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I know nobody at Netbird will see this but I just finished setting up netbird via podman quadlets with traefik and its absolutely amazing!! I was using headscale before. I'm getting near at home speeds and I'm using the stun server as I can't get a direct connection because of firewalls. The dashboard and documentation is mint and I can't thank the people at netbird enough for the recent huge update that makes setting it up so much easier.

Next to my Home Assistant this is my second favourite and important piece in my homelab.

This is why I love open source!

Thank you!!

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[-] Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 1 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I've seen in this thread:

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HTTP	Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web
HTTPS	HTTP over SSL
SSL	Secure Sockets Layer, for transparent encryption
SSO	Single Sign-On

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[-] Alvaro 4 points 11 hours ago

Currently ditching netbird because the Android implementation kills the battery and it makes it unusable.

I wish they would fix it, it's been an issue for quite some time

[-] Tinkerer@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

I actually had the opposite and the tailscale app would drain my battery when using one of my exit nodes. I will say the netbird app needs some love. My biggest issue is that it doesn't stay connected or is able to reconnect when I change WiFi networks or go from WiFi to cellular.

[-] Alvaro 1 points 1 hour ago

Try Jetbird, it solved the connection issues for me, but drained the battery similarly for me

[-] coreray00@discuss.online 15 points 15 hours ago

Simple and Secure Remote Access

NetBird combines a WireGuard®-based overlay network with Zero Trust Network Access, providing a unified open source platform for reliable and secure connectivity

https://netbird.io/

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 8 hours ago

so this is a tailscale alternative, right?

[-] gjoel@programming.dev 2 points 10 hours ago

I tried moving from tailscale to netbird, and while I did get access to my home assistant instance, I got unauthorized errors when trying to load mini graph cards on my dashboard. Instead of tinkering I went back to tailscale - at least for now.

[-] zer0squar3d@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

Whats wrong with running both and tinkering on netbird till you fix it?

[-] themachine@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

What made you switch to it over tailscale+headscale? Currently that's been doing everything I need without issue.

[-] Tinkerer@lemmy.ca 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

I could never get the self hosted stun server to connect so I was always using tailscales derp servers. Netbird is also fully opensource so that was the main reason I wanted to switch. I was also able to easily setup SSO with authentic and netbird which gives me 2FA as well.

[-] slowmotionrunner@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 17 hours ago

If you were using derp servers with Tailscale/Headscale, that would explain why it was slow.

[-] Tinkerer@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

Oh yeah I know. I'm mostly only able to use deep servers and that's why I switched because j wanted to be able to use my own deep server and not have to rely on tailscales.

[-] stratself@lemdro.id 1 points 5 hours ago

FWIW, you can use Headscale's embedded DERP server, or host your own. They need a STUN port and an HTTPS port

[-] pfr@piefed.social 5 points 17 hours ago

Hey, first I'm hearing about Netbird. Sounds amazing. How complicated was it to migrate from taliscale to netbird? I might need to do the same

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