MeshVPN is a fork from PeerVPN to fix the not merged issues since a couple of years. Some features are planned an will be updated in future.
MeshVPN is a software that builds virtual ethernet networks between multiple computers. Such a virtual network can be useful to facilitate direct communication that applications like file sharing or playing games may need. Often, such direct communication is made impossible or very difficult by firewalls or NAT devices.
Most traditional VPN solutions follow the client-server principle, which means that all participating nodes connect to a central server. This creates a star topology, which has some disadvantages. The central node needs lots of bandwidth, because it needs to handle all the VPN traffic. Also, if the central node goes down, the whole VPN is down too.
A virtual network built by MeshVPN uses a full mesh topology. All nodes talks directly to each other, there is no need for a central server. If one node goes down, the rest of the network is unaffected.
Configuring MeerVPN is easy. You just need to configure a network name, a password and the contact information (IP address and port) of another PeerVPN node. Adding a new node to an existing network doesn't require the existing nodes to alter their configuration, because its IP address is automatically distributed across the whole virtual network.
- Ethernet tunneling support using TAP devices
- IPv6 support
- Full mesh network topology
- No NAT reconfiguration necessary
- Shared key encryption and authentication support
There is a small tutorial that explains how to setup a simple VPN. The configuration options are explained in the sample meshvpn.conf that is bundled together with the program.
MeshVPN is available for Linux, MacOS and FreeBSD. Additionally, one of the following crypto libraries is required:
MeshVPN is licensed under the terms of the GPLv3.
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If you have any questions or bug reports, open a issue ticket on github.com