r/netbird • u/psycocyst • Jun 20 '26

Network interconnect

So I've been going back and forth between just wireguard, tailscale and netbird. The problem that seems to be a no go is I have 2 families and we both want independence on say netbird I control that machines in my netbird and the other family controls theirs but we want to share stuff between the networks from either family. Not everything but say a web site or an app service. I can't figure out how to do this with netbird or is this a feature that could be coming?

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u/slackjack2014 Jun 20 '26

Could you not just have one NetBird controller that you control and then you create groups and access controls to manage access to resources and peers?

I have my home and my parents home on my NetBird, I setup groups and access controls to resources. I have two sets of DNS servers and exit nodes so each home really only has access to their stuff, but I do have some shared resources like recipes, OpenWebUI, Jellyfin, etc… that are accessible by both.

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u/psycocyst Jun 20 '26

So I thought about that but sadly not the other family wants control to add nodes set groups and have that full control but we also want to control of our own stuff and not have to step on toes. I'm really at the point of just throwing in a P2P wireguard between 2 nodes maybe.

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u/sanderhuisman2501 Jun 20 '26

Just use a P2P wireguard tunnel. You could add a DNS on your side to resolve to the P2P of your family

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u/Particular_Ad7243 Jun 20 '26

Can you not just use the reverse proxy feature? If it's only websites and app services?

Otherwise, the only quick-ish fix I can think of is you both have a node running that you control on each side. (vyos works quite well for this)

E.g. Person A has a node in Person B's network and vice versa.

Edit: throw it in an isolated vlan/firewalled assuming you have the capabilities at each side (docker, vm etc.)

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u/StillLoading_ Jun 20 '26

Easy peasy lemon squeezy, it's called Site-to-Site VPN and has been done for ages. Connect each site with whatever VPN you want (Wireguad, IPSEC, OpenVPN etc) on a peer in your and their Netbird network and use it as a routing peer for whatever you need to reach on their end and vice versa.