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dstaley · 10-06-2021, 03:53 PM

I just purchased a Kobo Sage, and I'm looking at using the built-in web browser to access a few services that are only accessible on my local network. I use Tailscale (which is essentially Wireguard) which uses the mainline TUN/TAP driver from the Linux kernel.

Do modern Kobo's (based on the 4.9+ kernel) include the TUN/TAP driver/kernel module? If not, is that something that's relatively easy to compile and load in manually?

Alternatively, Tailscale supports user-mode networking via a SOCKS5 proxy. The Kobo Configuration Options page lists a "proxyUrl" configuration. Can I use this to connect to the locally-running SOCKS5 proxy and have the built-in web browser use that proxy?

10-06-2021, 03:53 PM	#1
dstaley Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2020 Device: Kindle Voyage	Do recent Kobo's support the TUN/TAP driver? I just purchased a Kobo Sage, and I'm looking at using the built-in web browser to access a few services that are only accessible on my local network. I use Tailscale (which is essentially Wireguard) which uses the mainline TUN/TAP driver from the Linux kernel. Do modern Kobo's (based on the 4.9+ kernel) include the TUN/TAP driver/kernel module? If not, is that something that's relatively easy to compile and load in manually? Alternatively, Tailscale supports user-mode networking via a SOCKS5 proxy. The Kobo Configuration Options page lists a "proxyUrl" configuration. Can I use this to connect to the locally-running SOCKS5 proxy and have the built-in web browser use that proxy?