An iPad was connected to a Tailscale mesh to debug a WebRTC app.
The developer installed Tailscale on the iPad, added it to the same private network as the test server, and used the device’s built‑in browser to run the WebRTC client. With the VPN in place, the iPad could reach internal signalling and STUN servers without any extra port‑forwarding or proxy configuration. The setup was verified by capturing traffic in Wireshark and confirming that ICE candidates were exchanged correctly.
This matters because mobile debugging often requires a device to sit on the same LAN as backend services, something that is cumbersome with traditional VPN clients or USB tethering. Tailscale’s zero‑config layer lets any device—iOS included—appear as if it were on the corporate network, cutting down the iteration cycle for developers testing real‑world connectivity.
The trick isn’t new, but it shows that even a consumer tablet can become a first‑class node in a private mesh, making ad‑hoc testing less fragile than relying on cloud‑based device farms.