[TriLUG] VPN (router) recommendation

[John Vaughters]

Hardware has gotten so cheap the old stuff is trully only good for training. Meaning not running all the time. Fanless computers, Routers that can be flashed with better Linux Software than the manufacturers software. There is no reason to fight old hardware anymore. I spend $20-30 on a router and load one of these. If you Brick it, who cares, low cost education. BTW, I have yet to brick one. It is pretty hard to mess it up if you follow the instructions. Then if you like what you see, buy a more rubust one, but for 6 VPN's I doubt you will need one.
 
Full Linux Router Solutions
 
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index - This is what I use, huge compatibility with many lowcost routers 
https://openwrt.org/ - supposedly better and more reliable I have not yet tried
 
 

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From: Jim Ray <jim at neuse.net>
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion <trilug at trilug.org> 
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] VPN (router) recommendation


Good advice. You've also got to invest time into making something work. It was no brainer to me to use appliance yet admit interest in something like Untangle running on a slice of a virtual host capable of multiple functions. I'm done with old PCs.