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    Zerotier One as a package - $100USD

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    • occamsrazorO
      occamsrazor
      last edited by

      Unrelated/offtopic but perhaps of interest to ZeroTier users... this person seems to have got ZeroTier working on a Ubiquiti Edgerouter. Still hoping someone might get it working on pfSense....

      https://blog.kruyt.org/zerotier-on-a-ubiquiti-edgerouter/

      pfSense CE on Qotom Q355G4 8GB RAM/60GB SSD
      Ubiquiti Unifi wired and wireless network, APC UPSs
      Mac OSX and IOS devices, QNAP NAS

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        allenellis
        last edited by allenellis

        I'll kick in another $75 towards the bounty on this.

        By my calculations, the current bounty for this stands at a cool $1,125

        $30 - Opticum
        $20 - Arffeh
        $100 - Pikkaachu
        $100 - cjw
        $250 - vinistois
        $250 - itksteve
        $100 - DavidF
        $50 - pbosgraaf
        $50 - tebrown
        $50 - noebas
        $50 - KBrownConsulting
        $75 - AllenEllis

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        • KBrownConsultingK
          KBrownConsulting
          last edited by

          I've updated my original post to put in a specific dollar amount.

          For now I can easily commit to $50. Might be able to do more depending on when it's done.

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            bbrendon
            last edited by

            Is there a way to make a legit bounty for this?

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              Noebas
              last edited by

              I'am in NO way connected to Opnsense and this could be a sensative subject but the fact is that thy have a zerotier implementation.

              Zerotier makes sense and i'am wondering what is keeping PfSense devs from implementing this as it seems that others have it already.

              https://docs.opnsense.org/manual/how-tos/zerotier.html

              I'am am still in for the bounty

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                dch @Noebas
                last edited by

                hey folks

                I'm the upstream port maintainer (i.e. I maintain the FreeBSD version of net/zerotier). You can see I'm pretty active in the ZT software issues & pull requests on github as well.

                I'm new to the forum, so right now I don't know the rules wrt bounties for netgate, so apologies if there's already something underway and I've simply missed it.

                If there's still interest in doing this, I'll organise a bounty page somewhere, and take it from there - I'm in the middle of updating the upstream port to 1.4.6 already. If it gets to a reasonable level I am happy to offer support/help to get people up & running too but right now it has to compete with more prosaic work.

                You can contact me via email at FreeBSD.org or skunkwerks.at for any questions.

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                  allenellis
                  last edited by

                  Cool! I moved on and created a site-to-site Wireguard mesh by hand instead. But I'm still good for my original bounty because this looks like such a promising alternative for future projects & other users.

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                  • occamsrazorO
                    occamsrazor @dch
                    last edited by

                    @dch said in Zerotier One as a package - $100USD:

                    hey folks

                    I'm the upstream port maintainer (i.e. I maintain the FreeBSD version of net/zerotier). You can see I'm pretty active in the ZT software issues & pull requests on github as well.

                    I'm new to the forum, so right now I don't know the rules wrt bounties for netgate, so apologies if there's already something underway and I've simply missed it.

                    If there's still interest in doing this, I'll organise a bounty page somewhere, and take it from there - I'm in the middle of updating the upstream port to 1.4.6 already. If it gets to a reasonable level I am happy to offer support/help to get people up & running too but right now it has to compete with more prosaic work.

                    You can contact me via email at FreeBSD.org or skunkwerks.at for any questions.

                    There was some work done on this a couple of years ago by I think @Chancem and @zevlag but from what I can see by the earlier posts in this thread, it never reached completion. I think they posted their progress here:

                    https://github.com/zevlag/pfsense-ports
                    https://github.com/ChanceM/pfSense-pkg-zerotier

                    I am not a programmer but perhaps that could be used as a foundation..... although I also don't know about any rules for bounties. I think it's fair to say (anyone correct me if I am wrong) that there has been no recent active work on this for quite a while until your post.... which is very welcome!

                    pfSense CE on Qotom Q355G4 8GB RAM/60GB SSD
                    Ubiquiti Unifi wired and wireless network, APC UPSs
                    Mac OSX and IOS devices, QNAP NAS

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                    • KBrownConsultingK
                      KBrownConsulting @dch
                      last edited by

                      @dch I'm still in for $50. And thanks for maintaining the port!

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                        coreybrett @dch
                        last edited by

                        @dch I think a formal bounty page somewhere would be great. Would really love to see a proper GUI added to pfSense for Zerotier config.

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                          coreybrett
                          last edited by

                          https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9238

                          Just hoping someone on the Netgate team sees this forum thread.

                          I have recently purchased 4 7100s and 6 5100s to link our branch networks together using OpenVPN. While this works, it seems a bit messy, especially with multiple WANs at each location.

                          It seems like ZeroTier with its multipath feature would be a much cleaner solution as I could simply create a ZT interface on each router connected to the same ZT network. Add a few static routes and traffic could flow directly between sites in a mesh fashion vs the hub and spoke setup I have with OpenVPN.

                          I would even be okay with a package that is only available with Netgate appliances.

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                          • luckman212L
                            luckman212 LAYER 8 @coreybrett
                            last edited by

                            I would even be okay with a package that is only available with Netgate appliances.

                            That's a cool idea - it would be a great value-add and another good incentive for people to buy Netgate appliances vs some cheap crap from Alibaba.

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                              coreybrett
                              last edited by

                              Would also be a way to add "SD-WAN" functionality.

                              Not that SD-WAN has any real technical definition, but in the router market, it seems to often refer to creating multiple secured links between different routers with the ability to use QOS rules to prioritize traffic within those links. ZT has the potential to check both of those boxes.

                              https://www.zerotier.com/manual.shtml#2_1_5

                              https://www.zerotier.com/manual.shtml#2_2_7

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                                coreybrett
                                last edited by

                                It looks like some progress is being made.

                                https://github.com/ChanceM/pfSense-pkg-zerotier

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                                  jasonhollis
                                  last edited by

                                  Team,

                                  I'm quite happy to roll up another $250 to get this done. There is no question of the value of this integration. I've been using OPNsense just because the integration is already there but would much prefer the reliability of PFSense.

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                                    coreybrett
                                    last edited by

                                    I would love to see this also.

                                    Unfortunately, unless Netgate gets behind it, I don't see it ever happening. At the moment, it does not appear that Netgate has any interest.

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                                      tecnico2010
                                      last edited by tecnico2010

                                      @ Reboot IT we are doing some R&D for this to work on the latest 2.4.5 p1 version.
                                      Trying to make a package using a full version of BSD. Looking for a tool that will simplify this process.
                                      Wanted to add, we are not asking for any donations as we are trying to learn and use it to its max potential.
                                      Suggestions are welcomed.

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                                        coreybrett
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                                        • occamsrazorO
                                          occamsrazor
                                          last edited by

                                          Just checking in in case anyone is aware of any updates on this? I live in hope....

                                          pfSense CE on Qotom Q355G4 8GB RAM/60GB SSD
                                          Ubiquiti Unifi wired and wireless network, APC UPSs
                                          Mac OSX and IOS devices, QNAP NAS

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                                            coreybrett @occamsrazor
                                            last edited by

                                            I’m pining for this as well. Would be much better than my current OpenVPN setup. Would be nice if Netgate took a break from Wiregard while the dust settles on that situation and adopted ZT as a first class citizen of pfS.

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