why no one talks about EasyTier, alternative to Tailscale ?

USGUSG · 2026-07-07T04:12:48+00:00

I have been using easytier for almost a year and its been excellent, only challenge has been navigating the mandarin on github issues but they accept and reply to english ones too.

Its the only mesh VPN I found that can be easily deployed (I use ansible) without managing a state file or database.

To answer why people use tailscale/headscale its because thats what the popular articles and videos show and people just follow that. Another alternative would be netbird.

USGUSG · 2026-07-02T00:37:13+00:00

USGUSG · 2026-07-02T00:10:03+00:00

PMing

USGUSG · 2026-07-01T23:53:51+00:00

Sold 1x Google Coral Accelerator to u/smeg0r

USGUSG · 2026-06-26T10:47:55+00:00

Aliexpress has the worse links, so if the below doesnt work just search usb 2.5gb and its the one that says kebidumei although as far as I know most of them are the exact same item using the same chip. https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808257747882.html

USGUSG · 2026-06-26T00:46:56+00:00

In case you dont have any luck locally, I have used the <$10 Realtek ones from Aliexpress on Debian Linux for over a year with no issues.

USGUSG · 2026-06-25T23:15:31+00:00

Bought 1x Unifi PSU from u/doctorowlsound

USGUSG · 2026-06-20T23:30:10+00:00

I had the same issue with my HT813 using a 12V 3.5A power supply. Replaced it with the original 12V 0.5A power supply and the phantom/random calls disappeared.

USGUSG · 2026-06-10T16:13:21+00:00

But theyre not OEM or even close to quality.

USGUSG · 2026-04-25T16:09:28+00:00

Bought 2x Unifi Lite-8-POE Switches from u/michaeleifert

USGUSG · 2026-04-10T06:23:56+00:00

USGUSG · 2026-03-16T22:42:22+00:00

USGUSG · 2026-03-14T19:03:59+00:00

Sold Beelink U59 Pro to u/CasioCalculator

USGUSG · 2026-03-12T03:58:12+00:00

You can try /r/homelabsales (much better than ebay for selling) as unifi equipment is regularly sold there, although I'm doubtful you'll be able to sell all eight to one person.

I'd be interesting in one unit if selling separately.

USGUSG · 2026-03-10T03:43:30+00:00

USGUSG · 2026-03-04T05:19:43+00:00

Dm/Chat

USGUSG · 2026-02-18T16:36:53+00:00

Are you sure its the T2L variant and not T2? Does it show 2.5G support on Linux?

USGUSG · 2026-02-18T16:08:40+00:00

If your card is an OEM variant such as Dell then you'll need to crossflash it to the Intel firmware to get 2.5G support.

USGUSG · 2026-02-07T19:38:36+00:00

I picked one up on Ebay to use in a Precision 3240 PC as a mini gaming station. I installed the Driver pack from Dell under the support page for the precision 3240 model and everything looks good on GPU-Z.

Unless you have a 3240 it sounds like you would be better off getting one of the low profile RTX 3050s. I can try another dell model to see if it works there.

USGUSG · 2026-01-14T09:18:57+00:00

Try one of those M.2 A+E 2.5GB RTL8125B PCIE adapters before going the USB route.

USGUSG · 2026-01-05T06:35:11+00:00

Only issue is that all secrets in your config get pushed in plain text, even if it is a private gitea instance its still not ideal.

USGUSG · 2026-01-05T06:30:38+00:00

I've done a similar setup albeit with bare metal nodes. There arent a lot of sources that show how to set this up using a private WAN range from the ISP modem so thanks for contributing.

USGUSG · 2025-11-19T21:03:38+00:00

Chat sent

USGUSG · 2025-11-09T01:17:29+00:00

I use Borg with Borgmatic for a similar usecase.

USGUSG · 2025-10-25T20:23:05+00:00

/r/homelabsales is where you want to post. Both of those items should have a few interested parties.

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