I have been looking around for a good VPN solution to use while traveling recently. I have a few services running at home, that I really don’t want on the internet (OctoPrint, general ssh access etc), but I want to use remotely. I also want a way to secure my connection when I don’t trust the network I’m connecting through.
I had previously set up a L2TP Remote user VPN in the UniFi controller, but it had a few issues.
- Instability on android (the VPN wouldn’t even show as ‘disconnected’, it would simply stop)
- Issues when connecting to it from ipv6 cell carriers
I had heard of Wireguard a while ago and have been keeping track of development and their status on integrating with the Linux kernel. It turns out some kind soul has created a deb package to install WireGuard on Vyatta (which is what the USG is based on).
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