Missleading note on the ZeroTier docs page

[nicolaevladescu]

You state here that:

Note: Because ZeroTier is based on WireGuard, it is not recommended to use the ZeroTier feature with the OpenVPN Client or WireGuard Client at the same time, as there may be bugs.

That is not correct, ZeroTier uses it's own protocol and it's not WireGuard, it's not even a VPN in fact, but that's a longer discussion. So with this in mind, I have a couple of questions:

• Why would it not be recommended to use ZeroTier with WireGuard?
• Why would it not be recommended to use ZeroTier with OpenVPN?
• Why would it not be recommended to use WireGuard with OpenVPN?
• Why would it not be recommended to use all three?

They are three distict product with three distinct protocols, where is the overlap?

[Rain23333333]

In my opinion, ZeroTier/TailScale is not recommended for use with VPN functionality.

This is because they use different routing tables to control data flow, and they lack a unified priority list to control the forwarding rules and priorities of each route entry, which can potentially lead to conflicts.

We hope to achieve compatibility across all these aspects, but the workload is simply too large, so we advise against using them together, as we are unsure if any problems might arise.

Wireguard and OpenVPN can be used together. You can enable policy mode on our web page, set different rules for route differentiation, and assign corresponding priorities, and they will work together.

[nicolaevladescu]

I understand and I agree, but the docs should be updated and rephrased to be more clear, also this statement ZeroTier is based on WireGuard is technically wrong.

[Rain23333333]

Thanks, we will arrange the correction.