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VPN router
thebullsback
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HI,I have just bought a 12mth subscription to PIA ...Private internet access which works great on my Desktop and laptop but would like it to cover my entire household.
I have seen that you can buy VPN routers but they come it at about £200.
Is there a way of a diy type person doing his own Router??
I have seen that you can buy VPN routers but they come it at about £200.
Is there a way of a diy type person doing his own Router??
Keep in your thoughts the poor Beasts of burden around the World and curse All who do them harm.
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I don't think a BT Homehub 6 can be manipulated to accept a VPN, so that's one answer for you.0
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Look on Amazon; I've just seen a cable one for £57.
Make sure these 'VPN routers' do what you actually want...0 -
ASUS RT-AC51U Dual-Band Wireless router has amongst many other features
VPN server : IPSec Pass-Through, PPTP Pass-Through, L2TP Pass-Through, PPTP Server, OpenVPN Server
VPN client : PPTP client, L2TP client, OpenVPN client
Currently on Amazon/ Currys /PC world @£34.990 -
>Is there a way of a diy type person doing his own Router??<
Yes, using a Raspberry Pi and PiVPN - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RSHSt4RuLk0 -
My solution to a DIY router is pfSense in the VM under ESXi on my R710, but that's not cheaper than the £200 offerings you found and is not for novices.Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230
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I have done this with an Asus RT-AC56U. It was not easy to do but I found guides on the internet, I first had to install a different OS on the router and the one I used was Merlin (I think it is similar to DD-WRT and OpenWRT).
I can now pick which devices use PIA and which don't. Probably been running it for 2 years now and it has crashed twice and on both occasions a reboot got it back up and running.
The PIA help pages are not easy to search but I'm sure I got a lot of information there.0
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