I turned an ESP32-S3 into a Tailscale gateway with recovery functions

2 points by Mattboxx ↗ HN
Hi, I’ve been working on ESP32 Tailnet Gateway, an open-source firmware that turns an ESP32-S3 into a small Tailscale/Headscale gateway The main use case is connecting IoT devices that can’t run a VPN client to services on another network with a low cost device. The idea is to have a small, independently powered device that can provide connectivity and help recover a NAS or PC when the main server is offline. I’ve made site with web flasher: https://mattboxx.github.io/esp32-tailnet-gateway/

Github repo link: https://github.com/Mattboxx/esp32-tailnet-gateway

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I love the WoL feature, great idea!

This is generally neat and preconfigured hardware instances is something you could probably sell.

Do you anticipate that the ESP32-S3 will have the headroom to support whatever post quantum constructions Tailscale will eventually adopt?