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Originally Posted by knc1
Do you have a VPN client for the Kindles?
are you willing to share?
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I have a client for the Kindle Fire tablet, but not for the Kindle eReader. If I did have one for the eReader, I'd be happy to share. I do have a workaround though (read about that below).
You can get the client (free) for a Kindle Fire from Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...penvpn.openvpn
OpenVPN client is also available from the Kindle Store, but you have to pay for it there (cheap, but still, free on Google is better!)
And I connect to an OpenVPN server that runs on my router, an ASUS RT-N66U running third party firmware, specific firmware:
Tomato Firmware 1.28.0000 MIPSR2-124 K26AC USB AIO-64K This is not the newest version of Tomato Shibby, but I only upgrade firmware if it fixes a bug that affects me, or adds new features that I want. Otherwise, "stable, and meets my needs" keeps me running my existing firmware, no need to upgrade and risk instability or problems.
Workaround:
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When I am away from home, in a hotel or something, I use my Linux laptop (which also has OpenVPN client installed) to connect to the hotel WiFi and establish a VPN to my home router. Then I use a USB dongle to add a second WiFi to my laptop, this second one operating as an access point, not a client. Then all my other devices connect to this second WiFi hotspot provided by my laptop, which then bridges this second hotspot's network to the VPN. So all my devices end up connected to my home network.
I do this for (1) Security, (2) Convenience of being able to access all my stuff at home, and (3) To overcome certain hotel's restrictions that only allow one device per customer to connect to their WiFi at a time. One of my "other devices" happens to be a Roku streaming device that I plug into the hotels TV via HDMI, then the Roku connects to my laptop hotspot and streams movies from my home Plex Media Server over the VPN. I can access Plex without needing a VPN, but this requires me to go through one of the Plex (the company) servers. I don't like bouncing through third party servers, so I prefer using my VPN so everything acts as if it's local to my home network. This will include my Kindle in the future, but it's so new that I haven't been out of town with it yet. However, I know it will work connected to my laptop hotspot.
I also run a second VPN on my home router. This second one is a routed VPN, rather than the bridged VPN I personally use. The routed one allows me to easily use the routers iptables to control access to services. So I distribute certificates to my kids and other family members and set up very specific firewall rules (based on each certificate - the rules can be different for different VPN client certs). So I can, for example, let my kids in over the second VPN and ONLY give them access to Plex, and shortly, to the Calibre content server. But keep them from being able to SSH into my other computers, access the router, send something to the printers, etc.