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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Tail scale is currently in the building goodwill phase of the startup, there will come a day when the enshitification starts
I mean, Github is literally the source of 2 operating systems I run. And most of my apps.
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.
Ah okay but is that useful in many cases? Only when you are home.
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.
Sorry was busy but wanted to make the comment at least earlier. I think .local is specific to mDNS, but using just the hostname (ie; mypcname) should work as well.
