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[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah it can be more limiting. Personally I got lucky and my mom's TV runs Android so I could just install a wireguard client.

I will probably at some point bridge her network with mine since I want to install a TrueNAS box at her house for remote backup. So the VPN client will be moot at that point.

[–] buffing_lecturer@leminal.space 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

How do you go about doing that?

[–] Dultas@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Which part? For the TV there was literally a wireguard app. I just had to install it on the TV and configure the connection to my wireguard server.

For the bridging I gave her my old router which I haven't tested but I believe should support VPN bridging. I already have her on a subnet that won't conflict with my network for that reason.

[–] med@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

FYI, scrcpy can be an excellent tool for remote support, but you'd better trust the network the interface is on