I can’t VPN into my home network. 😭
Does anyone know if this related to the AWS outage? What should I be running to avoid this situation in the future?
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selfhosters btfo’d again by not selfhosting
Seriously. I was recently wondering why so many choose tailscale over WireGuard.
They’re not really comparable right? Wireguard being a direct vpn connection that requires you to have an open port that can reach the network hosting the vpn and tailscale being a layer on top of wireguard that handles connecting through NATs?
Maybe I’m overlooking a lot of circumstances that I haven’t encountered. Good call on the open port feature, that’s a big one that I forgot about.
Broke the fuck out? Bought than found out?
Hi! Welcome to the Internet.
BTFO stands for Blown The Fuck Out.I’ve been on the internet for two decades and never seen that initialism.
Almost four decades here (yes, before the Web), the best I could come up with was “‘Bout to find out.”
It’s almost certainly related to AWS.
Get a dynamic DNS from afraid.org, they’re great. That’ll make it so you can always find your home network without needing to write down your IP address (especially frustrating if it changes).
Then run a VPN server, like OpenVPN, on a computer that is always on and redirect the VPN connection port from your router to the VPN server. If you don’t know how to get into your router’s admin console, LEARN HOW! This is critical to maintaining home network security even if you aren’t running servers.
It’s not easy, but it’s way, WAY more robust than depending on a 3rd party to keep your info (except for afraid.org and they practically NEVER go down).
Dumb question – what happens if afraid.org goes down?
That’ll only work if OP isn’t behind CGNAT though.
How many people are CGNAT and also no ipv6?
Actually, I don’t want to know. It’s too damn high.
I’m tailing and scaling as we speak.
