Tag Archives: OpenVPN

Synology NAS VPN Server

It has been a long while since I wrote about VPN servers. This is because of the change of job, and then working from home for over a year because of COVID-19. But I have kept playing with the technology over the years.… Read the rest

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Raspberry Pi VPN Router w/ PIA – Novaspirit

This is something I’ve been using for awhile now, thought i would show you the entire process, This is a tutorial for setting up a raspberry pi vpn router.

Source: Raspberry Pi VPN Router w/ PIA – Novaspirit

Set this up late last night.… Read the rest

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SoftEther VPN and the Raspberry Pi

I finally bit the bullet and migrated the SoftEther VPN server to the Raspberry Pi. The holdup was the public hostname that the remote client looks for. This hostname seems to be one of the reasons that this solution works for my particular case at all.… Read the rest

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Victory is…compromise

Before I left work yesterday, I started the process to nuke the hard drive in my AT&T laptop.
With the holiday looming, I wanted to get it in the mail back to my soon to be former boss ASAP.
This also left me with finally landing my personal laptop on my desk for reals.… Read the rest

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VICTORY IS MINE!

It is so beautiful, I could cry!

Not really, but I am wicked happy about this.
Laptop “Mobile” via iPhone to OpenVPN on OpenWRT.
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OpenWRT, follow-up

It has been a really, really good day on the router front.
I am very happy with OpenWRT and you should be, too.
Everything is cranking right along with plenty of room to spare.
With the help of these links, I was able to get my DNS server settings pointing to OpenDNS, even in IPv6.… Read the rest

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Mobile the Laptop, connected via my iPhone’s hotspot to the OpenVPN server running on the OpenWRT router!

I can see devices on the network, but only the wireless one. I am wondering if this is a firewall issue or something. In any event, it should be easy to fix.… Read the rest

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OpenWRT

Well, that was quick.
I was able to make a connection from remote back to the Gargoyle router via the OpenVPN tunnel. But, I was unable to see anything on the LAN. Sure, this was not one of the objectives when I started this journey, but after seeing that option in action in SoftEther, I now want it…because it is wicked cool.… Read the rest

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my iPhone via OpenVPN connecting to the Gargoyle-Router. Setting up OpenVPN on the iPhone was the toughest part.… Read the rest

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OpenVPN…for Windows

So, like most times I post to the Internet that I am having an issue with something, the answer becomes immediately available.
This time, I said that OpenVPN seemed to be Linux-only.

Well, it turns out that this is not so much the case.… Read the rest

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