Nomad Home IP™ Setup Guide

Welcome to Nomad Home IP™

This guide provides setup instructions for complete Nomad Home IP™ hardware systems and standalone cloud VPS services.

Every complete Nomad Home IP™ hardware system includes one regional FailSafe gateway. Nomad Home IP™ provisions it as part of your managed connectivity system—no separate FailSafe purchase or server configuration is required.

Select the setup that matches your system below.

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Home Base Setup

Your Nomad Home Base and Travel Router are professionally configured, paired, and tested before shipment.

Step 1

Locate the Home Base Router, power adapter, and Ethernet cable included with your package.

Step 2

Connect the Home Base Router WAN/Internet port to your existing ISP modem or ISP router using the included Ethernet cable.

Examples:

  • AT&T Fiber
  • Xfinity
  • Spectrum
  • Frontier
  • Starlink
  • Other ISP equipment

Step 3

Connect power to the Home Base Router.

Step 4

Allow approximately 2–5 minutes for the router to boot and reconnect to your secure Nomad Home IP™ private network.

Step 5

Verify that Internet access is active on the Home Base Router.

Home Base installation is now complete.

No laptop configuration, manual VPN setup, port forwarding, command-line configuration, or additional technical setup is normally required.

If Your Home Base Was Unplugged or Lost Power

Your Home Base is designed to reconnect automatically after power is restored.

  1. Reconnect power to the Home Base Router.
  2. Allow approximately 2–5 minutes for the router and Tailscale connection to restart.
  3. If your Travel Router does not reconnect through your Home Base, open the GL.iNet administration page on the Home Base.
  4. Go to Applications → Tailscale.
  5. Confirm Tailscale is enabled and Run Exit Node is ON.
  6. Apply the setting if necessary and allow the connection a moment to re-establish.

Once Run Exit Node is active, your Travel Router can again use your Home Base Internet connection.

If the Home Base still does not appear as an available Exit Node, contact Nomad Home IP™ Support. Do not factory-reset or reconfigure the router unless instructed by support.

Travel Router Setup

Your Travel Router is professionally configured and paired with your Home Base before shipment.

When traveling, the Travel Router can connect to hotel Wi-Fi, Airbnb Wi-Fi, mobile hotspots, Ethernet connections, or other available Internet services.

Step 1

Power on the Travel Router.

Step 2

Connect the Travel Router to the available Internet service.

Examples:

  • Hotel Wi-Fi
  • Airbnb Wi-Fi
  • Friend or Family Wi-Fi
  • Mobile Hotspot
  • Ethernet Connection

Step 3

Connect your laptop, phone, tablet, streaming device, or other equipment to the Travel Router Wi-Fi network.

Step 4

Allow approximately 1–2 minutes for the secure connection to establish.

Step 5

Begin using the Internet normally.

Once the secure connection is established, devices connected through your Travel Router are configured to route Internet traffic through your Home Base connection.

No manual Tailscale configuration is required on the Travel Router during normal use.

Your Nomad Home IP™ Private Network

In addition to your preconfigured Home Base and Travel Router, you will receive a secure invitation from Tailscale at the email address associated with your Nomad Home IP™ order.

Your routers will operate without accepting this invitation. The invitation provides you with personal access to your private Tailscale network so you can add supported phones, tablets, and computers if desired.

To join your private network:

  1. Open the invitation email from Tailscale.
  2. Select the invitation link.
  3. Sign in using your own supported Tailscale identity.
  4. Accept the invitation to join your Nomad Home IP™ private network.
  5. Install or open the Tailscale app on any personal device you want to add.
  6. Sign in using the same identity that accepted the invitation.

Once joined, your supported personal devices can be added to the same private network as your Nomad Home IP™ equipment.

To route a personal device directly through your Home Base:

  1. Open the Tailscale app.
  2. Open Exit Nodes.
  3. Select your Nomad Home Base Router.
  4. Confirm that Tailscale shows the connection as active.

Your Internet traffic on that device will then route through your Home Base Internet connection until the exit node is disconnected.

Important: You do not need to provide Nomad Home IP™ with your personal Google, Microsoft, GitHub, Apple, or other account password. Your personal Tailscale access is authenticated separately from the managed provisioning used to configure your routers.

If the invitation opens under the wrong Tailscale account, open the invitation in an Incognito or Private browser window and sign in using the identity you want associated with your Nomad Home IP™ private network.

Optional Verification

If desired, visit MyIP.com.

The Internet provider displayed should match the Internet Service Provider used by your Home Base.

For example, if your Home Base is connected to Spectrum in the United States while you are traveling internationally, the displayed public Internet connection should correspond to the Home Base connection rather than the local hotel, airport, or travel network.

🛡️ Your Included Regional FailSafe Gateway

Every complete Nomad Home IP™ hardware system includes one regional FailSafe gateway. It is provisioned, maintained, and supported by Nomad Home IP™ as part of your managed connectivity system. No separate FailSafe purchase is required.

Your Home Base remains your normal residential Internet exit point. The included FailSafe gateway provides an alternative connection if your Home Base becomes unavailable.

For systems configured with automatic FailSafe protection, your Travel Router automatically switches to your assigned FailSafe gateway when it can no longer reach your Home Base. When the Home Base connection is restored and available again, the Travel Router automatically returns to the Home Base connection.

Devices connected through your Travel Router follow this automatic failover and return process without requiring you to change their individual network settings.

Your FailSafe gateway is already provisioned for your system. To view it directly on a supported personal device:

  1. Accept the secure Tailscale invitation sent to the email address associated with your Nomad Home IP™ order.
  2. Install or open the Tailscale app.
  3. Sign in using the same identity that accepted the invitation.
  4. Open Exit Nodes.
  5. Confirm that your assigned Nomad Home IP™ FailSafe gateway appears in the list.

If you want to use the FailSafe gateway directly from a personal device, select it under Exit Nodes. Direct exit-node selection on personal devices is manual unless Nomad Home IP™ has specifically configured that device otherwise.

Your FailSafe gateway remains owned, provisioned, maintained, and supported by Nomad Home IP™. You receive access only to the gateway assigned to your account.

If the invitation opens under the wrong Tailscale account, open it in an Incognito or Private browser window and sign in using the identity associated with your Nomad Home IP™ order.

🖥️ Standalone Cloud VPS Subscribers

If you purchased a standalone Nomad Home IP™ cloud gateway without a physical router system, you can skip the Home Base and Travel Router instructions.

Your assigned gateway is accessed through the Tailscale app on your phone, tablet, or computer.

Step 1 — Accept Your Tailscale Invitation

When your gateway is ready, you will receive a secure device invitation directly from Tailscale at the email address used for your Nomad Home IP™ order.

  1. Open the invitation email.
  2. Select Accept device invite.
  3. Sign in using the identity associated with the invitation.

Your assigned gateway remains owned, managed, and supported by Nomad Home IP™. You receive access only to the server assigned to your account.

If the invitation opens under the wrong Tailscale account, open the invitation in an Incognito or Private browser window and sign in using the identity associated with your order.

Step 2 — Install Tailscale

Download and install the Tailscale app on the device you want to use.

Supported devices include:

  • iPhone and iPad
  • Android phones and tablets
  • Windows computers
  • Mac computers

Step 3 — Sign In

Open Tailscale and sign in using the same identity that accepted the invitation.

Step 4 — Select Your Nomad Home IP™ Gateway

Open the Exit Nodes menu in Tailscale and select your assigned Nomad Home IP™ server.

The server name will look similar to NHIP-ICN-ARRAY-0032, with the region and service type matching your purchase.

After selecting it, your Internet traffic will route through the region associated with your purchased gateway.

Step 5 — Verify Your Connection

Visit MyIP.com and confirm that the displayed public location matches the region you purchased.

Important Application Note

Tailscale is required when using a standalone Nomad Home IP™ cloud gateway.

Most applications will work normally while connected. However, some applications may behave differently when using a VPN connection, including:

  • Banking and financial applications
  • Streaming services
  • Corporate VPN software
  • Location-based applications

This behavior is controlled by the application provider and not by Nomad Home IP™.

If an application does not work as expected:

  1. Open Tailscale.
  2. Temporarily disconnect from the exit node.
  3. Reopen the application.
  4. Reconnect to your Nomad Home IP™ gateway when finished.

Support

If you experience any issues during setup or travel, visit Nomad Home IP™ Support & Contact.

Please include:

  • Device or Router Model
  • Purchased Service and Region
  • Brief Description of the Issue
  • Screenshots, if available
  • Order Number, if applicable

We typically respond within 1 business day.

Thank you for choosing Nomad Home IP™.