do you use docker containers? if so, look into gluetun, it’s designed so you can pick which containers run all their traffic through a vpn tunnel, slightly more elegant than doing all your traffic
I would put the above mentioned firewall before your router and use your router just as a switch. It does not take a lot to run those firewall. It should run on any i3 3gen and you would need it to have two Ethernet. So I would get a intel NIC.
I would also add MikroTik to this list.
Is there a way to do this through the home server though? Or do I have to use the router itself?
Routing all your traffic through VPN seems unnecessary, but if privacy is important to you and you already run a small server, you should look into TOR and maybe become a knot yourself. It is even more private than a VPN, in which case your connection data will be with the provider of the VPN instead of your ISP.
For "normal" everyday use a app or a browser plugin should provide sufficient privacy. Or the TOR Browser.
Unless you live in China under the great firewall, you don’t want to route all your traffic trough VPN. It will slow it down considerably. You want to route only some certain (illegal) traffic trough VPN, such as torrent.
It depends on what your internet speed is and what speed you actually need, vs the level of privacy you need.
do you use docker containers? if so, look into gluetun, it’s designed so you can pick which containers run all their traffic through a vpn tunnel, slightly more elegant than doing all your traffic
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Get a router that supports VPN client.
Firewalla
Opnsense
OpenWRT
Sophos
IPFire.
Don't get Pfsense
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I would also add MikroTik to this list.
Is there a way to do this through the home server though? Or do I have to use the router itself?
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Routing all your traffic through VPN seems unnecessary, but if privacy is important to you and you already run a small server, you should look into TOR and maybe become a knot yourself. It is even more private than a VPN, in which case your connection data will be with the provider of the VPN instead of your ISP.
For "normal" everyday use a app or a browser plugin should provide sufficient privacy. Or the TOR Browser.
Unless you live in China under the great firewall, you don’t want to route all your traffic trough VPN. It will slow it down considerably. You want to route only some certain (illegal) traffic trough VPN, such as torrent.
It depends on what your internet speed is and what speed you actually need, vs the level of privacy you need.
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