I have a Mac Mini permanently on on my home network and a M1 Max MBP I use when traveling. Have a Gl.inet AX3000. How can I set up a permanent no-monthly-cost VPN setup and use my Mac Mini as a VPN server?

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I have a Mac Mini permanently on on my home network and a M1 Max MBP I use when traveling. I also have a Gl.inet AX3000 I just bought. What is the best way I can set up a permanent no-monthly-cost VPN setup so I can use my Mac Mini as a VPN server that I can run all my traffic to when travelling internationally? I ideally don’t want to pay for a third-party service (why would I need this in this situation???) and want to run my traffic through as few servers as possible between wherever I’m at at the time and my home network as possible for max security.

THANK YOU in advance for any tips/guidance!!!

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I made some scripts to install a wireguard server on macOS if you want to use wireguard as the server. I personally use this script as my VPN

make sure to have brew installed:

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I’ve done this international (across the globe) VPN’ing, just be aware that there is noticeable latency when you are very far from your VPN server. Not enough to make it unusable but enough to make it irritating for casual (non-specific) web browsing/surfing.

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If it’s only for yourself, just use Tailscale. It’s basically based on Wireguard behind the scenes and works as turnkey solution.

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Thanks! I’ll check it out :slight_smile:

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Thank you!! Yeah I expect as much :slight_smile: