Create a Network
A ZeroTier network is essentially a secure Local Area Network (LAN) that you can use anywhere in the world. Let's make one and connect two devices over ZeroTier.
We'll use ping to test the connection. Any two devices that can run ZeroTier will do: laptop, phone, virtual machine, etc…
Both devices can be at the same location, on the same physical network. If you move one to a cafe or to your office, it should still just work.
The rough outline is:
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Ping is not working
First, make sure your device is authorized on the network and you're using the ZeroTier assigned Managed IP address. Aside from that, some OSes block pings in their local firewall by default.
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Minimum System Requirements
ZeroTier is lightweight, portable, and compatible across all major platforms and architectures. It typically consumes less than 16 MB of memory, only about 1 MB of storage, and even has a low-bandwidth mode for IoT applications. It supports 32-bit ARM (arm32), 64-bit ARM (arm64), 32-bit Intel (x86), 64-bit Intel (x64/amd64PopularWhat is ZeroTier?
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ZeroTier is a way to connect devices over your own private network anywhere in the world. You do this by creating a network and then joining two or more devices to that network. You can use ZeroTier to play games, connect to remote business resources or even as a cloud backplane for your enterprise. Create your network.
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ZeroTier uses a set of globally distributed root servers and network controllers to automaticalSome readersWhat can I do with ZeroTier?
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A List of Awesome ZeroTier Things
This repository contains a list of all things ZeroTier that can be found on The Internet. Feel free to add yours!
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Mac and Windows platforms have graphical interfaces that provide tray or task bar icons. All platforms have the zerotier-cli command line interface which can be used to join and leave networks and check the status of the zerotier-one service.
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On Unix-like systems you may need to preface zerotier-cli commands with sudo, while on Windows you will need to use an administrator-mode command prompt.
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ZeroTierOne is freely available to download for most popular desktop and embedded platforms at our download page. For mobile users, Android and iOS clients are available directly from their respective app stores.
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