Mudi (GL-E750v2) & Tailscale

Hi,
in September 2024 it was stated:

”E750v2 does not support the Tailscale plugins in the GL firmware”. It would be lovely if there could be shared a few more details. As in the same thread, the user says they just dropped in precompiled binaries and that worked for them.
The builtin plugin repository’s very non-recent version for tailscale is also concerning.

My interest as well as probably many others, is to have a tailscale virtual network entrypoint using the Mudi.

There is this post which also recommends the prebuilt binary:

And then there is this post but I’m not sure whether it applies to the E750v2.

Before making a buying decision I would love for some clarification if there is any, w.r.t. the tailscale situation & this device.

Thanks for insights.

Hi

The Mudi v2 has limited hardware capabilities, so we currently have no plans to pre-install GL Tailscale and likely won't do so, considering the user experience.
(This could lead to longer boot times, high memory usage, or even crashes causing reboots when used alongside other features.)

If you're familiar with Linux/OpenWrt operations and don't have many other features enabled, you can manually download Tailscale's executable and create an autostart script as described in the link you mentioned.

However, if you're not comfortable with these procedures and don't have an immediate need, you might consider waiting for Mudi's successor, expected to launch in Q1 2026.

Thanks for this interesting reply. Will keep my eyes open for v3 then.
But since I’m still considering trying it out with the v2 already: Are hardware restrictions RAM related (not easily fixable) or is it rather internal memory – could it be fixed using extroot on an sd card?

The primary limitation is RAM, not storage.

If using an external SD card, you might consider using swap space as a workaround, but this will accelerate the SD card's wear and tear.

Note that even using an SD card to expand swap space, you may still encounter issues such as slow boot, high CPU usage causing other programs to freeze or load slowly.