VPN and proxy

[james25182]

Hi.

 

I'm running unRAID 6 on my HP microserver with a number of docker apps. What I'd like to do is connect the server to a VPN (Private Internet Access) and also have web traffic from other computers at home routed through it. Could anybody help me with how to set this up?

[CHBMB]

DelugeVPN by binhex is all you need.

[james25182]

Thanks. I already have DelugeVPN installed - but isn't that just for torrents?

[LVLAaron]

Thanks. I already have DelugeVPN installed - but isn't that just for torrents?

 

Yes.

 

 

I'm not sure there's a good way to run the OpenVPN client directly on unraid. I would like to be corrected if that's not true. Can your router run OpenVPN?

[james25182]

Thanks. I already have DelugeVPN installed - but isn't that just for torrents?

 

Yes.

 

 

I'm not sure there's a good way to run the OpenVPN client directly on unraid. I would like to be corrected if that's not true. Can your router run OpenVPN?

 

Sadly not. My last router could but its processor was too slow and it ended up killing the bandwidth. Thing is, I want non-VPN connections for online gaming as going through the VPN can cause occasional lag.

 

[LVLAaron]

You can generally select which systems go through the VPN and which don't. It's sort of abstract but maybe something like this would do the trick; http://www.tinyhardwarefirewall.com/

 

Great little kit. Stick it between your normal router and your unraid box.

[fatalfurry]

You could enable Privoxy on the delugevpn docker. You would then change your browsers network settings to use "host ip:8118" as a proxy.

 

I currently have this setup on Firefox and everything goes through the VPN. I then use Chrome or IE in the normal setup, and that get's routed through my normal internet access.

[james25182]

You could enable Privoxy on the delugevpn docker. You would then change your browsers network settings to use "host ip:8118" as a proxy.

 

I currently have this setup on Firefox and everything goes through the VPN. I then use Chrome or IE in the normal setup, and that get's routed through my normal internet access.

 

That seems to do what I need! Thanks.

 

 

[CHBMB]

Yeah sorry, was on mobile when I replied.  But that's why I suggested it...

[james25182]

Yeah sorry, was on mobile when I replied.  But that's why I suggested it...

 

Thanks. Your suggestion made me look into it further - and its a low effort solution. My favourite kind!

[LVLAaron]

I figured out that you can get the same hardware as the tiny hardware firewall I linked to earlier;

 

http://www.amazon.com/GL-AR150-router-150Mbps-OpenWrt-Pre-installed/dp/B015CYDVG8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1454177424&sr=8-1&keywords=gl+ar150

 

 

So if you already have a VPN account somewhere this would work. it's not free, but I like hardware... less risk of non-proxy'd connections.