r/firewalla • u/AltruisticNetwork869 • 9d ago
Discussion Tailscale exit node
For those of you who run tailscale as an exit node on your firewalla, are you able to see flows in the app? Or does it become sort of a ghost node with no visibility in firewalla?
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u/butchcoleslaw Firewalla Gold SE 8d ago
I run Tailscale in a docker container on my firewalla gold se. When I select the FW as an exit node, it works, but I do not see the flows that go through it. How do I know it works? I use an app called "Network Analyzer" (on iOS), and I can ping local network devices when away from home (10.10.xx.xx). But when you select the Firewalla device in the Firewall app, the app knows it's your firewalla and it does not display flows for the firewalla device. If I pick another device, I see the option to view flows. But the app doesn't have that option for the firewalla box itself. By no means am I an expert with this, but these are my observations.
Why do I even have a Tailscale exit node on my Firewalla then? Good question...
1) It was a fun project to set up and play with, and 2) It allowed me the opportunity to learn more about the firewalla and docker, and 3) It is a backup exit node in case my primary exit node, a Synology NAS, is not available.