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?

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Fixed IP doesn’t matter today with virtual/mesh network approaches like Wireguard/Tailscale.

    They open an outbound connection, so the router treats it like any other connection. Once the tunnel is established, inbound comms can take place.

    Using Tailscale’s Subnet Router enables access to local devices that can’t run a TS client, while the Serve and Funnel options enable external access from devices that don’t have the TS client installed. Edit: Serve is for sharing to TS clients that aren’t part of your TS network.

    It’s really interesting to see these solutions today, when Hamachi was doing it 20 years ago. Glad to see it’s caught on, and being developed/extended.