Hello everyone, hope you are doing great.
I am not sure if my question goes here, but this was my best guess. Apologies if I am wrong.
So, I have been using the mesh network offered by NordVPN alongside with their VPN subscription to sync some folders between my phone (Android) and my laptop (Linux Mint). This was great because I remember not being able to use Tailscale and VPN at the same time in the past, at least not on my phone.
Now they are dropping Meshnet support in December, so I am trying to figure out if there’s any way I can still run NordVPN and a Meshnet, or if I have to discard one.
If you know of any alternative, please let me know!
Did both. Setting up your own VPN is a bit annoying but when it works it works. Tailscale is really easy and solid. For folder syncing I can recommend using tailscale and syncthing. Install both on both devices, then connect the devices in sync thing (it will reciprocate) and then you can add a folder and share it with the other device. Latency for syncing can be 10s-3min, plus the actual file transfer speed.
Knowledge level: configuring software and setting up software. Maybe some basic network troubleshooting if it comes up.
It’s never gonna be as easy as paying for a service that does it for you but this setup is also not that hard.
If you have questions feel free to ask me or other nerds on here, I’m sure they can help you ^^~
In fact, it’s Syncthing what I use in LAN (mesh) mode. Thanks for the help :D