What can I do with an old laptop? (lemmy.zip)

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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?

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[-] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

That i can't say. Id imagine no at least on android.

If you dont mind the extra setup, cloudflare tunnels are awesome. https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/

I prefer this over tailscale as i dont want to have an app i need to access my server.

[-] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Tailscale only requires one app install, on a device in your network.

That device can be configued as a subnet router (providing local network access to Tailscale connections).

Then using either the Funnel or Serve option, remote devices can access your Tailnet without a client installed.

Just an option, another way of achieving similar results (though with different capabilities) as Cloudflare.

Edit: Funnel enables non-TS clients to access TS resources. Serve enables foreign TS clients to access your TS network.

[-] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The more you know! Do you know any guides that go over this? I'd be interested in setting this up.

Edit:

Its apart of thier docs. https://tailscale.com/kb/1019/subnets?q=subnet

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