I am using ZeroTier’s free tier to connect my computer, a Raspberry Pi and my phone, and I am loving it. But I have run into one seemingly insurmountable problem. The ZeroTier client on Android seems to be quite a battery hog. As a result I have to keep it switched off most of the time, and manually remember to switch it on now and then so sync’ing etc. will happen.
Are there any alternatives to ZeroTier, or to the ZeroTier client, that might use less battery on Android?
Apparently tailscale has the same problem? https://www.reddit.com/r/Tailscale/comments/13y09bp/extreme_battery_drain_on_android/ but there is a reference to switching off DNS which i don’t really follow
I dont have the problem. You should get it a try.
I have tailscale running 24x7 on an s22 ultra. Haven’t noticed any change in battery life at all.
Disabling magicdns is something you do in the tailscale admin portal
Oh this is very helpful to know - I think I’ll try both tailscale.and netbird