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I understand complexity of VPN as a reason to give up, but not the other two.

Wouldn’t it just be the server which needs to be accessed from the outside? And the control interface is not that bandwidth-hungry.

> Bandwidth Limitations: A VPN could bottleneck the performance for some devices.

> Device Compatibility: Not all devices can reliably connect to a VPN.

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I run the HA app on my phone with Tailscale as the VPN. Having set up various openvpn/ipsec/ssh based tunnels over the years I don’t get the authors take here

Tailscale or wireguard are waaaaay easier to configure and maintain than HomeAssistant. Like, orders of magnitude easier.

I can set up the former in 15 minutes on any device I have. It took me two days to rebuild my HA and reconfigure all the integrations after a crash, and I had backups.

If you are already committed to HA, then adding a VPN is cake in 2024

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