Running Tailscale On Your Apple TV

[@tinfoil209]

Never knew about this (can't believe Apple is allowing "services" to run on the AppleTV that's not their own..). Awesome! Thanks!

[@MikeFaucher]

Not a lot of people do. It has been working great. Thanks for the feedback.

[@marc2670]

This is a clearer explanation than the Tailscale one. Just one question: Is all traffic encrypted, including the devices accessed via subnet?

[@MikeFaucher]

Great question. Yes, everything is encrypted point to point but once you exit from the subnet router into your local LAN, it is just like being at home. It is a very secure way to access all your local stuff. Thanks for the feedback.

[@marc2670]

Thank you 👍

[@donvinton6954]

Great video, Mike! I learned something new about using Tailscale on an Apple TV. I’ve been using Tailscale on my Apple TV 4K for over a year now. My use case is having Tailscale on my Apple TV 4K connect to Tailscale on a Raspberry Pi running as an exit node. I live in Mexico and the exit node is in the US. The tunneling works flawlessly but there’s a very annoying bug if your Apple TV 4K also acts as a Home Hub for Apple Home Kit devices. Communication with the Home Kit Devices will cease if Tailscale is left up and connected over time. I logged a defect, #9845, 11 months ago. Hopefully, they’ll fix it someday.

[@MikeFaucher]

Are you also using it as a subnet router?

[@donvinton6954]

@@MikeFaucher I am not using the Apple TV and Raspberry Pi as a subnet router.

[@MikeFaucher]

@@donvinton6954 I have not personally seen this issue, so I am not sure what suggestions to offer. I prefer to use a subnet router that is on all the time and enables the exit node via the client as needed, and that has been configured that way for almost two years; I did switch to a dedicated mini PC for this, but not because of issues but because of performance. Keep me posted if you find anything out.

[@valramos2003]

Does this mean I can have an Apple TV at home running Tailscale as an exit node and an Apple TV in a hotel room or cruise and watch Netflix or content on my NAS, or view my security cameras?

[@MikeFaucher]

Yes. The exit node will exit traffic at your home and you will use the subnet router function to access your cameras.

[@namewithheld3933]

Will this function also work on an Android device such as the Amazon ONN devices?

[@MikeFaucher]

@@namewithheld3933 Not that I know of until they make an app for it.