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Hi, looking for some advice to set up a VPN server to get into my home network when traveling.

I have a NAS and an openWRT AP within the network. My router is provided by the ISP and with a built-in VPN. Being a hobbyist in networking, I would like to tab your brains for suggestions and know how:

Should I get my own router to run a wireguard VPN off the router directly, i.e. on the edge of the network, OR run a VPN service off the openWRT AP or the NAS, i.e. from within the home network?

Thanks a lot for your help!

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[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I believe Pangolin is also using Wireguard. Pangolin is basically a self hosted Tailscale. I think the biggest advantage is the ease of management, but I've never used Pangolin or Tailscale so I couldn't really tell you.

[-] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Pangolin Is a reverse proxy for TLS/https. Headscale is the self hosted Tailscale.

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh, I must have completely misunderstood what Pangolin is for. Is Pangolin like a replacement for Cloudflare tunnels in that case?

[-] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, basically. It does bundle wireguard so that it can reverse proxy services over that. That’s probably what you were thinking of.

[-] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Okay, it's been a while since I first heard of it. I misremembered. So, it would be cool to have a vps with Headscale and Pangolin.

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