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VPN Enabled Router (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi all,

I want to setup a router in my network that would cover my whole household under VPN. I bought a DSL-AC88U but I think it might be too outdated for this purpose (I've seen a lot of posts online with people having trouble setting it up after 2021) so I think I will be returning it.

I manged to get it for $70 on an auction, and that's a rough ballpark of my budget on it atm. Maybe stretching it to $100 (I don't mind buying used).

Is there a router you could recommend? Thanks

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's outside your budget, but you should look at Firewalla. I think their least expensive model is the Blue Plus, but it provides security capabilities like firewall and VPN as well as routing and DHCP. The Gold even supports Docker containers - I'm running PiHole in a Docker on my Gold. I'm not using VPN client capabilities, but I know they're there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm asking as I'm in the process of degooglifying myself (including a Synology NAS drive) and I want to restrict access to my data from 3rd parties.

I have a plethora of devices in my household, some of them don't support any sort of VPN Client apps (like video game consoles) so I thought it would be a good idea to have a VPN on the router level so I don't have to install a client on every possible device.

Is expensive router an only way of doing this or achieving this level of anonimity on a network level?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

ZDNet has an article recommending 5 VPN routers from $79 to $250. I am not familiar with all of them, but it should get you started. I like the Firewalla product because of the other security features it provides, like blocking incoming traffic flows or device-specific service rules, and PiHole is amazing.