turning a raspberry pi 4B into a vpn router
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Thanks I will try running Wireguard on pi4. I never considered tin-clients before. What kind of OS these have? Can they run VPN clients?
Usually they're normal x86 PCs with nothing unusual about them so just your Linux/BSD distro of choice.
You can look up the processor model to see what crypto acceleration it can do, or see if there's any wireguard benchmarks available.Some have interesting processors like PowerPC, or other strange hardware, but avoid them unless interesting is what you're after.
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I checked OpenWRT table of hardware and there were some Asus and Mikrotik models that are available where I live but I don't know which one to buy that sufficient hardware for running ovpn clients
Mikrotik wont need openwrt unless you are dead set on having an open source OS on your device.
Mikrotik supports all sorts of VPN connections, both client, server, and site to site. You could even get creative and have it for certain services or IP addresses.
If you get one of the more modern devices it will support a pretty chunky VPN as well, mine can get over 600mbps without much hassle.
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Mikrotik wont need openwrt unless you are dead set on having an open source OS on your device.
Mikrotik supports all sorts of VPN connections, both client, server, and site to site. You could even get creative and have it for certain services or IP addresses.
If you get one of the more modern devices it will support a pretty chunky VPN as well, mine can get over 600mbps without much hassle.
Thanks. I know routerOS is pretty capable but I know it's not noob friendly at all that's why I want to flash OpenWRT on it. I'm not sure which one to buy, I found RB750GRE hex model for a good price and it's supported by OpenWrt too but I'm not sure it can handle openvpn or not
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Usually they're normal x86 PCs with nothing unusual about them so just your Linux/BSD distro of choice.
You can look up the processor model to see what crypto acceleration it can do, or see if there's any wireguard benchmarks available.Some have interesting processors like PowerPC, or other strange hardware, but avoid them unless interesting is what you're after.
Sounds interesting I'm looking for a good mikrotik router right now. Going to look for these too thanks
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Just install Raspbian and PiVPN and forward the right ports dude; Less complicated
I miss not being a CGNAT user.
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Thanks. I know routerOS is pretty capable but I know it's not noob friendly at all that's why I want to flash OpenWRT on it. I'm not sure which one to buy, I found RB750GRE hex model for a good price and it's supported by OpenWrt too but I'm not sure it can handle openvpn or not
RB750GRE
They should all be able to run a VPN, its just the speed you'll get through it that will vary. That particular model is pretty old now I would not get that unless your budget is limited. The refreshed version of that is the E50UG, which is a lot more powerful, but its still a budget device. I have no idea when openwrt will be coming for the refreshed hex, but it should not be that long as other arm devices from mikrotik are supported.
It requires a bit of work to setup routeros but the guides for the common tasks are easy enough to follow. Its only if you want to do something outside of the guides or miss a step that it becomes a PITA if you aren't familiar with networking.
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Hi guys as title suggests I have a pi 4b 4gb and basically I want to connect it to my isp provided router (wired connection via a lan cable) and run an openvpn config on it and then connect it to an access point that i already have (this one is wired too via a usb to RJ45 adapter and lan cable). I know that I need to flash openwrt image on an sdcard and install it on pi4 but I don't know how to configure openwrt after that and honestly the guides on the forums and internet are a little confusing (I'm not that tech savy) also I read that not all usb to RJ45 adapters work with openwrt on pi4 but I don't know which one to buy. can anyone show me a fool proof guide or tell me what I need to do?
It sounds like a fun tinker project, but I don’t think the hardware will perform as well as you hope.
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It sounds like a fun tinker project, but I don’t think the hardware will perform as well as you hope.
Yeah like know open-vpn not gonna run well on it but wireguard is ok
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RB750GRE
They should all be able to run a VPN, its just the speed you'll get through it that will vary. That particular model is pretty old now I would not get that unless your budget is limited. The refreshed version of that is the E50UG, which is a lot more powerful, but its still a budget device. I have no idea when openwrt will be coming for the refreshed hex, but it should not be that long as other arm devices from mikrotik are supported.
It requires a bit of work to setup routeros but the guides for the common tasks are easy enough to follow. Its only if you want to do something outside of the guides or miss a step that it becomes a PITA if you aren't familiar with networking.
Yeah I know open-vpn speeds are not gonna be pretty. I'll try wireguard or AnyConnect configs on it. about the device yeah it's a few years old but I can't find new version here. I guess that's what you expect when living in a third world country
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Yeah I know open-vpn speeds are not gonna be pretty. I'll try wireguard or AnyConnect configs on it. about the device yeah it's a few years old but I can't find new version here. I guess that's what you expect when living in a third world country
If you can wait I would, the OG hex is pretty damn slow. I have one as a backup router and even then I wouldn't want to use it long term.
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If you can wait I would, the OG hex is pretty damn slow. I have one as a backup router and even then I wouldn't want to use it long term.
I bought second hand Google mesh solution that is supported by OpenWRT latest release
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I bought second hand Google mesh solution that is supported by OpenWRT latest release
Nice, sounds a lot better than the Hex
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Nice, sounds a lot better than the Hex
Yes I found it(ac-1304 model) by chance. They have a Quadcore chip and 4GB Flash storage and 1 GB memory
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