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Prophet Yan

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I'm currently trying to figure out how I can set up a personal VPN at home so that I can connect to it while I am away from college. I want to be able to connect my PC and my iOS phone because university wifi is kinda shady for me. I've read a bunch of articles over the past week about DD-WRT, VPN clients and servers, and good routers to use for a VPN but I've just become more confused. I believe I need to set up a VPN server of some kind through a router so that I can connect to it while I am away from home. As a result I've been looking at the Netgear R7000 router since it has a VPN function from what I've read and it's already installed so it seems like the most straightforward approach? If I do get this router I'll have two routers and I read somewhere that you can set up an old router like a dedicated VPN server (or client??) and connect it to the main router. At this point I'm just repeating what I've read online but I'm still not sure what to do if my main goal is to setup a VPN so I can securely use the internet.

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Then yeah the router you're looking at should be able to do that. I have a D7000 router at home, and that has VPN capabilities on it. Only thing is it does state that it doesn't support Android and iOS devices.
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Jamie Baddeley

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There is a guide here on how to install a VPN on your windows machine without the need for any software, or even a router with built in capabilities. All you'll need to do is forward the specific ports in your router, but a guide to do this can be found pretty much anywhere online. Otherwise if you've got a good understanding on networking and their concepts you could even try something like pfSense on an old computer and set that up as a VPN server.

Here is the link to the windows article:
http://www.howtogeek.com/135996/how-to-create-a-vpn-server-on-your-windows-computer-without-installing-any-software/

Good luck!
 
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Prophet Yan

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Would that require leaving a computer on all the entire time? I'd prefer to have it on a router so that all connections at home go through a VPN when connected. And how would I connect to it through an iOS device because I plan to regularly use public wifi and the only solution I've read (or can comprehend) is the OpenVPN function on the netgear firmware.

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/23854/~/how-do-i-use-the-vpn-service-on-my-nighthawk-router-with-my-windows-client%3F?cid=wmt_netgear_organic

http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/29826/~/how-do-i-use-vpn-on-my-nighthawk-router-with-my-ios-device%3F?cid=wmt_netgear_organic

I am also wondering if this is essentially what the Netgear R7000 is trying to acheive as well or are they two completely different products? https://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=&sku=1097095&gclid=CjwKEAjw3Nq9BRCw8OD6s4eI5HASJABsfCIaD26WClf5ZOH5c-PQFhnR8dDjf-ZvSs7QLAJ22qUpbBoCIPDw_wcB&is=REG&ap=y&m=Y&c3api=1876%2C116777138042%2C&A=details&Q=
 
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Prophet Yan

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I understand that but doesn't a VPN encrypt the data? Isn't that why people always talk about connecting to a VPN when at a public wifi like Starbucks to ensure privacy?
 
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Alabalcho

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From your original post, I was left with the impression that you want "better Internet" by using VPN, not privacy.
 
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Prophet Yan

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Oh no, I didn't even know that was a thing, I just want to connect to my home internet from college wifi and the data being (more) secure in a sense.
 
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Then yeah the router you're looking at should be able to do that. I have a D7000 router at home, and that has VPN capabilities on it. Only thing is it does state that it doesn't support Android and iOS devices.
 
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