Networking

In Part 1 I left my family’s Windows PC with a dead Tailscale exit node and a plan. TL;DR - Using Ethernet fixed the issue, but I still don’t understand why. The fix The most important item on my Part 1 next-steps list was verify if the exit node works over Ethernet — because I’m the one using this exit node, and I was tired of being blocked. The issue is the PC wasn’t close to any router and there wasn’t a non-invasive way to extend an Ethernet cable to it. So, I had my family get a travel router that can connect to the WiFi network and use an Ethernet cable to plug it into the PC. This takes the USB WiFi dongle out of the internet path. ...

I set up Tailscale on my family’s Windows PC a few years ago. Even though I’m on a different continent, I’m still their primary tech support, and sometimes I need a local IP to access some services like government websites. Tailscale gave me: Secure RDP access to diagnose/fix issues remotely (Using Rustdesk through Tailscale) Exit node capability when I need to appear on their network It worked perfectly… until it suddenly stopped. ...