Tailscale Stuck on a DERP Relay? Give Each Device Its Own Port
Five devices, one router, one port 41641. Only one of them went direct.
The Packet Three Firewalls Ate: Debugging a Tailscale Subnet Route
The router reached the NAS. The container behind it timed out.
Plex Remote Access Over Tailscale (No Port Forwarding)
Full-speed Plex from anywhere, and not one port opened.
Green Lights, No Packets: Common Homelab Network Issues
Every light is green, every ping times out — meet the four usual suspects.
Why a 208 KB Buffer Throttled My Tailscale Backups
Every obvious suspect was innocent. The culprit: 208 KB.
Tailscale Exit Node: Route All Traffic Through Your Homelab
Coffee-shop Wi-Fi, but every packet exits through your lab.
Tailscale Subnet Router: Remote Homelab Access Without Port Forwarding
The whole lab reachable from anywhere, zero ports forwarded.