Can I get Tailscale to work simultaneously with VPN service?

Hi everybody,
I’m a complete newbie regarding tailscale, servers even networks and such so please, go easy on me :D. To make the story short, I’d like to to be able to remotely connect to my home PC (so far I am using Tailscale + Sunshine/Moonlight), but when connected, I also need to be connected to my school’s network via VPN (Cisco Secure Client - provided by the school) so that the licenses for the software such as CAD work. Hope I explained it well. I tried to look around for solutions from people in similiar situations but so far I’ve found nothing. Any input, ideas or help will be much appreciated. Also I was wondering if utilizing Proxmox would help somehow? Creating a container with Tailscale, create a VM to run the (CAD and such) software with the VPN and…

Yes it’s actually explained here: Digital Nomad VPN Tutorial using Wireguard or Tailscale and Can I use Tailscale alongside other VPNs? · Tailscale Docs

You can try connecting to your school VPN on your home PC, then run tailscale there with the --advertise-routes=192.168.0.0/24 flag (use your home network subnet) and use your home PC as an exit node for tailscale.

Not sure it will work, but you can try.

EDIT: Maybe your need to use --advertise-routes='CISCO VPN Subnet", not your home subnet. Somebody else should jump in to help.

Yes it works. I have Tailscale running (and connected) on my MacBook, while using Wireguard to connect to one of my self-hosted vpn (hosted on a vps) and it works without issues.

I’m using Pure VPN with Tailscale it’s fine. But I am on linux mint.

It depends on the Cisco AnyConnect Client configuration, it will typically block other vpns and local subnet access PITA even for hyperV/local virtualization.

A tinkering project would be to create a Cisco vpn docker with Tailscale and offer it as exit node :slight_smile:
And for at least an useful tip if you encounter weird errors like some thing working and some not you may have some mtu problems. Fixable but annoying as a beginner.

What about getting both to work on a Synology NAS? Has anyone done this? I use Tailscale to connect my primary NAS to my remote backup NAS at a relative’s house, and would also like to also use a VPN on the primary NAS for other things.

Don’t even need to advertise routes if you can route all traffic from a tailscale node over a VPN and just use it as an exit node

Similar experience here. I had this setup for secure work, had to disconnect from work to access any other connection including LAN resources. Inside any anyconnect there is a policy to allow/block dual access and most issuers choose block as more secure; client user has no choice.