Tailscale Installation and Status

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WHAT WAS DONE

Added Tailscale’s official APT repo for Ubuntu Noble
- GPG key: /usr/share/keyrings/tailscale-archive-keyring.gpg
- Repo: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tailscale.list
Installed tailscale v1.98.4 via apt
Enabled and started tailscaled.service (auto-starts on boot)
Authenticated with your lzwjava@ account

THIS MACHINE Hostname: xx Status: connected, logged in as lzwjava@

YOUR TAILSCALE NETWORK (4 devices) ┌──────────────────────┬────────┬─────────┐ │ Device │ OS │ Status │ ├──────────────────────┼────────┼─────────┤ │ xx (this machine) │ Linux │ active │ │ to │ Linux │ active │ │ lzw-mac │ macOS │ offline │ │ iphone-14-pro-max │ iOS │ offline │ └──────────────────────┴────────┴─────────┘

“to” has a direct WireGuard connection to this machine.

USEFUL COMMANDS tailscale status — show all devices and their status tailscale ping — test connectivity to another device tailscale ip — show this machine's Tailscale IP tailscale up — reconnect if disconnected tailscale down — disconnect from the network tailscale set --operator=$USER — allow non-root usage tailscale exit-node list — list available exit nodes tailscale up --exit-node= — route all traffic through another device

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW

Reach any device on your tailnet by Tailscale IP or hostname
Use “to” as an exit node / proxy if it’s configured for it
Access services on your Mac or phone when they come online
All traffic between devices is encrypted WireGuard tunnel

NOTE: tailscale commands require root currently. Run this to fix: sudo tailscale set –operator=$USER

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