vpn server for trixbox ce v2.2.4

Yeah, go with Hamachi, unless you don't want to be tied into their mediation server. (If the mediation server is down and your Hamachi is logged off and back on, the tunnels won't reestablish until the mediation server comes back online.) A VPN server could eliminate that problem since you would be the VPN server, but with Hamachi, you don't have to make any changes to your firewall or other internet security; it's designed to bypass firewalls (nearly) transparently.

With all that said, I use Hamachi on my Trixbox servers and I established domain names pointing to each of my hamachi IPs, so when I am logged into Hamachi and in my group(s), I can go to the a domain name instead of an IP address. Very handy, especially since I have quite a few Hamachi clients configured and the IPs are hard to remember.

Goto http://www.hamachi.cc/download/list.php and download the OS version i.e WindowsXP or MAC. Suggest you will create your network here for Trixbox to join later.

For Linux, you rather follow the console setup. Supply domain-host, network and password with your own.
[root@trix ~]# su
[root@trix ~]# wget http://files.hamachi.cc/linux/hamachi-0.9.9.9-20-lnx.tar.gz
[root@trix ~]# tar -xzf hamachi-0.9.9.9-20-lnx.tar.gz
[root@trix ~]# cd hamachi-0.9.9.9-20-lnx
[root@trix ~]# make install
[root@trix ~]# sudo /sbin/tuncfg
[root@trix ~]# hamachi-init
[root@trix ~]# hamachi start
[root@trix ~]# hamachi set-nick domain-host
[root@trix ~]# hamachi login
[root@trix ~]# hamachi join network password
[root@trix ~]# hamachi go-online network

To check if it is working:
[root@trix ~]# hamachi
Hamachi, a zero-config virtual private networking utility, ver 0.9.9.9-20
version : hamachi-lnx-0.9.9.9-20
pid : 119XX
status : logged in
nickname : Mphx-Trix1

Good luck!

I use the following script with symbolic links placed in my startup and shutdown run-levels. The links were created by Webmin, so I'm not sure what permissions they would need. I assume +x would do it, at any rate.

#!/bin/sh
# description: This action will startup and shutdown Hamachi automatically
# chkconfig: 2345 99 00

case "$1" in
'start')
echo "Starting hamachi..."
/sbin/tuncfg
/usr/bin/hamachi start
/usr/bin/hamachi login
touch /var/lock/subsys/Hamachi
;;
'stop')
echo "Shutting down hamachi..."
/usr/bin/hamachi logout
/usr/bin/hamachi stop
#
# killall tuncfg
# I commented this out because my system seems to hang whenever it's called.
#
rm -f /var/lock/subsys/Hamachi
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 { start | stop }"
;;
esac
exit 0

Now, you can make a script with this and then call your script with 'start' as an argument to start Hamachi and 'stop' as an argument to stop it. You can add the line /path/to/your/script/Hamachi start to your init script or you can create the symbolic links in rc3.d and rc6.d (assuming that your normal run level is 3 and your shutdown level is 6.)

http://logmeinwiki.com/wiki/Hamachi:Install_on_Linux

For Linux, you rather follow the console setup.
Supply domain-host, network and password with your own.

as root
cd /usr/src
wget http://files.hamachi.cc/linux/hamachi-0.9.9.9-20-lnx.tar.gz
tar -xzf hamachi-0.9.9.9-20-lnx.tar.gz
cd hamachi-0.9.9.9-20-lnx
make install
sudo /sbin/tuncfg
hamachi-init
hamachi start
hamachi set-nick {domain-host}
hamachi login
hamachi join {network} {password}
hamachi go-online {network}

To check if it is working:
hamachi
Hamachi, a zero-config virtual private networking utility, ver 0.9.9.9-20
version : hamachi-lnx-0.9.9.9-20
pid : 119XX
status : logged in
nickname : {Nick}

Sorry I just assumed Paul had a startup script in the wiki

The simple way to make a script, (as root) put all the commandline text in there
just as it works when you type it into the console, make it executable, and add the path to the script to the bottom of /etc/rc.local

I think maybe you can just use webmin to add it to the start up as well (never check it but it should be there)

https://forums.hamachi.cc/viewtopic.php?t=9376&highlight=startup

got it working at the end
thanks