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.

  • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
    3·
    5 months ago

    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.

    • jetAEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      Tail scale is currently in the building goodwill phase of the startup, there will come a day when the enshitification starts

    • devfuuu@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 months ago

      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.