Unraid Connect behind CGNAT

[steve1977]

Unfortunately, my ISP has put me behind a CGNAT.

 

What does it take to access Unraid remotely via Unraid Connect? Do I need to run Tailscale and get a remote VPS?

[MAM59]

It should be sufficient to use IPV6 then.

Or, is this also NAT-ted??? (kill that ISP then!)

 

[steve1977]

I read IPV6 isn’t widely supported (public wifis, mobile networks, etc). Is this correct? If so, any suggestion on an alternative path?

[MAM59]

7 minutes ago, steve1977 said:

I read IPV6 isn’t widely supported (public wifis, mobile networks, etc). Is this correct?

It should by now, they had 30yrs to implement it.

Here in Germany I do not know ANY mobile networks that does not support it anymore. Public Wifis are a different thing, but who needs them anyway???

Personally I do not use V4 anymore, everything is running on V6 only. If somebody cannot reach me, I don't care, he should update.

 

On the other hand, with CGNAT you do not have a different chance at all!

 

[EDACerton]

16 hours ago, steve1977 said:

Unfortunately, my ISP has put me behind a CGNAT.

 

What does it take to access Unraid remotely via Unraid Connect? Do I need to run Tailscale and get a remote VPS?

Tailscale will bypass CGNAT on its own... just install Tailscale on your Unraid server and on whatever you're using to connect to it.

[steve1977]

Thanks for your responses.

 

In this case, I'd need to run tailscale on all of my devices? E.g., on iphone, apple tv, etc.

 

People also speak about setting up a VPS in addition to tailscale? What's the additional benefit in doing so?

[EDACerton]

If you're just using Tailscale, anything that you'd be using to access Unraid remotely.

 

There are other approaches too.... VPS + reverse proxy + Tailscale, Cloudflare tunnels... it all depends on what you're trying to accomplish.

[steve1977]

Thanks. What's the difference between Tailscale versus VPS / reverse proxy / tailscale. What's the benefit of each of these two solutions?