I have been using Tailscale VPN with my servers for about 6 months now and I would recommend it to anyone.
I’m running it on both of my Proxmox machines, my laptop, a raspberry pi, and my Android phone. It makes it super easy and secure to access my local services while away from my house.
Very simple set up, minimal initial configuration, and versatile.
There are apps for Linux, Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS.
Is anyone else currently using Tailscale? I’d like to hear what you all think.
I’m sat behind a CGNAT for my home internet, so I can’t really forward ports in. Tailscale has been great as a free thing to let me get a quick-and-easy VPN set up so I can remote into my network reliably.
I like it, but it consumes copious amounts of battery on my Android phone. I only use it for 1) ssh and 2) services that I don’t want / need to be accessible over the Internet
I was using this for a bit actually, only reason I stopped was the network filters at work broke it…but I might try headscale down the road to see what that does…
I run a single headscale node on one of my free Oracle OCI instances, and connect about a dozen devices to it. No fear of adding friends either, since it’s free.
It’s free for personal use, although they offer paid versions for enterprise. It’s built using Wireguard, so there is a coordination server that’s accessed using the web app, but all the traffic is encrypted from client to client.
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I’m sat behind a CGNAT for my home internet, so I can’t really forward ports in. Tailscale has been great as a free thing to let me get a quick-and-easy VPN set up so I can remote into my network reliably.
I like it, but it consumes copious amounts of battery on my Android phone. I only use it for 1)
sshand 2) services that I don’t want / need to be accessible over the InternetIt does. I only turn it on when I need it.
I have the same issue with 1.1.1.1 and cloudflare tunnels. It really kills my battery
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No, it isn’t. But there is a self hosted Foss version of it (headscale) that the developers actively support.
I was using this for a bit actually, only reason I stopped was the network filters at work broke it…but I might try headscale down the road to see what that does…
I run a single headscale node on one of my free Oracle OCI instances, and connect about a dozen devices to it. No fear of adding friends either, since it’s free.
I prefer ZeroTier, I’m not sure why Tailscale has taken off so much in recent years (perhaps just the cleaner UI and better marketing).
This looks like a paid business vpn… are you even hosting it? I don’t get it
It’s free for personal use, although they offer paid versions for enterprise. It’s built using Wireguard, so there is a coordination server that’s accessed using the web app, but all the traffic is encrypted from client to client.