Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 17:48 Post subject: [SOLVED] VPN with Dedicated IP (Edit /Port Forwarding)
I was sure there was a thread for setting up DD-WRT with PIA (privateinternetaccess.com) to have a static IP, but I cannot find it now.
Basically my situation is I currently use NordVPN which has been perfect, but now I am considering having a Static IP so that I can access my network remotely, maybe even host a simple website.
I would be interested to know peoples opinions of this and what the best options are now.
I am running DD-WRT on a R7800.
Many thanks
Last edited by StillBlue on Mon Mar 20, 2023 12:57; edited 1 time in total
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Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2023 18:14 Post subject:
i guess PIA static IP should be tied with your login details like user name...
nothing to do with ddwrt.. but if PIA supports port forwarding so you can use specific port from router side ..if im not wrong it used to but no idea now...there at PIA should be a guide for it...or check on their forums/blogs...what you can also do is use the ssh to connect back and use tunnel inside the tunnel to access your router...or run OpenVPN server or wireguard server on your router and call back...some extra port forwarding and iptables rules may be needed...
@egc, thank you for the reply. Sorry as always the moment I sit down to play with things, I suddenly get busy with life.
I guess if you don't have a static IP, you are using DDNS or the likes to be able to find the dynamic IP address from the outside? I do have a domain name with dynu.com, so could always use that to keep tabs on the routers IP.
At the moment I am set up with OpenVPN and it has ran faultlessly since I have been using it, but I will certainly have a read through the wireguard stuff, as the more resources freed up, the better.
I am liking the look of mullvad.net a lot, so will set up an account with them before my NordVPN subscription runs out and see how I get on.
Well swapping to Wireguard and setting up an account with mullvad.net and getting it up and running has gone easy enough.
Now just trying to understand the port forwarding side.
I do currently have a small website I have been hosting on the router to my internal network, which would be a great start to work with getting it available to the outside world.
I have to admit, I can't really seem to get too far with the guides.
What I have so far.
I have set up a forwarded port for the device on Mullvad: 55923
My tunnel is running on interface: oet1
IP address of that interface is: 10.64.150.15
The website hosted on my router using lighttpd which is accessible from my network: 10.0.0.1:8080