Staex v2: External Tunnels
A variation of regular tunnels where the destination is an IP in the server's local network.
Overview#
This type of tunnels is the variation of regular tunnels, but the destination is an IP address from the local network of the server. This means that when the packet reaches the server node it is automatically forwarded to the specified IP address. External tunnels are useful to talk to IoT devices that can not run Staex: IP cameras, smart home appliances, some low-end routers etc. Some IoT networks may contain only such devices, and it is essential for an overlay network to support such use cases.