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Re:Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list? by chanux on Saturday May 23, 2020 @12:38AM (#23279946)
Some feedback. I think I stumbled upon Zerotier a while back and didn't really get what it is. IIRC it felt like something that is only useful for big companies, exactly what I felt today.

I think the website could do a better job showcasing how it's used.

Hope my feedback is helpful and wish all the best!

Re:Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list? by api on Saturday May 23, 2020 @11:04AM (#23283505)
Our web site kind of sucks. We're going to be working with a design/marketing firm to re-do it soon.

It's kind of hard to explain ZeroTier sometimes. Its so simple (to the user) people have a hard time getting it.

"You just make a network and connect stuff." Huh?

People have been conditioned to think networking is hard because 90% of networking software is crap.

Re:Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list? by derekja on Saturday May 23, 2020 @02:04PM (#23285010)
UI issues for sure, but the product is great. I have computers in 3 different organizations and the ability to tie them into a coherent virtual site so they can all talk to each other is amazing. I no longer have to worry about having forgotten some file on my home network that I needed at the university, for instance. Looking forward to V2!
Re:Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list? by ramzis on Saturday May 23, 2020 @12:38PM (#23284330)
Thanks for ZeroTier! Managed to convert a few friends from using Hamachi for LAN games, which was always a pain to setup previously. It simply just works for my needs.
Re:Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list? by chanux on Sunday May 24, 2020 @09:01AM (#23291192)
ooh! so it could replace Hamachi. I think this is one use case (without using the product name) that can be listed in a uses-cases page. Hope other Zerotier users would chime in with more use cases.
Re:Ask HN: What startup/technology is on your 'to watch' list? by api on Sunday May 24, 2020 @03:26PM (#23293944)
ZeroTier emulates a L2 Ethernet switch over any network, so anything you can do with Ethernet basically.

You make networks, add stuff to them, and any protocol you want just works: games, ssh, sftp, http, drive mounts (though they can be slow over the Internet), video chat, VoIP, even stuff like BGP or old protocols like IPX work.