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I doubt that, how would that work? You would need to give all your friends a VPN login into your local network for all of their devices, including TVs.

mrheosuper 9d ago
or your friend can setup VPN on his Router box.
- Mashimo 9d ago
  But then all of his traffic goes through my internet. Unless he has a special high end router that can only route specific domains.
  - mrheosuper 9d ago
    You dont need high end box, a old mini pc running pfsense/opnsense is enough.
    - Mashimo 9d ago
      High end, as in feature rich. If you think most non tech people can just casually find an old pc, install and setup pfsense, then you are out of touch with reality. And they also would have to let it run all the time and have space for it. That's just not something realistic. It's not an option for my friends. Might also break chromecast.
      - mrheosuper 9d ago
        Most non tech people just subcribe to netflix/hbo/disney and call it a day.
        Mashimo 9d ago
        Correct, most do. Still leaves a significant portion that does not want to sub to multiple streaming services. Be that as it may, I have multiple friends who I share my jellyfin with. Giving them all access to my network is just not an option. It's not.
villish 9d ago
Tailscale. Your friend just needs to be invited to your tailnet. Super easy to use with clients on all the major devices.
- Mashimo 8d ago
  Even on TV? Without their other traffic is going through network? Also for non technical people?
  - villish 8d ago
    Yes, I have Tailscale on my AppleTV. Only traffic attempting to reach your tailnet is routed to you, the rest is on his own network. If you want to make it super easy for non technical people also use reverse proxies to your tailnet so jellyfin/plex is reachable at like “https://watch.example.com https://watch.example.com”. Pretty much the only friction for non technical people would be creating a tailscale account and being invited to tailnet I guess. But you could also just do that for them I suppose with auth keys

mrheosuper 9d ago

or your friend can setup VPN on his Router box.

Mashimo 9d ago
But then all of his traffic goes through my internet. Unless he has a special high end router that can only route specific domains.
- mrheosuper 9d ago
  You dont need high end box, a old mini pc running pfsense/opnsense is enough.
  - Mashimo 9d ago
    High end, as in feature rich. If you think most non tech people can just casually find an old pc, install and setup pfsense, then you are out of touch with reality. And they also would have to let it run all the time and have space for it. That's just not something realistic. It's not an option for my friends. Might also break chromecast.
    - mrheosuper 9d ago
      Most non tech people just subcribe to netflix/hbo/disney and call it a day.
      - Mashimo 9d ago
        Correct, most do. Still leaves a significant portion that does not want to sub to multiple streaming services. Be that as it may, I have multiple friends who I share my jellyfin with. Giving them all access to my network is just not an option. It's not.

villish 9d ago

Tailscale. Your friend just needs to be invited to your tailnet. Super easy to use with clients on all the major devices.

Mashimo 8d ago
Even on TV? Without their other traffic is going through network? Also for non technical people?
- villish 8d ago
  Yes, I have Tailscale on my AppleTV. Only traffic attempting to reach your tailnet is routed to you, the rest is on his own network. If you want to make it super easy for non technical people also use reverse proxies to your tailnet so jellyfin/plex is reachable at like “https://watch.example.com https://watch.example.com”. Pretty much the only friction for non technical people would be creating a tailscale account and being invited to tailnet I guess. But you could also just do that for them I suppose with auth keys