Hello I actually succeeded in hooking up this configuration and tail scale is working and I haven't had any problems with DNS or IP leaks or whatsoever.
The problem is my bandwitch is considerably slow sometimes my download and upload speed are even less than 1 MB per second I have to refresh my browser a couple of times and I can't execute my work properly let alone zoom meetings that would lag or that sometimes would not even start.
I have tried a couple of suggestions from AI including changing the MTU side on my tailscale0 device that I have added from Luci, additionally I downgraded my client side to 4.6.2.
I have speed test plug-in installed on both my server and my client side, on my server side it's receiving a solid 100 MB per second download and upload, without tail scale my local network on my client side is 100 MB as well per second upload and download however once tail scale is up and I go through my exit nodes I would sometimes get a speed test of 17 MB per second sometimes it'll show five sometime 6 but realistically speaking when I'm working especially around 10:00 p.m.GMT+1 and later my connection speed is insanely slow.
I'm using a dongle that is hooked up via USB type-c to my MacBook pro late 2025 and I'm hooked up via ethernet since I deactivated Wi-Fi to avoid location leaks and things like that.
The latest suggestion that I did not take yet is to run these commands to enable BBR:
It looks like Tailscale is not punching a hole, and you are using their relay node. What does tailscale status show?
If you are stuck using their relay node, it is going to be slow when their relay nodes are busy. It is why I went with using a VPS that I control to get around NAT issues, as I’m the only user. It was more work to setup, but it gives me consistent access speeds.
I actually looked up your proposed solution that you suggested 2 months ago, but Although you explained the basics and the theory behind it, you did not provide any steps and how to go and apply that procedure.
In the meanwhile to answer your question, when I execute the command tailscale status I get direct connection meaning that I'm not behind DERP.
Could you please guide me on how to use VPS or whatever you're using while keeping my solid kill switch to prevent location leaks?
I’m sorry, even if I gave you all my personal write-ups on how I did it, it would not help much. There are too many variables to cover, including that I don’t own the routers you are using and every VPS admin console is different.
Since you have a direct connection, maybe someone who uses Tailscale can give you a pointer on how improve your speed.
Well that's disappointing but I understand your position.
I actually went back to my parent's house since I was in vacation when I posted my recent horrible speed experience, and I feel that it's very weird that I have a super upload speed but my download is sacrificed heavily, although it makes me do my work and it doesn't lag as it used to as I was getting 0.02MB sometimes, and to note that earlier when I started my shift my download speed was always 30 MB as well which is super acceptable.
I'm not sure if it's my actual dongle since I have a aftermarket that I bought here and my ethernet cable is not that greats maybe I should test with Wi-Fi but even then what do you guys think.
