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Route through Exit Node¶

1. Lokinet Installation¶

To install Lokinet, see the install guide here.

After the guide is finished you should have installed the dependencies and built Lokinet.

2. Lokinet Setup¶

To setup and run Lokinet, see the accessing SNApps guide here.

After the above guide is finished you should be able to run lokinet and be able to access SNApps.

3. Route Configuration¶

To use an exit node as a client, you need to change the [network] section in ~/.lokinet/lokinet.ini

Use the following command to access your lokinet.ini file.

nano ~/.lokinet/lokinet.ini

Use your arrow keys to to scroll down to the network settings.

# network settings 
[network]
profiles=/home/modeify/.lokinet/profiles.dat
# uncomment next line to add router with pubkey to list of routers we connect directly to
#strict-connect=pubkey
# uncomment next line to use router with pubkey as an exit node
#exit-node=pubkey
ifname=lokitun0
ifaddr=172.16.10.1/24
enabled=true

Delete the # in front of strict-connect and exit-node.

Replace pubkey next to strict-connect with one of the following pubkeys, also take note of the IP address attached to the pubkey.

8df8ca1cc9d39d381f0efafdf58e2569457675a1e543189bea8279522aee6461 167.114.185.46
3dcb5a34d015a7bbb4636be83991e00cbeff13fe7834e0d5452ffe9a5af5a5be 162.243.164.223

Next replace pubkey next to exit-node with the following pubkey:

b61df944b8547af56201c6c7528ed86289566dcf73358c5ef8e3b4e628671399

Your network settings section should now look like the following:

# network settings 
[network]
profiles=/home/modeify/.lokinet/profiles.dat
# uncomment next line to add router with pubkey to list of routers we connect d$
strict-connect=3dcb5a34d015a7bbb4636be83991e00cbeff13fe7834e0d5452ffe9a5af5a5be
# uncomment next line to use router with pubkey as an exit node
exit-node=b61df944b8547af56201c6c7528ed86289566dcf73358c5ef8e3b4e628671399
ifname=lokitun0
ifaddr=172.16.10.1/24
enabled=true

Hold Ctrl and click x, the terminal will prompt you to confirm changes. Click y and then enter to continue.

This sets our computer to use an exit node by its public identity key and sets a strict first hop by its public identity key. Setting a strict first allows for the routing table to be set up easily.

4. Finding your Default Gateway¶

On linux, run the following command:

ip route | grep default

The IP address shown is your default gateway, for our example our IP is 10.0.2.2.

5. Set up Routes¶

In the following example the first hop is 162.243.164.223 which is connected to the pubkey 3dcb5a34d015a7bbb4636be83991e00cbeff13fe7834e0d5452ffe9a5af5a5be.

If you used a different pubkey as your first hop you must replace the IP address in the example with the one associated with it.

To route everything through a Lokinet Exit Node run the following command. Replacing <first hop> with your first hop IP address and <default gateway> with your default gateway.

sudo ip route add <first hop> via <default gateway>

For this example the command is:

sudo ip route add 162.243.164.223 via 10.0.2.2

Next run the following command to remove your default:

sudo ip route del default

At this point make sure you are running lokinet, you should have lokinet running from section 2.

While lokinet is running open up a new terminal and run the following command:

sudo ip route add default dev lokitun0

If you want to unset the route everything over lokinet route do the following as root:

sudo ip route del default

sudo ip route add default via <default gateway>

Now when you browse the internet your IP address will be obfuscated. Go to a "where is my location" website to see if your IP appears to be in Romania.

Finish¶

Well done, you have finished the guide. Jump back into the Lokinet Public Testing Guide here.