Before/after diagram: Tailscale reaching one machine, versus a subnet router advertising 10.10.0.0/24 so the phone reaches the whole lab

Two VPNs, One Phone: Consolidating Remote Access

I ended up with two VPNs into my homelab. WireGuard, running on my firewall, which I set up first. And Tailscale on my main server, which I added later so I could SSH in from a laptop without opening ports. Then I tried to use both from my phone and hit a wall. Phones only run one VPN at a time This isn’t a bug or a conflict between the two apps. iOS and Android both allow exactly one active VPN tunnel, full stop. It’s an OS-level restriction. ...

24 July 2026 · 10 min