Has anyone been successful using Wireguard to create a VPN into a AREDNMESH network? I'd like to be able to access the mesh and its resources from the outside world without having additional Arednmesh hardware with me.
I've tried various environments such as PIVPN and the Wireguard VPN setup with in an Unraid server and made them work outside of the Mesh, but once I try to put the server inside the mesh lan, and port forward through a outside facing node, I do not any connectivity. I've tried different ports, but nothing seems to make it go.
When you connect to what should be a properly configured setup, the wireguard client claims it has connected and the logging shows its attempting to send handshake initiation to peer then comes back perhaps 5 seconds later reporting Handshake for peer with the configured ip:port info did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2) and then repeats that sequence until you disconnect.
The client GUI will also show a total of data its transmitted but nothing is received. A quick look on the server end shows the tunnel ip transmit value increasing like it is actually sending data back to the client.
I've disabled/removed any firewalls on the client, and the arednmesh node has an IP on the same lan as the client.
If anyone has gotten around this issue, I'd like to know how. It would make remote work much easier.
Things to note: the mesh node has the latest release (3.25.x) and the wireguard client is the latest from the Wireguard site. PiVPN is the latest release as is the Unraid distro.
I can answer any other questions if anyone has one.
Thanks
Nick - VA7NIC
I've tried various environments such as PIVPN and the Wireguard VPN setup with in an Unraid server and made them work outside of the Mesh, but once I try to put the server inside the mesh lan, and port forward through a outside facing node, I do not any connectivity. I've tried different ports, but nothing seems to make it go.
When you connect to what should be a properly configured setup, the wireguard client claims it has connected and the logging shows its attempting to send handshake initiation to peer then comes back perhaps 5 seconds later reporting Handshake for peer with the configured ip:port info did not complete after 5 seconds, retrying (try 2) and then repeats that sequence until you disconnect.
The client GUI will also show a total of data its transmitted but nothing is received. A quick look on the server end shows the tunnel ip transmit value increasing like it is actually sending data back to the client.
I've disabled/removed any firewalls on the client, and the arednmesh node has an IP on the same lan as the client.
If anyone has gotten around this issue, I'd like to know how. It would make remote work much easier.
Things to note: the mesh node has the latest release (3.25.x) and the wireguard client is the latest from the Wireguard site. PiVPN is the latest release as is the Unraid distro.
I can answer any other questions if anyone has one.
Thanks
Nick - VA7NIC
73
Matthew KN9U
Will investigate tailscale this afternoon.
Nick - VA7NIC
73
Matthew