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What do you guys use / recommend to set up your own VPN to access your LAN services remotely?

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[-] Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Was running Wireguard and am now in the process of changing over to Tailscale (Headscale).

It uses Wireguard for the actual connections but manages all the wireguard configs for you.

[-] IamPic@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago

Why have you decided to switch?

[-] Starfighter@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

Getting the configs to work with my personal devices was already a little finicky but doing that for not-so-technical family members was starting to be a bit too much work for me.

I'm hoping that Headscale will cut that down to pointing their app at the server and having them enter their username and password.

[-] spencer@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 years ago

I came here to say exactly this - WireGuard is great and easy to set up, but it gets harder as you add more people, especially less technical ones, as getting them to make keys and move them around etc becomes a headache. Tailscale also minimizes the role of the central server, so if your box goes down the VPN can still function. Tailscale can also do some neat stuff with DNS that’s pretty nifty.

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