Services | Remote Access & Networking

Your office network,
wherever your team is.

Private mesh networking with Tailscale and self hosted Headscale, plus a RustDesk remote desktop server you own outright. Access to your systems without exposing a single port to the open internet.

The problem.

Remote work was bolted onto most small businesses in a hurry and never revisited. What is left behind is usually one of three things: a port forwarded straight to someone’s desktop, a consumer remote control tool running on a shared password, or a legacy VPN appliance nobody in the building knows how to configure any more.

All three are the same problem wearing different clothes. Something is exposed to the whole internet, access is all or nothing, and there is no record of who reached what. Scanners find open remote desktop ports within minutes of them going live.

A mesh network inverts it. Nothing is published to the internet at all. Devices authenticate to a control plane, build encrypted connections directly to each other, and access control lists decide precisely who can reach which machine on which port.

What’s included.

  • Mesh VPN design and rollout across offices, home setups, phones and servers
  • Tailscale deployment where a managed control plane is the right answer
  • Headscale deployment where you want the control plane on your own hardware and nobody else in the path
  • Access control lists scoped by role, so accounts cannot reach the workshop and vice versa
  • Subnet routers and exit nodes for printers, cameras and legacy kit that cannot run an agent
  • Site to site links between premises, warehouses and remote workers
  • Self hosted RustDesk server and relay for remote support you control end to end
  • Unattended access and technician handover for the support desk
  • Multi factor authentication and single sign on tied to your existing identity provider
  • Decommissioning of exposed remote desktop ports, port forwards and legacy VPN concentrators
  • Firewall, router and switch configuration to match the new topology
  • Documented network map and a written recovery path if the control plane is unavailable

Tailscale, Headscale, or both.

Tailscale is the fastest way to get a business onto a private mesh, and for many teams it is exactly right. Headscale is the open source control plane that does the same coordination job on a server you own. Same clients, same encryption, no third party holding the keys to your network map.

Which one suits you is a real decision, not a preference. If you handle client data under contractual obligations, or you simply do not want a vendor able to see your device inventory, Headscale is worth the extra operational weight. If you want it working this week with support behind it, Tailscale is the better call. We will give you a straight recommendation and run either one.

How we deliver.

The first job is mapping what is currently exposed, which is usually more than anyone expects. Then the control plane goes up, whether that is a Tailscale tenant or a Headscale instance on your infrastructure, and devices are enrolled a role at a time so nothing breaks under people mid task.

Once every role is migrated and verified, the old doors get closed: port forwards removed, the VPN appliance retired, shared remote control passwords revoked. You finish with a documented topology, tested access rules, and a network where nothing is reachable from the outside because nothing is published to the outside.

Pricing.

Scoped by the number of devices, sites and access roles involved, plus whether you want the control plane self hosted. Contact us for a quote and we will start by telling you what is currently exposed, at no cost.

Talk to us about Remote Access.

If your team reaches the office network from home, a van, or another site, we will show you what that access currently costs you in exposure.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Why would we self host Headscale instead of just using Tailscale?
Ownership. Headscale puts the coordination server on hardware you control, so your device inventory and network map never leave your infrastructure. The trade off is that you own the uptime of that server too. For a lot of businesses Tailscale is the correct choice and we will say so. Where the data or the contract demands it, Headscale is worth the extra weight.
What happens if the control plane goes offline?
Connections that are already established keep working. What stops is new device enrolment and changes to access rules, until the control plane is back. That is a meaningful difference from a traditional VPN concentrator, where losing the box drops every session at once. The recovery path is documented as part of the build.
Is self hosted RustDesk really a replacement for TeamViewer or AnyDesk?
For supporting your own staff and your own machines, yes. You run the server and the relay, so sessions do not traverse a third party, there is no per technician subscription, and access does not depend on a vendor deciding your usage looks commercial. It is not a like for like feature match with the enterprise tiers of the commercial tools, and we will tell you if you need one of those instead.
Can this replace our existing VPN entirely?
In most small and mid sized environments, yes, and that is usually the point. The mesh handles remote workers, site to site links and server access in one system. Where a legacy application genuinely requires the old VPN, we run both in parallel until that application is dealt with.
Do our staff have to learn anything new?
Very little. The client sits in the system tray, they sign in with the same account they already use for email, and internal systems become reachable by name. Most users notice only that the old VPN button is gone.