Reaching things
Devices by name, networks behind them, and exit nodes.
Another device
Every device has an address, and most meshes also give it a name — the device's name plus .mesh. Use either exactly as you would any other address: ssh you@laptop.mesh, \\nas.mesh\share, or http://buildbox.mesh:3000 in a browser.
What the Peers page adds
- Ping — Is it reachable right now.
- Open Address… — Opens a web interface in your browser, offering the common ports as one-click choices and remembering what you picked per device.
- Remote Access — SSH, RDP or VNC, when MangoSSH is installed alongside.
- Run Traceroute — The hops in between — how you tell "the mesh is slow" from "your internet is slow".
How you are reaching a peer
Expanding a peer row shows latency, estimated loss, throughput, and a Connection field that names the path: Direct LAN (same network), NAT-traversed (a direct path across the internet — the good case), Connecting, No direct path (going through the relay, which works but detours every packet), or Unreachable.
Something that is not a MangoFly device
You do not need MangoFly on a printer, a NAS, a switch or a whole office subnet. Somebody runs it on one machine there, and that machine passes traffic through. From your side there is nothing to configure: if your group has access, the address simply works.
- Access to a Resource is not access to its router — Reaching a customer's database does not mean reaching the server that fronts it. That is deliberate.
- Enable Client Routes must be on — It is by default. Off means your device ignores these routes entirely.
Sending everything through another device
An exit node carries your whole internet connection, not just mesh traffic. Settings › Network › Exit Node offers Automatic, Off, or one specific device. Changing it reconnects the tunnel, so expect a brief interruption.
While an exit node is active, IPv6 to the internet is blocked outright. That is not a bug — it is what stops IPv6 traffic leaking around the tunnel while you believe everything is going through it. Block LAN Access, on by default, keeps your own printer and router out of reach of the mesh at the same time.
More than one mesh
A profile is one coordination server with its own identity, key, address and peers. Add one under Settings › Account and switch with the picker at the top of the sidebar. Only one connects at a time, deliberately: two meshes hand out addresses from the same range, so being on both at once would need a second adapter and a way to tell them apart.