Personal VPN Advantages

[Geffers]

I may have mentioned this before somewhere but I run a personal VPN server on a Raspberry Pi within my home network. This enables me to connect from anywhere and it encrypts the connection to my home network and all traffic is as though I am actually at home. Obviously there is no cost to me as is normally associated with VPN subscriptions, of course my set up always gives impression I am at home whereas popular paid for VPNs can connect with servers in many other countries enabling bypassing location restrictions.

However, one advantage the personal set up allows is encrypted access to one's home network, no worry about security as encrypted to the Pi, also no need to open ports as when connected to personal VPN you are allocated an IP address that connects to home network.

Interesting facility I set up, on my home network I have an apache web server with saved video and music files, if I connect to my personal VPN on my mobile phone, wherever I am I am effectively connected to my home network, now in my car I can use Bluetooth to connect my phone to my car's radio/media player. I can then use a playlist on my phone which plays the contents of my playlist through my car's sound system. Of course this will use mobile data but so does Spotify or other similar systems.

Technology is amazing and quite fascinating.

Link to PiVPN web page. Easy script for anyone comfortable with a Linux terminal.

PIVPN: Simplest way to setup a VPN

www.pivpn.io

Geffers

 

[Retro]

So clever, I like it. The Retro approvez!

 

[Geffers]

Meant to add the link to the PiVPN web page, simple script to set it up automatically for anyone comfortable with the terminal on a Raspberry Pi (Same as Linux). I'll also edit original post to include link.

PIVPN: Simplest way to setup a VPN

www.pivpn.io

Geffers