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Recommendation for Consumer Router that supports VPN

1558 sats \ 10 comments \ @kepford 31 Mar privacy

I know of some WiFi routers that support using a VPN at to network level. I own a small travel router that supports this. Looking for a good option for a friend and wondering if stackers have any recommendations.

Ideally it would be user friendly and support wire guard, work with iVPN, Mullvad, or ProtonVPN.

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120 sats \ 2 replies \ @astro_penguin 31 Mar

I'm using a Netgear Nighthawk that I flashed with DD-WRT. I don't use my router for wireguard, but it appears it's supported. Once it's set up I've found it to be fairly user friendly, although you would want to be comfortable logging in and changing settings if needed.

Someone like Flashrouters or similar may be a good, although more expensive, option for an easy trouble free setup. They have pre-flashed routers set up for various VPN services.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 31 Mar

Thanks

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @BitcoinIsTheFuture 31 Mar

I have a similar setup as well!

242 sats \ 3 replies \ @davidw 31 Mar

Lopp was eyeing-up this as a great bit of kit for most people: Flint (GL-AX1800)

…before he described his ultra-private layered home network, suitable for even John Wick. Found that via the SN post #131191.

Looks like decent value at sub $100.

83 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 31 Mar

Note there's a successor to the Flint (the Flint 2) that's higher-performance. Looks pretty cool -- I'm tired of always having to figure out how to flash dd-wrt on stuff, the OpenWRT out of the box seems luxurious. Cheap (relatively) too, for what you get.

33 sats \ 0 replies \ @davidw 31 Mar freebie

Definitely. Think https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mt6000/ is a winning package. One I may consider for an office setup too.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford OP 31 Mar

Thanks!

99 sats \ 0 replies \ @bzzzt 31 Mar freebie

i use invizbox which has some partnership with proton, works really well for me 🤙

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @expatriotic 31 Mar

So nervous about this. I'm a complete noob when it comes to home networking... I've always had someone else managing my internet for various reasons. Parents, college, landlord, inlaws etc. But I'm about to get wifi here in China and I'm curious how I can run Mullvad through the router. Presumably the box they give me will be proprietary... So I'm nervous...

74 sats \ 0 replies \ @DiedOnTitan 31 Mar

The box they give you will be proprietary and likely contain: Modem, router, wifi hotspot, and switch, all in one. First thing to do is limit this box to function only as the modem. That separation is crucial. The Flint 2.0 looks pretty compelling. Do a bit of research for a VPN that works in China, and that should provide a good travel solution.