Quick Setup

• Installation Method: In some Linux distributions, n2n is provided as a software package, and you can install it using sudo apt install n2n. Additionally, the latest software packages for most distributions can be obtained from ntop repositories.
• Example Configuration: Here are examples of configuring edge nodes on different hosts:

# Run the edge command with sudo privileges to configure an n2n edge node
# -c specifies the community name as mynetwork
# -k specifies the encryption key as mysecretpass
# -a specifies the local IP address as 192.168.100.1
# -f runs the process in foreground mode
# -l specifies the supernode to connect to as supernode.ntop.org:7777

- Host 1:

sudo edge -c mynetwork -k mysecretpass -a 192.168.100.1 -f -l supernode.ntop.org:7777

- Host 2:

sudo edge -c mynetwork -k mysecretpass -a 192.168.100.2 -f -l supernode.ntop.org:7777

After the configuration is completed, the two hosts can ping each other. It is highly recommended to choose a custom community name (-c) and a secret encryption key (-k) to prevent other users from connecting to your computer. To protect data privacy and reduce the server load of supernode.ntop.org, it is also recommended to set a custom supernode.