I have an old laptop lying around and I have been meaning to self host some stuff on it but never got around to it.

My biggest limitation is that I only have WIFI and I do not control the network. It’s basically your default residential WIFI network.

The only thing I actually need is self-hosted cloud. What can I utilize this laptop for?

  • Mr. ForagerEnglish
    4•6 months ago

    Tailscale and Mullvad VPN recently partnered up to solve this exact issue. So in the admin panel of tailscale you could set up a device as an exitnode and then have that run through one of Mullvads servers. It’s all very neat and simple 😊

    • @BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      3•6 months ago

      Exit nodes Subnet Routers KICK ASS.

      Makes it so my RPi enables me to manage any device on my home network from anywhere. I can print from my laptop or phone to my home printer. No need for a Tailscale client on hardware devices.

      An Exit Node provides a LAN exit path for connected devices - so any of my TS connected devices can route to the internet through my home network, gaining RPi DNS filtering along the way (though I don’t do this for performance reasons, it’s just an example).

      Edited to correct my misuse of exit node, and clarify the difference between it and Subnet routing.