Pocster Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 Anyone got one ? Not so keen on software option as generally slower plus annual fee . Looking to hide my IP but also be able to setup any external web/iOS app to have access .
SteamyTea Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 You TOR. It will make it hard to trace what you been looking at. You can make a TOR relay. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.instructables.com/Raspberry-Pi-Tor-relay/%3famp_page=true 1
Bramco Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 Also, check out this blog -> https://tech.scargill.net/pivpn/ Simon 1
joth Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 3 hours ago, pocster said: Anyone got one ? Not so keen on software option as generally slower plus annual fee . Looking to hide my IP but also be able to setup any external web/iOS app to have access . Unless you're talking carrier grade equipment, I think you'll find and "hardware" VPN is purely software VPN running on a dedicated box. (Intel CPUs have had some sort of cryto accelerator support for years) My unifi USG has a VPN client built in, but I'd struggle to call it a Hardware VPN with a straight face. 1
Pocster Posted April 21, 2021 Author Posted April 21, 2021 36 minutes ago, joth said: Unless you're talking carrier grade equipment, I think you'll find and "hardware" VPN is purely software VPN running on a dedicated box. (Intel CPUs have had some sort of cryto accelerator support for years) My unifi USG has a VPN client built in, but I'd struggle to call it a Hardware VPN with a straight face. Yeah I guess I mean a “ dedicated vpn “ box . Did look at the UniFi one . How do you get on with it ?
joth Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, pocster said: Yeah I guess I mean a “ dedicated vpn “ box . Did look at the UniFi one . How do you get on with it ? What it does, it does extremely well and overall life is much more stable using it. It has a few niggles/ missing features that even really basic routers often support now, and for some reason they are incredibly slow / unwilling to address. Example: the built in speed test monitor never seems to work Example: it uses DHCP presented names for local DNS resolution fine, but for devices that don't supply a meaningful name, the "name alias" you set in the router does NOT work as it's DNS name. So I end up with more hard coded IP addresses that I had with my own hand rolled dnsmasq setup. Example: I bought it for wan1/2 failover, but connecting a second modem to wan 2 that's in a permanently failed state (e.g. an LTE modem with expired PAYG sim card) randomly causes wan 1 to spuriously fail too. 1
Pocster Posted April 21, 2021 Author Posted April 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, joth said: What it does, it does extremely well and overall life is much more stable using it. It has a few niggles/ missing features that even really basic routers often support now, and for some reason they are incredibly slow / unwilling to address. Example: the built in speed test monitor never seems to work Example: it uses DHCP presented names for local DNS resolution fine, but for devices that don't supply a meaningful name, the "name alias" you set in the router does NOT work as it's DNS name. So I end up with more hard coded IP addresses that I had with my own hand rolled dnsmasq setup. Example: I bought it for wan1/2 failover, but connecting a second modem to wan 2 that's in a permanently failed state (e.g. an LTE modem with expired PAYG sim card) randomly causes wan 1 to spuriously fail too. Sounds like they need to fix a few bugs .
Declan52 Posted April 21, 2021 Posted April 21, 2021 I use cyberghost and it's never slowed any thing of mine down. Use it to stream IPTV, prime, Netflix etc and have streamed 4k quality streams with no issue. Cost £60 for 3 years and works across 10 different devices so sold a few slots and covered my outlay. 1
joth Posted April 23, 2021 Posted April 23, 2021 On 21/04/2021 at 14:31, pocster said: Sounds like they need to fix a few bugs . Some pretty good overview of the range here https://evanmccann.net/blog/unifi-routers-overview They have an increasingly complex overlapping product line. 1 1
Chef40 Posted August 12, 2021 Posted August 12, 2021 Sonicwall is very good. Tz270 would cover most home use and comes with 1 included VPN license although you can buy more. The box is around £330 on its own (no software) but you can add any security stuff you like.
James Newport Posted August 12, 2021 Posted August 12, 2021 On 21/04/2021 at 14:12, pocster said: Yeah I guess I mean a “ dedicated vpn “ box . Did look at the UniFi one . How do you get on with it ? Some of the USG's VPN features are only available via command line, not the web interface - check out
BotusBuild Posted August 12, 2021 Posted August 12, 2021 https://www.amazon.co.uk/GL-iNet-GL-MT300N-V2-Converter-Pre-installed-Performance/dp/B073TSK26W Recommended by a fellow IT security expert - very useful if you are travelling as well and want to VPN from a public wifi hotspot e.g. local coffee shop or a hotel room
Chef40 Posted August 12, 2021 Posted August 12, 2021 2 hours ago, BotusBuild said: https://www.amazon.co.uk/GL-iNet-GL-MT300N-V2-Converter-Pre-installed-Performance/dp/B073TSK26W Recommended by a fellow IT security expert - very useful if you are travelling as well and want to VPN from a public wifi hotspot e.g. local coffee shop or a hotel room That’s a neat device but the VPN it facilitates is really meant to try and keep your data secure when surfing on open networks. Not sure whether the OP was trying to create a secure link back to a home network when on the move - if so, Sonicwall… if not, your box looks very handy!
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