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Re:Launch HN: Gravitl (YC W22) – VPN Platform Based on WireG... by afeiszli on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @10:44AM (#29810356)
This is probably the #1 use case among our users, so yes it is totally do-able. Depends a bit on the router, since we don't support the full range of OS's yet, but if it is FreeBSD-based or OpenWRT you should be good to go. Otherwise, any Linux computer in your home network can act as the router to the LAN.

I believe we actually had a feature like exit nodes before Tailscale released theirs :) Our is called an "egress gateway" and it acts in pretty much the same way.

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Re:Launch HN: Gravitl (YC W22) – VPN Platform Based on WireG... by cassianoleal on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @11:11AM (#29810769)
My router is indeed OpenWRT-based, but even if that was not directly supported I can run LXC containers on it.

Thanks for your reply, I will try to deploy Netmaker alongside Tailscale and compare for my needs!

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Re:Launch HN: Gravitl (YC W22) – VPN Platform Based on WireG... by afeiszli on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @11:37AM (#29811188)
Sounds good, let us know how it goes! And be sure to do a speed comparison too :)
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Re:Launch HN: Gravitl (YC W22) – VPN Platform Based on WireG... by ghostpepper on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @05:33PM (#29816063)
What about routers that support wireguard natively, such as Mikrotik?
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Re:Launch HN: Gravitl (YC W22) – VPN Platform Based on WireG... by afeiszli on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @05:38PM (#29816123)
Routers are hard because they all have their custom OS's, and we need to do system level stuff besides just WireGuard. We're open to expanding the range where needed, and will happily support anyone in the community who wants to port the client to a new OS, but for now we're sticking to OpenWRT and FreeBSD as the supported routers.
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Re:Launch HN: Gravitl (YC W22) – VPN Platform Based on WireG... by KennyBlanken on Thursday January 06, 2022 @10:14AM (#29824493)
Does "FreeBSD" include pfSense and OPNsense, especially in terms of UI integration?
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