How would you guys approach managing a bunch of devices for your family? I’m the designated “IT Guy” (not in IT) so I get asked to fix issues with everyone’s PCs, phones, and so on. For some family members, the most they can figure out how to do is turn on the computer… so having access without them going through any hoops is ideal.

My inclination is to use MeshCentral (MeshCommander?) and install that on everything. On a local network I’ve seen this work well and the multi-platform access is very appealing.

However these family members live in four different houses all over the US - so whatever connectivity gets established between me and them needs to happen remotely (I have a homelab that I can point everything to if that helps). While I could install an appliance on each of their networks, the simpler the better.

Also I’ve heard of headscale to create a mesh VPN between clients, although it would ideally be something where again they don’t have to manually enable anything.