Contour on COX network is really annoying because it won’t let you watch certain channels unless you are on your home wifi, I was wondering if I can create a VPN that will make my phone believe I’m at my house when I’m somewhere else.
Yes, if you have a computer at home and set up a vpn then you will have the IP of said connection
Wireguard works pretty well for this. With the right router you can set it up on there then connect to that and it’s just like you’re on your home network.
Easiest: Install Tailscale/ZeroTier at a PC/Pi at home, and set it as an exit node, then install the same app on your phone.
If you’re wary about using third party service and you know you can open a port, then setting up PiVPN on Linux or SoftEther on Windows is doable.
Yes. Install PiVPN on a VM at home or on an actual Raspberry Pi. It’s really easy and quick setup. It runs WireGuard which is perfect for your requirement.
You can’t use a normal VPN, just set up Tailscale on a PC or other device at home
This is actually closer to what VPNs were originally intended for that what they’ve popularly become. Check your home router to see if it has a built in VPN function.
I would say Pasec is a great tool to solve this without vpn. When i was in China, i left another ON at home in Norway. VPN was unstable but i was always able to connect to my Parsec for remote desktop.
I now use it when i go to friends places to play pc games. Leave my desktop at home and i bring a cheap laptop with me that i remote game on (to point out that there is low latency as long as internet is is good).
Yes it’s called split tunnel.
This… A fairly simple option would be to set up a VPN server on your home network then connect into it from your phone when you’re away.
Unfortunately sub rules prevent me from recommending a specific VPN, but there is a popular and safe open source VPN out there that is relatively easy to set up on both the server and client side and is well documented.
So let’s say you’re somewhere you don’t have direct router access (hotel for example). Do you bring your own router to piggyback on the available internet connection then connect your work laptop to that?
Really, you can’t even recommend open-source stuff? That seems critical when (for instance) asking whether to use OpenVPN or Wireguard
Unfortunately sub rules…
That’s stupid.
OP: check out GitHub - Nyr/wireguard-install: WireGuard road warrior installer for Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS and Fedora , it’s an easy script you can run on a decade old computer or raspberry pi running Linux and you’ll have a VPN to connect to your home. They also have an OpenVPN version if you prefer that.
You put Wireguard on your home router and whatever device you are using to connect to it. So if you’re at a hotel, you would put wireguard on your laptop. You’re creating a tunnel from your laptop to your home network and then onto the internet. If you visit a website, it’s going to show the IP address of your home instead of the hotel if that makes sense.
Yep, see rules 3 & 4… (don’t name specific VPN providers and don’t ask for or give provider recommendations). Seems a bit odd for a forum where people might be wanting advice, but so be it…
Self hosted vpn is not a ‘provider’ recommendation.
Sounds like the rule means don’t suggest commercial VPN providers/services (think the handful you see in every YouTube vpn advertisement). They aren’t suggesting us mentioning something like using firewalla to vpn back into your home network, or openvpn like you mentioned.
If I am wrong, and they do ban talking about self hosted solutions to connect to your own network, then that’s just a stupid rule
Could be I’ve misunderstood the sub rules, I’m new to this particular sub… Perhaps the mods should clarify them a little?
3. Don’t name specific commercial VPN providers &
4. Don’t ask for or give commercial provider recommendations would probably be a bit clearer