Much like your phone, it can fit in your pocket (although it might look a bit bulgy) and, if you have the peripherals, can help you interface with it anywhere. However, thanks to its size-based convenience, many choose to use these devices for very specific roles. Some turn them into vintage arcades using emulators, while others use them as email servers, tiny media centers, or even VPN servers.

How to set up a VPN with Raspberry Pi?

Conclusion

All things considered, it seems that the RPi is indeed a multi-talent tool that can also be used as your private, personal VPN server. However, note that this method can have some drawbacks, as it involves having to reconnect to the RPi once you change network settings. We’ll get to that in just a bit. Assuming that you have all the required components ready, let’s proceed with setting up the VPN on your RPi. Therefore, it won’t offer to fix any compatibility issues automatically. Instead, you have to make sure that the environment is fit before installing anything, including VPN software on your Raspberry Pi. Fortunately, doing so isn’t difficult with proper guidance. Follow these steps: Performing these two operations is of utmost importance, as running a VPN server implies a certain degree of security. Keeping everything up-to-date on your Raspberry Pi device is a surefire method to avoid compatibility issues and exploitable vulnerabilities. Note that these procedures can take quite a while, especially the upgrading part one. So, in the meantime… If you already have a static IP address, you should be fine. Some ISPs offer this type of service by default, although many prefer the dynamic approach to solve (or better yet delay) the IP address pool exhaustion. However, if you have a dynamic (that changes periodically) IP address, you can use DHCP or a free dynamic DNS service. The DHCP method is a bit more complicated and depends on several factors such as router and ISP. Thus, we suggest you pick a dynamic DNS service, but not before checking if your router has DDNS (dynamic DNS) support. Note that the profiles are saved on the RPi’s storage unit, so you’ll have to fetch them from there (you can use remote VNC or a card reader). Note that you’ll also need to forward the port you used earlier. In our case, it was port 1194, so we forwarded this one. If for some reason you can’t connect to your VPN, check if you forwarded the port correctly (make sure to use the local IP address of your RPi instead of its external one). Should you still be having difficulties, try the following: That’s it. The VPN connection should now work like a charm. You can also connect to the VPN server with your phone. However, note that for every new client that connects to your server, you need to create a new VPN profile. For better security, make sure that each profile has a different, strong password.

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