc 1.1pre15

Ctrl + R then C:\Program Files\tinc & Enter
Click on File > Open Command Prompt as Administrator

• tinc -n vpn init client1
• tinc -n vpn add connectto master
• tinc -n vpn add subnet 20.0.0.2

setup ethernet interface

• cd tap-win64
• addtap.bat
• cd ..
• netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces locate the one thats disconnected probably Ethernet 2
• netsh interface set interface name = "Ethernet 2" newname = "tinc"
• netsh interface ip set address "tinc" static 20.0.0.2 255.255.255.0

copy the files/keys

• on client1 machine, copy the vpn/hosts/client1 file to your vpn/hosts folder on your master machine
• on master machine, copy the vpn/hosts/master file to your vpn/hosts folder on your client1 machine

test it with

Router

• tincd -n vpn -D -d3
• ping 20.0.0.2 (after both is up!)
• issues, disable your firewall, open port 655..

Client1

• tincd -n vpn -D -d3
• ping 20.0.0.1 (after both is up!)
• issues, disable your firewall, open port 655..

Run as daemon (on both router and client)

Router:
tincd -n vpn

Client
tincd -n vpn

Tips

• ping 20.0.0.1 from client1
• ping 20.0.0.2 from master
• try opening windows share \\20.0.0.1 from client1
• try opening windows share \\20.0.0.2 from master
• try remote desktop, ftp, etc to check if it works