My issue is that many of my remote desktop apps require knowing the IP adress of the other PC. I’m looking for a VPN that auto-discovers other devices on the same network. That way I could just “ssh” into the same IP every time, because it would be IP inside of a virtual network. Ideally I am looking a solution that does not require internet connection.
Thanks.
Edit: I should probably specify my usecase. I have a portable desktop and use VNC from a laptop to connect to it. To do that I need the IP of the desktop but that’s different on a different network. This can be solved by using hostname.local as the “IP”. (hostname is the “ubuntu” in “bob@ubuntu$:~/Documents”) The solution is quite simple, I just haven’t known about it.
Ipv6, Nebula, headscale, tailscale
Headscale is a downstream of tailscale, meaning it has a fraction of the features and is maintained by Tailscale employees.
But great for less trust.
Yeah, but tailscale forces you to use logins from proprietary platforms, which is the reason I don’t use it. It doesn’t support a simple account creation and login with just an email and password.
Tail scale is currently in the building goodwill phase of the startup, there will come a day when the enshitification starts
Thanks, it does indeed work. I guess I’ll add a wireguard tunnel so that I won’t have to bother with the “do you trust the fingerprint?” every time I’m on a different network or when the IP changes.
Actually I want to use the wireguard tunnel regardless because right now I am tunneling VNC through SSH, which is laggy because it’s TCP. But thanks either way.
I’m looking for a VPN that auto-discovers other devices on the same network.
What does that mean? What are you actually trying to do?
I don’t think you need a VPN here since you’re using an already secure protocol. Sounds like you’re mostly wanting a static IP address. You can configure the local router to hand out static IPs. Local DNS works too.
Static IPs are not a thing in most countries. You need an overlay network or dynamic DNS like NoIP.
Static IPs handed out by your local router are not dependent on having a static IP from your ISP. You do not need one to have the other. You can always have static IPs on your local network.
DNS hostnames
I don’t want to be mean but searching “DNS hostnames” just gives generic AI generated “DNS explained” articles. This answer is helpful only if you already know that mDNS exists.
