I am interested in using Tailscale to connect to my Channels DVR Windows Server from remote locations - I have it setup and understand everything, however, it appears that most of my client tv watching devices do not support tailscale. I have the following types of devices: FireTV 4K, FireTV 4K Max, Onn TV 4K, Onn TV 4K Pro, Nvidia Shield, 15, 17, 19 pro. (Some of these devices I am using with ADBTuner). Anyways, it appears so far that the FireTV 4K Max sticks will support Tailscale, but the FireTV 4K sticks do not (because of an older OS) and the Onn TV 4K boxes do not. I haven't tried any Nvidia Shields because they are used in my house, so there's no need for tailscale. So, there doesn't appear to be any low cost (like the $20 Onn TV 4K) clients that can do this - can anyone confirm which devices are supposed to be Tailscale capable?
All you need is one instance of Tailscale running on your network and enable the option to advertise subnet routes. That way you can access any IP based device on your network using the local IP address and not the Tailscale assigned address. This assumes your devices have a static IP or static DHCP reservation. That way any client apps you use to access those devices/services works the same local or remote via Tailscale.
For example I can access my HDHR at the pub to stream the games from my OTA antenna when rain fade knocks out satellite reception. I’ve also done the same from 35,000 feet in the air via inflight wifi.
Personally I run Tailscale on my https://pfsense.org firewall.
Works automagically!
If a client is not physically on the same LAN to start, doesn't it need to use Tailscale to connect to the tailnet anyway?
I think this what the OP is asking.
I did not read anywhere where the OP said their devices were in separate locations or LANs. Regardless you do not need to run TS on every device you want to access remotely if one enables advertise subnet routes.
My understanding is that the clients are not on the same LAN. Maybe I'm misunderstanding.
I agree. This is a very cool feature! 
Just did this on my Synology NAS works great thanks for posting.
To further elaborate, I have been trying to tighten my home cybersecurity and in the process was looking to stop forwarding port 8089 through my router for remote access to cDVR - thus Tailscale - I have 1 son in college and 1 living nearby who use Firesticks to connect to our home cDVR - also, I take one with me when I go out of town for remote access - so I created a tailnet but was disappointed to find out that (1) most of our firesticks can't download the Tailscale app because the OS is too old and (2) Tailscale is not available in the app store on the Onn TV 4K boxes - so I was interested to find out if others can confirm (1) or (2) or if other cheap devices can do this
I have every one of those boxes and every one of them support tailscale. I run it on many boxes and also figured how to always use direct connection never tailscale relay servers. If you have a box that won't let you download it from the app store just side load it. 1st of all Do Not use the Tailscale built into it but install Tailscale on the PC instead that channels DVR is running on and you will get direct connection always.
Thanks - I already had Tailscale installed on the PC vs. the built-in one - so after further research, if your firestick OS is version 6.X.Y.Z, then you cannot download Tailscale from the app store and you cannot sideload it either - the Onn TV 4K, however, has a newer version of Android which is supposed to support it - I read some things in Reddit indicating that Tailscale may be temporarily unavailable in the Google App store but in any event, I can't download it -
I was able to sideload Wireguard on a FireTV device with OS 6.7.0.5 a few months ago
I just installed Tailscale on my Onn 4k device and it worked just fine. Are you sure it isn’t available?
Don't forget to setup MagicDNS so that you can refer to all your Tailscale enable endpoints by names instead of IP addresses.
I am not sure this really helps when using advertise subnet routes ... I only have tailscale installed on my synology not on my Channels DVR servers.
My bad, you are correct. You need to instal Tailscale on the device and signed in in order for MagicDNS to work.
No problem using subnets is so much easier ... thanks for the suggestion though.
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