I have a laptop and a desktop-based-server on a 192.168.1.x segment on my network. I want to setup Tailscale between them.

Will it be bad if Tailscale connects while my laptop is local, on 192.168.1.x network?

Can I make it automatically connect via Tailscale when away and via the local network when home?

How can I best test the Tailscale network while I am at home?

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I quickly tested it with an FTP server set up to a read only folder with a single dummy file. You could put a big file so you can check the speed, at home it will use the full speed, while away it’ll use the cap of your ISP tier.

If you want a more complicated set up I recommend you setting up PiHole and configure magicDNS, this way you can check the difference of getting ads in some sites vs PiHole blocking them.

As @[email protected] mentioned, tailscale automatically routes traffic through the shortest route, so at home it’ll connect devices directly, this way you only point to your tailscale ip and forget about the 192.x addresses.

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