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If you already use Tailscale, Taildrop [1] works great. [1] https://tailscale.com/kb/1106/taildrop https://tailscale.com/kb/1106/taildrop
by tomasff 3y ago
If you already use Tailscale, Taildrop [1] works great.
[1] https://tailscale.com/kb/1106/taildrop https://tailscale.com/kb/1106/taildrop
- escanda 3y agoTailscale looks nice. I acknowledge there is a lot of room for NAT traversal and alike tools. I am quite curious how do you manage network settings across your network. This could have served me well 10 yrs ago.
- ahmedfromtunis 3y agoI wanted to use this, but reading the documentation, my understanding was that with tailscale data goes through a server. Am I understanding it correctly? EDIT > This makes it a great solution for sending sensitive or large files without third-party servers in the middle. It clearly says the opposite. I don't know where I got that idea from.
- maronato 3y agoIt sends the data using wireguard, so it’s p2p. There is a coordination server that sets up the initial connection, but after that both devices are connected directly to each other.
- raihansaputra 3y agoAt the very worse case (NAT hell or something else) they may use a DERP relay. But if you have a cooperative connection or plain local connection it works fine. There's encryption overhead though, I can't saturate a 1Gbps over Tailscale on M1, while direct connection works (iperf3).
- HungSu 3y agoFrom that doc: > Taildrop is currently limited to sending files between your own personal devices. You cannot send files to devices owned by other users even on the same Tailscale network.
- tomasff 3y agoGood point, it doesn't quite fit the same purpose as AirDrop & other alternatives. Useful if you want to share files between your devices though!