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You don't necessarily need a high end PC to do the process depending on your needs if you want your family member to be able to have access to the server they need the device that they want to connect connected to the tailscale app if it's for the TV the app is also available for TV at least for me using tailscale to access the movies I don't have any difficulty with buffering the movies or waiting to load not all my movies are 4k and works pretty well For you family member to connect give them access to your tailscale account or invite them and give them permission so they are included on your tailnet (tailscale) Another thing to note is you can also make the process on a virtual machine instead of a NAS depending on what other apps you want to install but if all that process is too difficult to do then making a true NASA Scale might be the best option for you for flexibility Hope this helps 😁

@@cyrilpinto418 those other users did you added their computers or devices to your network in this case, the tailscale Network They will need to install the app on their devices Hope this helps

This is my setup Proxmox with OpnSense; installed Tailscale with Advertise Router being my Caddy VLAN. The Caddy VLAN provides access to services such as Jellyfin within my home, as I don’t permit devices to access services using a IP address. After setting up TS on OpnSense and then in my IPhone everything works; ie I’m able to access my services even though the Advertise Router is only the Caddy setup / VLAN. I did an Invite User and my friend was able to setup Tailscale and I can even see him Connected on my admin console. My services such as Plex aren’t accessible.

@@cyrilpinto418 I never done it that way. I would mostly just use my own account and add the device not invite the user. I'm not sure if there is a restriction by doing it like that you could try to ping the IP, the tailscale provided you. In this case, your friend to see if there is a reply. If there is, then you should be able to connect with the iP provider by tailscale followed by the port number Hope this helps

Since TS is integrated into OpnSense via a Security Key; I’m not going to provide them my account details as that would provide them too much access into my server. I’ll keep trying else will look into another solution. Funny thing is we’re able to setup Wireguard and he’s able to access Plex / Jellyfin; however not through Tailscale. I needed Tailscale since they need to access Jellyfin on their TV; and the only way this is possible was to consider installing TS on their Apple TV (we’re testing the iPhone for now with no luck).

@@Meyus_ your friend needs to connect to the same tailnet (tailscale)account so his Device has access to the same network you both want to play and only you and your friend will have access and anyone else that you add to that account Hope this helps 😁

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Add the IP associated of your Pi-hole in the DNS Settings of your router DHCP server instead of leaving it blank the DNS add it there(192.x.x.x) Hope this helps solved your question Thanks for watching! 😁

@@WeiKunTeo hi there! From the computer that you tried to connect did you add that device to your tailscale (tailnet) ? If anything sometimes clearing the cache helps Hope this helps 😀

@@JeffComputerService I was my mistake, once installed the Windows client from the computer, everything works fine.

@@WeiKunTeo glad it worked 😁

Thanks for watching 😁 I'm glad the videos are helping 😁

@@JeffComputerService yes 🔥🔥🙏🙌🙌 you are a saviour

Thanks for watching are you putting the tailscale IP or the local IP to access the server?

@@JeffComputerService oh yea I finally found out. I was putting my iPhone ip address instead of the server ip. Thanks mate.

Well you can also set it up on a physical machine but the main reason for the virtual machine is that, that machine alone is only focus is the jellyfin server so the good thing about that is all the resources on the virtual machine will work 100% just for jellyfin this makes it good so you don't experience lagging on the server when it loads your movies or shows

same here, the app keeps on "deploying" state allows me to access for a while and then nothing

Sometimes clearing the Cache of the browser helps in case your server doesn't load

@@JeffComputerService i used tailscale much easier but thanks for the reply

@JeffComputerService , I have a question: How can I access Jellyfin using Tailscale if I'm using the TrueNAS Scale IP?

@@SonYoru_YT you need to put the IP that was given to your device not the local IP from your Router for the VPN to work

See if you can find it via your local IP on your PC with the port number 8096 is the default for jellyfin and then after that try with the IP provided by tailscale and with the port number example (0.0.0.0:8096) How this helps

Well yes in theory

@@Architec7 thanks for watching As to your question verify on the TrueNAS to see if there is no errors logs that might pinpoint your issue The other thing I would check is if host network is check ✅ on the Tailscale setup in TrueNAS Hope this resolved your issue 😁

@@JeffComputerService Thank you for advice, maybe I am on it... I didnt think, that you need to have install on your pc Tailscale app as sort off VPN service. Am I right?

@@Architec7 yes exactly the computer or device that you want to use they need to be connected to tailscale app installed on your PC

@@aronpalfi7386 the Devices that you connected to the tailnet (Tailscale) are they able to log in And also did you check the service is running on TrueNAS sometimes there might be a error log indicating what wrong You can also try to Ping the IP if you get a reply then you should be able to connect to it Hope this helps your issue

​@@JeffComputerService When I tried to ping it, I got this result: 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 2048ms The server shows that the service works without any problems. But thank you for your quick reply.

Yeah I can do an updated video of this topic it's gonna take me time but once I make a new I'll reply to this comment again for everyone to see

Did you ever fix it?

@@hometownmedic7355 thanks you for that info I will keep that in mind for future videos Thanks for Watching 😁

@@guilmm I checked ✅ it because if you have it off you will not be able to access your server via remote

@@PepeakaGamer hello again was you successful in opening the plex server via Local IP not (tailscale) to set it up? I don't have Plex pass but I think that is just for more features depending on everyone's needs

Did you added the port number of your server to see if you can access it locally?

I have the same problem. On my phone in the browser i can access Plex over Tailscale ip. When i try it in app with manual ip, i says it can’t find a server

@@bjornj606 HI! thanks for watching On the app double check to see if you have enabled in the app go to settings> then Advanced make your you have enabled to (Always) on Allow insecure connections having this turned on will allow the server to be available on the app using Tailscale I hope this helps your issue 😁

Thanks for watching due to your issue First off Was you successful in adding the devices to the tailscale (tailnet) Was you able to log in locally on the Plex server ?

Is there a way when the computer boots up, it wion't require me log in in the ProxMox terminal? Thanks

Thanks for watching!! To your question i am not really sure about that but i do know after some time passes your log in timeout due to security so don't recommend that

Thanks for watching and Subbing! as to your question if you have your plex server on your mac mini and you are traveling the best way i would do this is by just installing tailscale on your mac mini and on your phone that way both devices will be connected to the same network using tailnet (tailscale) and all you need to do to access is, is by putting the tailscale ip given to your Mac Mini with the plex server Port Number I Hope this helps your issue tailscale.com/download/mac www.plex.tv/media-server-downloads/?cat=computer&plat=macos#plex-media-server

Hi there ! about those speeds i am not sure if tailscale has some download speed limits you can check on there website i myself i am not sure

if doing tailscale ping <your machine> shows u have a direct connection and not DERP but getting 2MB/s it's probably not tailscale but your device, either ur network or even CPU can't handle the transfer. You can try if it's tailscale problem by using something like iperf3, try it and see what speeds u get there using local ip address.

Hello there, i am not sure if this will resolve your issue but i had a similar issue that i could not log in using the ip provided via tailscale what helped me resolve this was first doing a backup of my TrueNAS Scale and install it again from 0% once that is done and adding the tailscale app again and making a new Auth Key i was able log in with no issues with the tailscale ip i Hope this helps :)

Zerotier is very similar to tailscale I personally prefer tailscale due to how simple it is to configure it

@@JeffComputerService I was just about to start with tailscale thanks for the help 😇

Was you successful in adding the devices to the tailnet of tailscale?

@@JeffComputerService yea I’m able to now but not able to access plex which is hosted in true nas , could you please help here ?

I have the same issue, the device showed up on Tailscale, and the app is running on TrueNAS Scale, can't access the IP from local network, have you figured it out?

Hi! Thanks for watching!!! I'll try to make a video about this later on I'll reply to you again with a link once I make it

@@JeffComputerService thanks a ton!

@@JeffComputerService Thanks a ton bro ! I see you have uploaded a video on the same :)

I have been using tailscale for a very long time and so far it has work very well and I have never had a security issues with it

Hi there, were you successful in adding the devices to the tailnet (tailscale)?

@@JeffComputerService Some devices are incapable of being added, so it wouldn't be a very good solution for tvs or any device that can't use the tailscale app natively which is a good majority of how a lot of people use jellyfin.

Go for it 😁

@@esimms999 Hi Thanks for watching 😁 No it shouldn't and Yes that's true it does say to leave it off recommended but if you leave it uncheck you will not be able to access your server via VPN using tailscale Only local Access i don't think it should cause any trouble unless you have a specific reason

@@musichubch this happened to me once I put the Access control to public I changed it to private and it didn't happen again but the address would stay there what I would do is delete the IP it got I think it's a bug from the program I am not sure Hope this helps

You need to persist /var/lib/zerotier-something (Check inside the container the correct path)

@@YuriNiitsuma how to do that exactly, i have the same problem but change to private did nothing

Hi! I would verify first and check to see if both devices are connected to the tailnet (tailscale) if you try to connect a device not in the tailscale network it won't find it If anything check the PC or virtual machine you connected in the tailscale and in the (Machine Tab find the Machine then scroll down to the bottom until you find (Service (Alpha)) Tab if the process was successful you should see the IP of (tailscale) with a Port number of the Plex Server in your case I hope this information helps 😁

@@bnika33 that's great thanks for watching 😁 I can't quite remember 😅😂

@@JeffComputerService Hey there :D Really, thank you for this superduper video! Also I am working with ZeroTier so your videos are really helpful, glad I found your channel you have my sub :)))