The original post: /r/homenetworking by /u/mikaelvic on 2024-12-27 08:10:43.

I don’t know where to start or what will work best. Hoping it’s something someone already figured out… I’d like to access my servers from home as well as remotely. I have Tailscale running on them. Also, I use Mullvad VPN (when remote/public wifi). Also, I recently purchased a GL.iNet Flint 2 router, that can act as a VPN server (WireGuard) and client (to Mullvad) as well as be part of the tailnet. I suppose not all at once…

What I’d like to achieve is that when working at home on the server the traffic doesn’t get routed through the internet. Also it would be convenient to use the same address for the servers whether at home or remote. I do have an own domain name with Namecheap which I don’t use (yet), but using the Tailscale domain is also fine if possible/easier.

Should I forget Tailscale and just run the WireGuard VPN server on my router and point my domain to it? Or should I always run Tailscale (also when at home) on the laptops? If so, how do I make sure the traffic stays on the LAN?