Networking

Some time ago I documented how I configured WireGuard on my OpenWrt router at home, to connect securely to my home network (and the Internet, really) from wherever I am. I feel safer connecting to public Wi-Fi this way, also abroad when it allows me to save extra roaming costs. However, during my travels I sometimes come across networks which seem to block VPN connections, sometimes including my own personal WireGuard tunnel. For such cases I managed to tunnel my WireGuard connection over HTTPS, which is typically (far) less often blocked. ...

This post briefly describes how to configure an OpenWrt router to function as a WireGuard VPN server. This enables me to have my phone always be securely connected to my home router, from wherever I am. This is what it roughly looks like: First, install the necessary WireGuard kernel module: root # opkg update root # opkg install kmod-wiregard Generate a new private and public key pair for the server, and your first peer (e.g. your phone), and a pre-shared key for added post-quantum secrecy: ...