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Making Tailscale Faster

by yarapavan on 9/23/2026, 5:49:07 PM

https://tailscale.com/blog/making-tailscale-faster

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by: iscoelho

In my opinion, this is Tailscale&#x27;s largest issue.<p>It is slow. It cannot achieve speeds of greater than 1Gbps on clients systems (Windows &amp; Mac), where you&#x27;d normally see it being used. On Linux, it struggles to achieve 10Gbps even when using a synthetic large packet benchmark [1]. With an IMIX benchmark, it would not be competitive whatsoever.<p>This problem is fixable. WireGuard achieves higher performance (Kernel vs Userspace implementation) and IPsec implementations can achieve 100Gbps&#x2F;400Gbps (DPDK&#x2F;XDP). Zero-copy networking.<p>From this blog post, I can say Tailscale still seems to not have the appetite for that, which is a shame.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tailscale.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;more-throughput" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tailscale.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;more-throughput</a>

9/23/2026, 11:25:11 PM


by: fitblipper

I used to LOVE tailscale. Then I put wireguard on my home network exposed to the internet with a dynamic DNS provider and it immediately became irrelevant. Not only is raw wireguard more stable (I don&#x27;t have to fight the DNS issues on my mobile phones) it feels faster and is amazingly simple to set up.

9/23/2026, 11:20:00 PM


by: CharlesW

I wonder if the post&#x27;s focus on Linux&#x2F;Android is just because that&#x27;s where they started, or because they&#x27;re leveraging techniques that are only possible on Linux&#x2F;Android?

9/23/2026, 9:40:39 PM


by: aborsy

I would like less battery usage with exit node.

9/23/2026, 10:44:53 PM


by: ykurtov

In our use case latency went parabolic at 250 sessions pumping just 60 mb&#x2F;s through a tunnel.

9/23/2026, 10:23:45 PM


by: time4tea

Leaves them where they landed. Slop check : yes +++ATH

9/23/2026, 9:51:40 PM