Optimizing access to local network devices via mesh network devices

A method in an external meshnet device in communication with a first meshnet device and a second meshnet device in a mesh network, the method comprising:

• determining, based at least in part on comparing (i) a first range of first subnet internet protocol (IP) addresses associated with a first local area network (LAN) connected to the first meshnet device and (ii) a second range of second subnet IP addresses associated with a second LAN connected to the second meshnet device, a conflict that a first subnet IP address assigned to a first LAN device in the first LAN is the same as a second subnet IP address assigned to a second LAN device in the second LAN;
• mapping, based at least in part on determining the conflict, an alternate IP address to correspond with the first subnet IP address;
• and
• communicating with the first LAN device based at least in part on utilizing the alternate IP address instead of utilizing the first subnet IP address.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions, which when executed by a processor related to an external meshnet device in communication with a first meshnet device and a second meshnet device, configure the processor to:

• determine, based at least in part on comparing (i) a first range of first subnet internet protocol (IP) addresses associated with a first local area network (LAN) connected to the first meshnet device and (ii) a second range of second subnet IP addresses associated with a second LAN connected to the second meshnet device, a conflict that a first subnet IP address assigned to a first LAN device in the first LAN is the same as a second subnet IP address assigned to a second LAN device in the second LAN;
• map, based at least in part on determining the conflict, an alternate IP address to correspond with the first subnet IP address;
• and
• communicate with the first LAN device based at least in part on utilizing the alternate IP address instead of utilizing the first subnet IP address.