Has anyone tried Tailscale to connect to Jellyfin?

I am not very knowledgeable about networking. I found I can connect to my Jellyfin server if I set under Networking “Allow remote connections” and in the remote IP address filter I put the remote IP that Tailscale assigns to my iPhone.

Is this how it’s supposed to work? I didn’t expect to have to use Remote Access Settings. I thought the point of Tailscale is to make it like you are on a local network.

  • RacoonVegetable@reddthat.comEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have put

    127.0.0.1/8, 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16, 100.64.0.0/10

    In Networking > Server address settings > LAN networks

    No idea if this is correct/secure/best practice but it works

    Note the description of this setting:

    Comma separated list of IP addresses or IP/netmask entries for networks that will be considered on local network when enforcing bandwidth restrictions. If set, all other IP addresses will be considered to be on the external network and will be subject to the external bandwidth restrictions. If left blank, only the server’s subnet is considered to be on the local network.

    Also while I have your attention, set your Tailscale network to use Quad9 (9.9.9.9) as the global dns server. This will somewhat limit the amount of snooping your ISP can do into your internet activity.

    https://tailscale.com/kb/1054/dns/

    Or you can run PiHole in a docker container, put its IP into Tailscale and completely get rid of all ads as long as you’re connected to Tailscale!

    • SiriusCyberneticsOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I have Networking > Server address settings > LAN networks blank/default. That sounds like a feature that allows you to specify things as local (maybe that allows for higher bit rate streaming while away or something). I haven’t looked into this at all. For me when I’m away from home lower bandwidth is probably better.