Tailscale
That's the only word you need. Ultimately, traditional VPN is outdated and almost obsolete. Wireguard is the "next iteration" of network tunneling tech. And Tailscale just makes it super simple.
+1 for Tailscale because it uses the WireGuard protocol. Tailscale just adds additional features on top of the WireGuard base. That much said, I am more interested in Slack's Nebula project because it is completely open source. I like the approach Nebula is taking towards mesh networking. I'm just still struggling to get it working.
Tailscale using headscale is basically hosting your personal Tailscale network, which is nice and makes it open source too, just FYI
I just came across headscale...looks kinda neat. The docs have me a bit scared though - from the Installation section: "Configure Headscale by editing the configuration file"...uhm ya I'll just go configure all of the things to do all of the stuff, hehe.
Use chat gpt to help you install it , I used it sometimes and it help me to understand it a lot.
Good idea...I just it a bunch for other stuff but hadn't thought to use it for this. Thanks!
I'll pitch ZeroTier instead, it's the same concept, but it's more FOSS friendly, older, doesn't have the non-networking "feature bloat" of Tailscale, and can handle some really niche cases like Ethernet bridging (should you ever care).
Just:
If you want to go full self hosting, you can do that too but you will need something with a static IP to control everything (https://docs.zerotier.com/self-hosting/network-controllers/?utm_source=ztp) this would replace the web panel parts.
You can also do a LAN routing based solution pretty easily using something like a Raspberry Pi (or really any Linux computer).
Omg its seems its working with cgnat, ill give this a try
It's what I use to remote access to my Starlink network. Have it running on a little Linux box, and publishes my internal subnet so I can access any device on my network with Tailscale running on just one PC.
Neat, I'll admit that im a bit late with vpn bandwagon, I've been fiddling around with dynamic dns and prays to the network gods that my LAN wont encounter some replicating malware or nasty stuff (although im monitoring it and has logs). And yea, wow, this thing is fast and easy.
Really, wow ok. Someone recommended that in another post, and I thought there must still be some value to doing it myself.
So does all the traffic go through tailscale? I gotta watch a YouTube video...
You're mostly correct, but you don't need the laptop to act as a CA or anything. A CA is just a cryptographic key, you can generate them on the laptop, on the router, or wherever you want. All that matters is that the router and the clients agree on what the CA is.
Alternatively, you can port forward from the router to the laptop and run the VPN on the laptop itself. That will open you up to more VPN protocols such as WireGuard which is newer, works so much better, and a whole lot easier to get set up. That stuff just works. Or you can forward the SSH port, and use SSH forwarding using an app like JuiceSSH as the way to enter your network.
I can vouch for wireguard it's super easy to setup
I personally am a fan of DIY when it comes to VPN. Check out Nebula. I'm working on building a Nebula-based network. Right now I'm using WireGuard tunnels. Pure WireGuard is diificult to scale but it does operate well scaled up.
Big thanks to everyone that replied. Message received: ditch openVPN in favour of wireguard :-)
Uhm, status update: I just signed up for tailscale, and I'm able to access my home server after about 2 mins from first logging into the tailscale website. Wow...you guys weren't kidding 🙃
So what should I do next?
Nas, Media server, device auto backups to nas, game server, chatgpt instance, Lemmy instance, a website, wiki, nextcloud, pihole, or home assistant.
If you intend to collect/store data or make more servers, a nas would probably be a good idea to have.
Ok, I have an incoming Lenovo M93P SFF to upgrade my really old laptop as a server, so your list will be super helpful. Thanks!
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