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At your home install nss-mdns on Linux. It uses avahi for mDNS name resolution on your LAN. You can then forgo /etc/hosts and DHCP reservations between your mac

by hawski 7y ago

At your home install nss-mdns on Linux. It uses avahi for mDNS name resolution on your LAN. You can then forgo /etc/hosts and DHCP reservations between your machines at home. It is compatible with Mac's. I don't know what you can use on Windows for the purpose. Then to extend this a notch or two install Zerotier on all your hosts. Now you have virtual LAN between all your machines even outside of your home. It is P2P and does hole punching and whatever you need to work. You can connect to your computer via tethering from a puny little laptop while sitting on a bench outside your house. If you are a home admin for your family you can add those computers to your virtual LAN. Or your friends can also join. Then you can easily share photos or whatever straight with Samba or even an intranet of sorts.

AnthonBerg 7y ago
Strongly seconded! (Tossing some further dots to connect into the mix: Mosh and tmux and iTerm2's tmux integration fit very well in too. I think Visual Studio's Live Share should also work faster over ZeroTier - it should serve as a direct connection. I'm also really keen to try Emacs multiuser editing on a remote terminal over mosh and tmux.) And: I don't know if it's the placebo effect, but it seems to me that connections over ZeroTier are noticeably more responsive. Like slightly but noticeably.
- hawski 7y ago
  Connections on Zerotier itself often survive roaming. I was amazed when I went from tethering outside to home Wi-Fi and ssh session was still responsive. Although it can freeze and definitely can timeout. I'm yet to try mosh. I did not hear about Live Share, but was planning on using Visual Studio Code Remote Development. For my current work ssh -CX is often enough for me. I also intend to use Xpra, as I found X2Go a bit more rough around the edges. It could be interesting to measure the effect. Probably they did some testing already, but probably as you said - placebo ;)

by hawski 7y ago

AnthonBerg 7y ago

Strongly seconded! (Tossing some further dots to connect into the mix: Mosh and tmux and iTerm2's tmux integration fit very well in too. I think Visual Studio's Live Share should also work faster over ZeroTier - it should serve as a direct connection. I'm also really keen to try Emacs multiuser editing on a remote terminal over mosh and tmux.) And: I don't know if it's the placebo effect, but it seems to me that connections over ZeroTier are noticeably more responsive. Like slightly but noticeably.

hawski 7y ago
Connections on Zerotier itself often survive roaming. I was amazed when I went from tethering outside to home Wi-Fi and ssh session was still responsive. Although it can freeze and definitely can timeout. I'm yet to try mosh. I did not hear about Live Share, but was planning on using Visual Studio Code Remote Development. For my current work ssh -CX is often enough for me. I also intend to use Xpra, as I found X2Go a bit more rough around the edges. It could be interesting to measure the effect. Probably they did some testing already, but probably as you said - placebo ;)