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What can I do with an old laptop? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have an old laptop lying around and I have been meaning to self host some stuff on it but never got around to it.

My biggest limitation is that I only have WIFI and I do not control the network. It's basically your default residential WIFI network.

The only thing I actually need is self-hosted cloud. What can I utilize this laptop for?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

That's a shame. I didn't realize it was that locked down. Ive had a lot of terrible routers but all the ones I remember allowed me at least a port forward.

I think OP can accomplish some of the same result if he can get a cheap VPS to connect through (have the laptop Wireguard to the VPS, then have a proxy on the VPS forward to the laptop over the VPN, but that's probably not worth the hassle for a starter project unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I haven't used it personally, I think Tailscale would help here. It sounds like it doesn't require port forwarding, and uses Wireguard under the covers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I did that

free VPS w/public IP, WG to my router. Works great!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Which Vps provider are you using?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Oracle. Philosophical issues aside I've been happy, and can't beat the price. Bandwidth is pretty limited, but that's not a huge problem for me right now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

In my case, I don't technically own the router but it's provided by my service provider. They don't give you the password for the admin access