From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Adolf Belka <adolf.belka@ipfire.org>
To: development@lists.ipfire.org
Subject: Re: Help with setting up net2net configuration
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 17:07:00 +0200
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Hello All,


Isn't it always the way that when you ask for help with something you then ma=
nage to find out how to do it yourself.

I now can ping successfully from a machine on green on IPFire1 to a machine o=
n green on IPFire2.

I had been using the FQDN for the local and remote machine names and these we=
re being sent out to the internet for name resolution for some reason. The FQ=
DN's are defined in the physical IPFire that I have . Anyway changing everyth=
ing to IP's made it work for me.


Regards,

Adolf.

On 26/05/2023 15:51, Adolf Belka wrote:
> Hi Erik, All,
>
>
> I am trying to set up a net2net configuration on my virtual machine testbed=
 for evaluating bug#11048 but also for use when evaluating Testing Releases i=
n the future, as I currently do with an OpenVPN Roadwarrior connection.
>
> I am struggling to make things work and need some guidance.
>
>
> The two IPFire virtual machines have their red interfaces on my physical gr=
een network. So the red IP's for the two IPFire machines are both private add=
ress numbers. Is that feasible to set up a N2N OpenVPN tunnel that wholly exi=
sts in a Private Address space?
>
> When I set the N2N up the two ends show CONNECTED in Green but in the logs =
there is no message saying Initialization Sequence Completed.
>
> When I try and ping I can successfully do that between the two IPFire machi=
nes consoles but not to any vm machine on the Green network of either IPFire =
system. That is also the case when trying ping from one of the IPFire console=
s to a machine in the green network of the other IPFire network.
>
> I suspect I need to do some sort of routing definition but I don't know how=
 or where.
>
> In the Roadwarrior connection there is a route section defined when you cre=
ate a client connection, where you can select Green and/or Blue/Orange.
>
> The N2N client connection is just imported into the other IPFire system and=
 there is no mention in the wiki about defining routes.
>
> I also created a Firewall rule on both IPFire's to connect the N2N tunnel w=
ith the Green network.
>
>
> None of the above allowed any ping to get a response from one of the IPFire=
 machines to a vm on the other IPFire's Green network.
>
>
> Would appreciate any help/advice on whether what I am trying is even possib=
le and that N2N only works over the internet with public IP's, or if I am doi=
ng something wrong with my route attempts. Let me know what further details y=
ou need to know or that I should provide.
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any input.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Adolf.
>

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