Creating a LAN environment for people all around the world (not just in your living room)...

[Zed Clampet]

Just recently came across Tailscale and have found it useful in gaming. Is great for games that have LAN options like Minecraft or Hytale. You can play together without manually creating a server.

Apologies, but it's just easier to paste what CoPilot says:

Gaming, modding, and LAN‑style collaboration​

Because it creates a virtual LAN, you can:
• Host LAN‑only games with friends across the world
• Run private Minecraft/Factorio/Satisfactory servers
• Share modding tools or local game servers
• Do remote debugging on each other’s machines
It’s basically “LAN party without the LAN.”

Plenty of other uses for this, especially in a non-gaming environment.

 

[Pifanjr]

Just recently came across Tailscale and have found it useful in gaming. Is great for games that have LAN options like Minecraft or Hytale. You can play together without manually creating a server.

Apologies, but it's just easier to paste what CoPilot says:



Plenty of other uses for this, especially in a non-gaming environment.

That reminds me of Hamachi and Tunngle, which I used to use for the same thing. Tunngle even had its own lobby/server lists, kind of like GameRanger.

 

[Colif]

A network that covers a larger area is normally called a WAN.

Looking into Tailscale, it actually creates a secure, private network (a "tailnet") for your devices, acting like a VPN but simpler, using WireGuard for encrypted, direct connections, even across different networks (like home and cloud).

it also appears to be for enterprise mostly but I could be wrong... web site doesn't look like its for regular customers but they do have personal plans.

Tailscale Pricing - Compare Free Personal Plan & Business Tiers for Teams

Plans that work for everyone. Free for personal use. Starter for $6 per user/month, Premium $18 per user/month. Contact us for Enterprise pricing.

tailscale.com

 

[Zed Clampet]

A network that covers a larger area is normally called a WAN.

Looking into Tailscale, it actually creates a secure, private network (a "tailnet") for your devices, acting like a VPN but simpler, using WireGuard for encrypted, direct connections, even across different networks (like home and cloud).

it also appears to be for enterprise mostly but I could be wrong... web site doesn't look like its for regular customers but they do have personal plans.

Tailscale Pricing - Compare Free Personal Plan & Business Tiers for Teams

Plans that work for everyone. Free for personal use. Starter for $6 per user/month, Premium $18 per user/month. Contact us for Enterprise pricing.

tailscale.com

We just use the free version. Haven't bumped into any limitations yet.