Seeking Alternatives to ZeroTier for iOS-to-Home Server Connection without public IP reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- centomila 路 2023-11-24 23:33 Hello, beautiful people of this community! As a newcomer, I'm eager to learn from your experiences. I'm facing a challenge in accessing my home server from my iOS device and am looking for alternative solutions or different approaches: * **Internet Constraints**: I'm using Fastweb in Italy, which unfortunately does not provide a public IP. * **Server Setup**: My home server is an old laptop running Ubuntu Server 23.10. * **Music Management**: Jellyfin as docker is my go-to for managing my music collection. * **Current VPN Solution**: I've implemented ZeroTier on the server and ZeroTier One on my iPhone. # The Challenge While the current setup with ZeroTier does function, it's not without its issues. Every time I switch from WiFi to 4G/LTE, I have to manually open ZeroTier One, disconnect, and reconnect. This is a repetitive and often frustrating process. Moreover, without this manual reconnection, no client seems capable of connecting to the server, despite the VPN icon being displayed on my phone's top bar. Both Finamp and Substreamer have failed in this aspect. **Are there any alternative solutions to ZeroTier that might work better with my setup? Or perhaps a different approach to this problem that I haven't considered? I would greatly appreciate any advice or insights you can provide!** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- piano1029 路 2023-11-24 23:55 Tailscale has recently revamped their mobile apps, it can now autoconnect with the option to whitelist or balcklist certain wifi networks and some more options. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- centomila 路 2023-11-25 00:03 Thank you for the suggestion. I can't recall why I overlooked this option when I first set up my system. It's funny how their logo is quite similar to mine, and a bit unoriginal too! 馃榾 It must be destiny. Time to tinker with it! Thanks again! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PovilasID 路 2023-11-25 14:32 Yah ZT apps SUCK. I do not know why it takes them soo long to fix anything on there. ZT has the benefit of maintaining P2P connection if controller goes down, but for mobile tailscale probably offers better experience. Also look into cloudflare's zerotrust offerings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- centomila 路 2023-11-25 15:51 It's perfect. It was really easy to set up. I thought I was missing something, but it just works. I can't upvote you again :D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- centomila 路 2023-11-25 15:52 Next time, I will ask here before asking ChatGPT :D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- PovilasID 路 2023-11-25 17:31 ChatGPT is ok for finding direction for keywords but to have something functioning... testing is king.