hamachi alternative
Hi thank you for helping me with my last issue (Sunlight remote desktop). Now I have encountered another issue VPN. I'd like to use Hamachi to play remotely with a friend (he'll be using Moonlight to connect to my Linux PC) the problem is that he's using a M1 Mac and Hamachi is not working on those. Maybe you guys have a better and open source alternative for Hamachi that's also "easy" to setup and connect to.
Zerotier has been the best alternative in my experience.
Zerotier or Tailscale
Any open VPN protocol that MacOS supports will work. I'd actually say, you're better off not using something like Hamachi. Keep in mind, allowing your friend direct VPN access to your network without any extra rules will allow them full access to everything on your network, so make sure you only allow traffic to things you want them to access.
Check if your router already has a VPN Server you can enable and let your friend connect to and set it up (easiest option). If not, just run the VPN server on your machine, and forward the port from your router to your machine.
Hamachi only does direct machine-to-machine connects, it doesn't provide Subnet routing.
You could try Tinc but it's fairly involved to get running. Pretty nice if you have a root server and want to get several people wired up, though. There are probably easier solutions for your use case.
Tinc is terrible
It's awful to setup, and hasn't been updated in years. Anything Wireguard, or Wireguard-based will be lightyears better.
Good to know. We initially set that network up well over a decade ago so my knowledge isn't exactly current.
It's a shame Tinc hasn't had a release, because 1.1 made it much easier to set up, and is what I used before switching to Headscale. I'd actually go back to it if 1.1 got officially released =P
Wireguard is even easier
Eh. 1.1 made it as easy as running a command on both machines (A lot like how Tailscale does it)