25 Sep
2016
25 Sep
'16
2:43 a.m.
So my question is this: Is what I want to do feasable
as a way to get a
static address and act as an AMPR gateway?
Yes, this works quite well. I have the same setup here.
I have a colocated Raspberry Pi that is on the IPIP mesh using ampr-ripd in
the standard setup that is described on the WiKi, and it serves my subnet and
a couple of /32 addresses.
My subnet is tunneled to my home using IPsec in AH/Tunnel mode. Using AH
instead of ESP (as is usually used) reduces CPU usage, and encryption is not
required for this purpose anyway. At home I have a MikroTik router.
I do have a fixed IP at home so IPsec is easy, when you don't have that it
may be easier to use a VPN that does not care about addresses, e.g. OpenVPN.
I also run a couple of applications locally on the Pi, hence the /32 addresses.
Today, thanks to Marius' work, it is also possible to use a MikroTik router
instead of the Raspberry Pi. It may be easier to configure and is available
in rackmount formfactor.
Rob