> Narrowlink uses a centralized gateway to which clients and agents connect over HTTP/S protocols. The gateway handles routing and connections between agents be

> Narrowlink uses a centralized gateway to which clients and agents connect over HTTP/S protocols. The gateway handles routing and connections between agents behind firewalls/NAT and clients. > Tailscale uses a centralized configuration management system to define devices, access control policies, etc. Traffic is routed through the Tailscale cloud services to facilitate connections between devices. To clarify: Traffic _may_ be routed through Tailscale cloud services but the centralized Tailscale service is used primarily to coordinate configuration and only secondary as tunnel. If it goes down, the existing tailnet will keep functioning. In contrast, the Narrowlink gateway is an inherent central point-of-failure which all traffic needs to be routed through. From a quick look this looks like one of the major deciding factors between the two. Would be great to hear if there are any intentions to make a future version of Narrowlink address this downside and make it into an actual mesh network.