I have an old laptop lying around and I have been meaning to self host some stuff on it but never got around to it.
My biggest limitation is that I only have WIFI and I do not control the network. It’s basically your default residential WIFI network.
The only thing I actually need is self-hosted cloud. What can I utilize this laptop for?
That i can’t say. Id imagine no at least on android.
If you dont mind the extra setup, cloudflare tunnels are awesome. https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/connections/connect-networks/
I prefer this over tailscale as i dont want to have an app i need to access my server.
Tailscale only requires one app install, on a device in your network.
That device can be configued as a subnet router (providing local network access to Tailscale connections).
Then using either the Funnel or Serve option, remote devices can access your Tailnet without a client installed.
Just an option, another way of achieving similar results (though with different capabilities) as Cloudflare.
Edit: Funnel enables non-TS clients to access TS resources. Serve enables foreign TS clients to access your TS network.
The more you know! Do you know any guides that go over this? I’d be interested in setting this up.
Edit:
Its apart of thier docs. https://tailscale.com/kb/1019/subnets?q=subnet