Hello everyone, can someone please answer a few basic questions for me about the ZT Exit Node feature. I say as I understood it:
An exit node is a computer that forwards incoming ZeroTier network traffic that is not intended for the internal LAN to the Internet.
So I can surf the Internet from anywhere with my laptop, for example via the virtual ZeroTier network to my computer at home. So I can reach certain websites that are blocked by the external provider but are not blocked at home.
So I’m in country xxx where something is blocked and I set up a connection to my computer at home in country zzz and it then forwards it because it’s not blocked at home.
Is this true?
At least that’s what I want to achieve with ZeroTier.
I set this up successfully with Tailscale and it was pretty easy to configure without a terminal. Unfortunately, the underlying protocol, WireGuard, is blocked in some countries. ZeroTier is supposed to work.
The following works well for me with ZT:
- Internally in the home country a PC and a Mac with ZeroTier installation.
- Both computers can also be accessed from outside with my laptop, e.g. RDP etc.
Unfortunately, I don’t really understand the instructions I found on Exit Node with ZT. Most require a ZT installation on a Linux computer and some terminal commands.
Does this also work with ZT on Windows or MacOS?
I’ve also experimented with managed routes, but it doesn’t work because I didn’t understand it. Are they responsible for that?
The next hurdle would be to make devices that cannot be equipped with the ZT client (printer/NAS/IP cam) accessible from outside via ZT. I did it with Tailscale.
Can someone please explain this to dummies?
Thanks alot
Sorry, English is not my native language