Visit ifconfig.co to see exactly what it is, it’s basically just a “what’s my IP/where am I” service.
Have a network with an exit node, set up and running properly. Exit node is based in the US. I am physically in the UK.
When I visit ifconfig.co on my phone (Android connected to tailscale) it says, “I think you’re in the US”.
*However, when on my laptop, it still knows I’m in the UK.
Anyone ever seen this behavior?
What kind of laptop? ifconfig.co gets the right answer for me on macOS.
Does it correctly report your public-facing IP address?
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MacBook Air Intel with OS X Big Sur
If by “right answer” you mean where I physically am located, then mine also gives the right answer on macOS.
Yeah, it reports my public-facing IP address and NOT the exit node one (gathered with simply curl ifconfig.co)
Perhaps some shenanigans from Big Sur?
FWIW the exit node is a Linode server, but that shouldn’t matter.
By “right answer” in this case I meant the exit node’s address when using the exit node, and my own address otherwise. It’s disconcerting if selecting an exit node in the macOS GUI is not causing the exit node to take effect. Do you have any other VPN software installed, by any chance?
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I have NordVPN Installed but it’s not running.
Correct, the exit node doesn’t take effect from my Mac. But on my other Tailscale network devices, it does work (tested with my mobile, as mentioned above). It seems to be “just the mac”.
That’s what I mean, it could be that NordVPN’s “not running” might also be preventing other VPNs from running, or something like that. If you want to paste the output of netstat -rn we might be able to help more. (You can also email support@ if you’d rather not post that on a public forum).
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Nah, all good. Here’s the output of netstat -rn from the macbook air.
╭─derek@s-MacBook-Air.lan ~/Documents
╰─➤ netstat -rn
Routing tables
Internet:
Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire
default 192.168.1.1 UGSc en0
default link#16 UCSI utun2
10.242/16 link#8 UC feth407 !
10.242.228.60 d2:22:64:e1:34:e5 UHLWIi feth407 309
10.242.255.255 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff UHLWbI feth407 !
100.80.241.126/32 link#16 UCS utun2
100.83.124.12 100.83.124.12 UH utun2
100.87.87.71/32 link#16 UCS utun2
100.90.225.61/32 link#16 UCS utun2
100.94.116.104/32 link#16 UCS utun2
100.96.193.22/32 link#16 UCS utun2
100.100.100.100/32 link#16 UCS utun2
100.101.102.103/32 link#16 UCS utun2
100.105.43.55/32 link#16 UCS utun2
100.117.244.119/32 link#16 UCS utun2
127 127.0.0.1 UCS lo0
127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH lo0
169.254 link#6 UCS en0 !
192.168.1 link#6 UCS en0 !
192.168.1.1/32 link#6 UCS en0 !
192.168.1.1 7c:8f:de:ee:59:24 UHLWIir en0 1191
192.168.1.152 4c:3b:df:85:df:fe UHLWIi en0 29
192.168.1.165 ca:55:54:c9:49:6b UHLWI en0 45
192.168.1.192 8c:c6:81:10:ff:59 UHLWI en0 1176
192.168.1.226/32 link#6 UCS en0 !
192.168.1.255 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff UHLWbI en0 !
224.0.0/4 link#6 UmCS en0 !
224.0.0/4 link#16 UmCSI utun2
224.0.0.251 1:0:5e:0:0:fb UHmLWI en0
239.255.255.250 1:0:5e:7f:ff:fa UHmLWI en0
239.255.255.250 link#16 UHmW3I utun2 250
255.255.255.255/32 link#6 UCS en0 !
255.255.255.255/32 link#16 UCSI utun2
Internet6:
Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire
default fe80::%utun0 UGcI utun0
default fe80::%utun1 UGcI utun1
::1 ::1 UHL lo0
fd7a:115c:a1e0:ab12:4843:cd96:6253:7c0c link#16 UHL lo0
fe80::%lo0/64 fe80::1%lo0 UcI lo0
fe80::1%lo0 link#1 UHLI lo0
fe80::%en3/64 link#4 UCI en3
fe80::aede:48ff:fe00:1122%en3 ac:de:48:0:11:22 UHLI lo0
fe80::aede:48ff:fe33:4455%en3 ac:de:48:33:44:55 UHLWIi en3
fe80::%awdl0/64 link#12 UCI awdl0
fe80::ccc9:bfff:fedc:dd7f%awdl0 ce:c9:bf:dc:dd:7f UHLI lo0
fe80::%llw0/64 link#13 UCI llw0
fe80::ccc9:bfff:fedc:dd7f%llw0 ce:c9:bf:dc:dd:7f UHLI lo0
fe80::%utun0/64 fe80::61cf:b6b5:a615:4e00%utun0 UcI utun0
fe80::61cf:b6b5:a615:4e00%utun0 link#14 UHLI lo0
fe80::%utun1/64 fe80::6d11:31aa:a4a2:249d%utun1 UcI utun1
fe80::6d11:31aa:a4a2:249d%utun1 link#15 UHLI lo0
fe80::%utun2/64 fe80::aede:48ff:fe00:1122%utun2 UcI utun2
fe80::aede:48ff:fe00:1122%utun2 link#16 UHLI lo0
ff00::/8 ::1 UmCI lo0
ff00::/8 link#4 UmCI en3
ff00::/8 link#12 UmCI awdl0
ff00::/8 link#13 UmCI llw0
ff00::/8 fe80::61cf:b6b5:a615:4e00%utun0 UmCI utun0
ff00::/8 fe80::6d11:31aa:a4a2:249d%utun1 UmCI utun1
ff00::/8 fe80::aede:48ff:fe00:1122%utun2 UmCI utun2
ff01::%lo0/32 ::1 UmCI lo0
ff01::%en3/32 link#4 UmCI en3
ff01::%awdl0/32 link#12 UmCI awdl0
ff01::%llw0/32 link#13 UmCI llw0
ff01::%utun0/32 fe80::61cf:b6b5:a615:4e00%utun0 UmCI utun0
ff01::%utun1/32 fe80::6d11:31aa:a4a2:249d%utun1 UmCI utun1
ff01::%utun2/32 fe80::aede:48ff:fe00:1122%utun2 UmCI utun2
ff02::%lo0/32 ::1 UmCI lo0
ff02::%en3/32 link#4 UmCI en3
ff02::%awdl0/32 link#12 UmCI awdl0
ff02::%llw0/32 link#13 UmCI llw0
ff02::%utun0/32 fe80::61cf:b6b5:a615:4e00%utun0 UmCI utun0
ff02::%utun1/32 fe80::6d11:31aa:a4a2:249d%utun1 UmCI utun1
ff02::%utun2/32 fe80::aede:48ff:fe00:1122%utun2 UmCI utun2
I would like to point out that I just tried curling ifconfig.co on another computer on my network (Ubuntu) and it also, does not work (it doesn’t think I’m in the location of my exit node). It seems my android phone is the only one that’s properly getting routed throgh my exit node.
Thanks for all the help, by the way.
Well, certainly this is your problem:
Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire
default 192.168.1.1 UGSc en0
default link#16 UCSI utun2
The utun2 route should have a higher precedence than the en0 route, or it won’t go through tailscale.
The “I” in UCSI means “interface-specific route”, which basically means it’s not even trying to take precedence. For me, when exit node is disabled on my mac, the flags are UCSI. When I have an exit node selected, the flags are UCS and the utun2 interface is on top.
If you toggle the exit mode setting off, do the flags change? What if you toggle it back on after that? If that fixes it, does turning wifi off and on then break it again?
If you toggle the exit mode setting off, do the flags change?
No. I toggled exit node off (on the web UI only) and get the same.
Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire
default 192.168.1.1 UGSc en0
default link#16 UCSI utun2
What if you toggle it back on after that?
Nothing.
Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire
default 192.168.1.1 UGSc en0
default link#16 UCSI utun2
If that fixes it, does turning wifi off and on then break it again?
(I assume you mean turning WiFi off and on with my Mac) It did not fix it however I turned wifi off and on and still have the same:
Destination Gateway Flags Netif Expire
default 192.168.1.1 UGSc en0
default link#16 UCSI utun2
It seems no matter what, the UCSI flags persist despite my exit node toggle and having just reset WiFi. Nor does the utun2 ever get above en0.
I guess it is worth trying again with v1.10, which will be rolling out from the Mac App Store over the next ~24 hours.
I have an exit node in Germany, and ifconfig.co sees the Macbook as being in Germany.
I am now on version 1.12 on all involved machines and still, curl ifconfig.co/city gives my real city.
I am really keen to sort this out, can anybody point me to learning resources aside from the tailscale docs/source code?
When you enable the exitnode, you should see ifconfig. co as per the location of exitnode once you select exitnode from the Tailscale tray menu. Email snip fo ifconfig.co , Tailscale IP of your node and check the IP location from the browser when you connected your node pointing to exitnode as default traffic gateway. Please send this information to support@tailscale.com.