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Running a private Rust server (pfeiffermax/rust-game-server:latest-oxide) in Docker on a Proxmox LXC. Friends connect over Tailscale, no public ports forwarded.

I can connect fine (I'm ownerid/auth level 2). Every friend over Tailscale gets:

Rejecting connection - Steam Auth Error: NetworkIdentityFailure
kicked: Steam Auth Failed

Server logs SteamServer Connected cleanly at startup, so the server side of GSLS is healthy.

What I've already tried:

• +server.secure 0 and +server.encryption 0 (both confirmed parsed in the command-line echo)
• Tailscale subnet router so friends connect to the LXC's LAN IP
• instead of the 100.x tailnet IP. They reach it (tailscale ping works), Steam still rejects.
• Friend launched RustClient.exe (no EAC) instead of Rust.exe. Same error.

My theory: Steam's GSLS validates the auth ticket against the public IP my server registered with, and the connection arriving from a (Tailscale CGNAT) source fails the network identity check. Radmin VPN reportedly works for the same use case because it uses (DoD space) which Steam treats as ordinary public IP.

Has anyone actually gotten a Steam-auth game working over Tailscale? Considering Headscale with a custom prefix to replicate Radmin's trick, but want to confirm someone's done it before I burn a weekend on it.

Hey everyone,

I’m new to homelab and I setup an LXC with docker inside running a container for rust (steam game) and Tailscale. My friends have joined my Tailscale network and can ping the ip of the server just fine.

I can join the server, but my friends get a steam auth error. Has anyone found a fix for this?

Thanks

Hello everyone,

I just setup my first home server.

I am trying to figure out how to host my security system. Ideally, I’d like to have a battery doorbell camera (renting, can’t run wires), 2 interior wired cameras. Namely, the reolink cameras.

The biggest problem I can’t solve is battery cameras can’t expose RTSP streams. It has to do with the motion detection “turning it on”.

Anyone else figured this out?

Thanks!