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?

  • poVoq@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    You can, but if you don’t control the main router and can’t do any port forwarding, it will be hard to make it accessible from outside your LAN.

    • habitualTartare@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      6 months ago

      Tailscale + truenas is a simple solution that should allow OP access outside the network without any network config. E

    • ShunkW@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      Yeah the best hope is that upnp is turned on. I think that’s the protocol that allows automatic port forwarding to happen

    • BearOfaTimeEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      Not really. Virtual/Mesh networks have bypassed this issue for years by making outbound tunnel connections.

      Hamachi did this ~20 years ago, today it’s done with Wireguard/Tailscale, etc.

      I currently have TS running on my RPi, with Subnet Routing and Funnel. Anyone can connect to my network through the Funnel, regardless of where my Pi goes (with some exceptions to strongly-firewalled networks).