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by wener 1095 days ago
Tinc can work on L2, which means works like switch, means it can works like an cable between any nodes.It doesn't need an ip, you can make a bridge. There is no known good replacement for this.

The down side is

- single thread (perf has limits in 10gbe)

- userspace (wg can works in kernel)

- 1.1 is stable enough, but still may crash, be careful

You may also interested in n2n

2 comments

I love using this to solve problems between bespoke network appliances. "Oh they need to be on the same layer 2, no prob *spins up tinc VMs." How can something so wrong feel so right!
Zerotier can do L2 with some of the same limitations (userspace, perf)