I tried Wireguard now, and it worked beautifully (love its simplicity), than I setup port forwarding, and a no-ip ddns, and it stops working. Because, as it turns out, I dont have a public ip address. My isp runs a CGNAT, therefore i dont think there is any way for me to run a wg at home without some external server to hop from. I guess tailscale does exactly that eith thair connecting server, if i understand it correctly?
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webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 days ago
I never heard if twingate but i see no reason why not to selfhost Wireguard.
Its a proven open source vpn.
As far as a little research went. Tailgate is proprietary software and caters to enterprises, it has some open source alternatives that have a similar functionality. Most if them using Wireguard under the hood. Look for tailspin/headspin or netbird.
Jokulhlaups@lemmy.world 2 days ago
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
Honestly not having a static public ip address would be a dealbreaker for me, reason to change isp.
But thats not always an option.
My old isp got a new ip every full modem reboot and a way i used to circumvent this is with duckdns. It’s a free dns service i used before i had money to pay for my own domain.
If i recall correctly they have a desktop tool that connects to your account that scans for your current dynamic public ip and then updates it for your freesubdomainname.duckdns.org which is what you use to connect.
Jokulhlaups@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yup that is exactly what i already did (with no-ip instead of duck dns but the same service), but as i said, the fact that it’s dynamic is not the problem. It’s the fact that even my dynamic ip address is not actually truly public. At least that is how i understand CGNAT.
Jokulhlaups@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Thanks for the recommendations, will look into wireguard first