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Old 12-21-2020, 03:59 PM   #14
haertig
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Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
But only of use when you are NOT at home! Some Routers support setting up a VPN server, such as ones using OpenWRT.
I don't understand what you're getting at. If I'm home, I'm connected to my LAN directly. I don't need VPN. I do indeed use SSH at home all the time - bouncing from server to server over my LAN. I don't use SSH tunneling at home though (no need for it, just like no need for VPN). As a matter of fact, If you try to VPN to your home VPN while you are currently connected to your home LAN (the LAN that the VPN bridges/routes you to), you're going to have problems. At least with a routed VPN (I haven't tried this a bridged VPN). Your computers routing tables get all in a tizzy trying to figure out where packets should go - to the VPN or to the LAN. But there's no reason to try to VPN into a LAN that you are already connected to - except maybe to test a VPN setup or something.

My OpenVPN server is indeed set up on my main home router (which runs Tomato firmware). I connect all the time to this VPN when out and about. From my laptops, from my tablets, from my phones. This gives me the privacy/security I need if I join a WiFi network that I do not personally control (something I am loathe to do, but will do occasionally if really needed and I can bring up my VPN).
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