my SUPER secure Raspberry Pi Router (wifi VPN travel router)
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In this video, I built something I actually used on my family road trip….a Raspberry Pi ROUTER!!!! It is the perfect VPN travel router and it kept me and my family secure while we were on the road. In this video, I walk you through every step to build your very own Raspberry Pi Travel VPN router using NordVPN.
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0:00 ⏩ Intro
1:07 ⏩ what do you need?
2:25 ⏩ the BIG picture
3:28 ⏩ STEP 1 - Bake the Pi (Install OpenWRT)
4:54 ⏩ STEP 2 - Login to your Pi
4:43 ⏩ STEP 3 - OpenWRT Basic Setup
9:29 ⏩ STEP 4 - Configure OpenWRT Network
14:48 ⏩ STEP 5 - Connect OpenWRT to WiFi
20:02 ⏩ STEP 6 - Setup the USB Wireless Adapter
21:59 ⏩ STEP 7 - Wireless network setup
24:16 ⏩ STEP 8 - VPN Setup (with NordVPN)
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@NetworkChuck 2 роки тому
Your resume SUCKS!! (get a website instead): ntck.co/3nUNDGp In this video, I built something I actually used on my family road trip….a Raspberry Pi ROUTER!!!! It is the perfect VPN travel router and it kept me and my family secure while we were on the road. In this video, I walk you through every step to build your very own Raspberry Pi Travel VPN router using NordVPN. ✔✔Links and Guide: ntck.co/3bIdITF 🔥🔥Join the NetworkChuck membership: ntck.co/Premium **Sponsored by Hostinger 0:00 ⏩ Intro 1:07 ⏩ what do you need? 2:25 ⏩ the BIG picture 3:28 ⏩ STEP 1 - Bake the Pi (Install OpenWRT) 4:54 ⏩ STEP 2 - Login to your Pi 4:43 ⏩ STEP 3 - OpenWRT Basic Setup 9:29 ⏩ STEP 4 - Configure OpenWRT Network 14:48 ⏩ STEP 5 - Connect OpenWRT to WiFi 20:02 ⏩ STEP 6 - Setup the USB Wireless Adapter 21:59 ⏩ STEP 7 - Wireless network setup 24:16 ⏩ STEP 8 - VPN Setup (with NordVPN)
@dipanshStud 2 роки тому
That's Crazzy, Keep Going Bhother 🔥🔥🔥 NAS-ty Stuff 💢
@dhivakarviews7488 2 роки тому
hii man thank for giving great content after your video i have created my own website .havent finished building it yet . thanks for giving a boost to me . in india i dont know i cant use your code but you told to do . i created my website
@Santiago-ss1dp 2 роки тому
Great video, super useful. I would like to know what happen if the hotel network is blocking VPNs traffic through Deep Package Inspection or something more sophisticated
@faustcardiel1272 2 роки тому
Can u make a VPN server with the Raspberry Device ?
@ultraad4780 2 роки тому
just repeating what sven klomp said but you leaked your ip on 24:50 i think you should take down the video and edit out with the ip blurred. just letting you know edit: its the black bar on the top saying your vpn is ____
@Alienturnedhuman Рік тому
The long command to install all the drivers is: opkg install kmod-rt2800-lib kmod-rt2800-usb kmod-rt2x00-lib kmod-rt2x00-usb kmod-usb-core kmod-usb-uhci kmod-usb-ohci kmod-usb2 usbutils openvpn-openssl luci-app-openvpn nano For those who want to copy and paste...
@SeanKnighton Рік тому
Was just looking for this as I wasn't finding it anywhere else. Thanks! I was able to type most of it but the kmod-usb-core was being blocked by his head bubble, and I had to wait for the command to go further up the screen
@Alienturnedhuman Рік тому
@@SeanKnighton yeah, it's the second time I watched the video and realised how frustrating it was to type it all out the first time!
@redzones23 8 місяців тому
@@Alienturnedhuman 1 year later i thank you for this comment.!
@molotov5000 7 місяців тому
LIFE SAVER
@gatto_furry 3 місяці тому
Nano is a driver, yep.
@callmegadgetman 2 роки тому
I use open WiFi for my dad's house but only because he lives on 20 acres in the mountains, far away from the road and other people, and because he's old an sucks at connecting to WiFi. Love the episode! From one networker to another, I truly enjoy the content you are creating and I love that you are teaching people the most awesome part of IT, networking!
@chriskeegan5076 2 роки тому
This is cool. Thanks for making these. I am learning a lot about network security and the capabilities of Raspberry Pi through your channel. Network configuration feels like such a complicated beast to tackle, and if you do something wrong, it could lead to some pretty serious problems, so thank you for this.
@biglebowskee 11 місяців тому
I just got done going through this. All I can say is wow!! Fantastic tutorial and it helped that all my H/W and vpn provider were the same as what you detailed in the video. Amazing collection of open source software all working together. This will be great for our upcoming holidays. My plex will be running on another Raspberry pi via dietpi. Magical!
@punisher6449 2 роки тому
I really like how much passion this guy has got for the IT
@johnkelly7264 2 роки тому
AND he REALLY knows his stuff!
@altaresification 2 роки тому
That's the magic of video editing (IT person here)
@spvillano Рік тому
There is a major mystery and secret to IT. Coffee. Slapped this puppy together in no time at all. Ran into some trouble with the VPN, turned out to be a combination of insufficient coffee and needing to put my fingers on a diet, as I fat fingered my username, which my VPN provider hashes first.
@totallymonke Рік тому
Bot
@fakename105 6 місяців тому
I don't 😎
@BenReese 2 роки тому
16:00 "hwmode '11a'" is for 5GHz (802.11a and ac) and '11g' is for 2.4 "htmode 'VHT80'" is for 802.11ac and 'HT20' is for 802.11n. Also, 'NOHT' would be for 802.11g. "channel '...'" is the channel in the selected network range "short_gi_40" is for Guard Interval... No idea what that means.
@alejandrojimenez1436 15 днів тому
GI is a margin between each channel of transmission to avoid interfere each other
@BenReese 13 днів тому
@@alejandrojimenez1436 this comment is 2 years after my comment. I've already forgotten the info I posted 🤣 🤣 Thank you for that info though. Makes a lot of sense!
@HateNewUserNames Рік тому
Chuck, thanks to your channel, I've been inspired to setup my own small business network, with pfsense+, vpn and NAS. My next project is to build this travel router. Not bad for a 50-som'n year old guy. :) Thanks for all your work!
@gerardkevin9696 2 роки тому
For those wondering, I believe the wq refers to write and quit. Like save the change you just made and close the file.
@RossPotts 2 місяці тому
Yup. Really olde skoole would have you type twice ( :w then :q). I still fall back to vi when I can’t reminder the other editors.
@milehighstadium06 2 роки тому
Not only are Chuck’s videos amazing and filled with great technical content, but you can just tell he genuinely loves what he does, wants to be here to teach, and cares about the community. That’s a rare trait and something you just don't find often.
@PenmanLupine 2 роки тому
Other than completed courses, this is the sort of content I'd love to see more of. Pi projects are easy to do , great skill builders and it's surprising how much you can do with them. I'd love to see more, especially more out of the box stuff. Building our own pocket wifi-router is absolutely perfect and a great skill to have once traveling becomes more viable.
@KlMJONG-UN 2 роки тому
@@themblue8236 😔😔😔
@uolegullook3847 2 роки тому
Viable?
@raphipik 2 роки тому
100%
@reedmayhew18 2 роки тому
100%
@jasoncostomiris767 2 роки тому
Indeed! My recent Pi projects include using a Pi 4 that's mounted in a box on the wall of my laundry room and has a vibration sensor connected to my dryer. It sends a Telegram group message to the family to alert them that the dryer's ready to be unloaded. Another I just did this week used a Pi 4 as a networked console server for a switch that's on a different floor of my house (ie not connected to my existing AirConsole device). So many fun projects to be done with a Pi, especially now that the Pi 4 is such a capable little thing (8G RAM, 64-bit CPU, etc.).
@nunoaguiar2525 Рік тому
I actually switched around the use of each wireless device. Since the internal wireless of the Raspberry PI is weaker than the external wireless device, I used that for the connecting devices and the external wireless to connect to whatever public wifi is available since it has a wider range.
@edwarddotson3626 Рік тому
Well, I must eat my words. Broke out my Pi 4 B and just start building the router. Looks like it going to be pretty slick. Thank you.
@StephenBaxter101 10 місяців тому
I love your enthusiasm, your sense of humor, your laid back style of teaching, and how thorough and detailed your lessons are. Plus your incredibly knowledgeable and stay current with all the latest tech. Very impressed with your content
@ExtantFrodo2 Рік тому
network config options complete at 12:41 firewall config options complete at 13:00 wireless config options complete at 17:21 (followed by "uci commit wireless" (without the quotes)) followed by the command "wifi" (also without the quotes)
@maestrum6845 Рік тому
Dude! I went into this project super doubtful that it would work. I've never had a project like this with IT stuff that's really worked out for me, so I wasn't really hopeful in myself that it would work, especially given that halfway through the project I came upon changes in the code due to the updated version of openwrt. However, I persisted through, and followed your tutorial to a T, and I am now writing this comment on the wifi setup through my rasppi router! I am super excited to try more stuff like this, so thank you for making such great content ❤️
@frankiet-h992 2 роки тому
Chuck, I can't keep up anymore :) Please can you do a raspberry pi book with all your favourite projects and links to the videos, you're one of my favourite sources for cisco tutorials and now you've engaged with the pi it's amazing. The enthusiasm and readability of the steps make your tutorials so engaging and easy to watch and follow.
@tomasholka9068 2 роки тому
Dude I am going for my cisco CCNA soon and bunch of another courses, but it all starded with your videos and I am so glad that you are creating this kind of content, it really helped me to kick start my path. Keep going man and don't you dare to stop EVER :D
@anythingbutASIC 2 роки тому
Nice everyone seems to be getting pushed this way. hoping it doesn't get over floodeed like web development where employers can just throw you away because they have a stack of applicants on their desk that can repalce you.. I started off with the CCNA and 1/4 way through everyone was like you don't need that you should already know that stuff if you messed with any router since just about everyone copies cisco.. So I started studying for thew Security+ and Linux+.. Still on the linux+ part but linux will never run out of jobs as linux is everywhere. Even microsoft is abandoning Windows for linux. The cloud that everyone keeps raving about is Linux. Gas pumps and Sattlites are linux... I think I should probaly learn linux.
@h_r7708 Рік тому
How did your classes go?
@DrMalware 2 місяці тому
@@anythingbutASIC you sound like the biggest noob ever, maybe don't ever brag about taking linux or Sec+ ever again those are babyboy certs lmao
@user-el5eh9yh5u 3 місяці тому
I’m 9 and don’t like coffee will it still work?
@BG5850 14 днів тому
Not yet kid. Start getting use to it.
@ArtfulCat2 14 днів тому
Oh, those pitiful creatures who recoil at the very thought of coffee! It's like they're allergic to joy itself, doomed to wander through life in a haze of tastelessness. Perhaps they were cursed with taste buds made of cardboard, unable to appreciate the divine essence of a well-brewed cup. While we, the enlightened ones, revel in the decadence of each sip, they languish in their barren wasteland of flavorless existence. It's almost tragic, really, but hey, their loss is our gain. Let them wallow
@Xxjim197shorts 7 днів тому
I’m 11 and I like black rifle coffee
@wamelder 3 дні тому
I’m too 9 😂
@PirateSimulator 3 дні тому
Im 13 i love espresso and i love hacking and programming and i love to do random stuff on devices
@spvillano Рік тому
I slapped one of these together around six months back, works like a charm. I did run into some trouble with configuring my VPN provider in, but that was due to two major technical issues. Coffee and needing to put my fingers on a diet, as I fat fingered my hashed username, running me in circles for 20 minutes before the coffee opened my eyes. ;)
@detnos 2 роки тому
Chuck! This is great. I just setup my old router with Open WRT last Saturday to work with VPN (because is wasn't working with the proprietary gui) so anything connected is protected. I like the idea of having a travel router, I am so going to do this. Thanks brother!
@FabricioAlves 2 роки тому
Let me start saying this projects are amazing. I don't know to congratulate you enough. You have charisma and knowledge enough to pass it in a way that is interesting. Another quick thing, from the content generation stand point it's endless topics for everybody. Please keep doing this great videos. Thank you!
@estebanlopez104 2 роки тому
Love your videos Chuck! Been watching you since I was first getting my CCENT back in 2018. You've kept me inspired on my networking journey. Thanks and keep it up!
@ninjarider443 9 місяців тому
I just tossed openwrt on my pi4 version b and works awesome. I ran nmap against the wan port and blocked everything except port 68 for dhcpc which need open to get your dhcp lease from the isp. I watched hours and hours of your youtube videos - awesome content and I learn a lot!
@kalvinpillay9901 Рік тому
I am loving learning from you. You are so passionate and care about your work and not boring what so ever. Thanks heaps
@fr0stw0rld 2 роки тому
Hey Chuck! Great video tutorial, maybe im blind but that long opkg install command is missing from your video description, anyway, here you go folks: opkg install kmod-rt2800-lib kmod-rt2800-usb kmod-rt2x00-lib kmod-rt2x00-usb kmod-usb-core kmod-usb-uhci kmod-usb-ohci kmod-usb2 usbutils openvpn-openssl luci-app-openvpn nano
@alexbenevides7364 2 місяці тому
you are a blessing
@discolad88 2 роки тому
Thank you! I have spent months figuring out how to do this and gave up. Now it's in one video.
@davidroger2333 2 роки тому
Me too tried and could not find such a get Tutorial.
@discolad88 2 роки тому
I did find many tutorials, but it either used something similar to openwrt and had to piece it together. The other option was to use openwrt but piece together how to do it and I was having issues connecting to a wireless connection.
@loneranger5928 Рік тому
Chuck, you are so enthusiastic its very enjoyable watching you passing on this invaluable information. You are a gifted teacher 👍
@JJ-gq6sf 2 роки тому
Very good!! Big fan of the RPi here too 🙂 Thanks for all your videos 🙂 You really do have amazing presentation skills, on top of those network skills!
@glitchyi 2 роки тому
*any new project starts* Chuck: "COFFEE!!"
@metalheadmaniac8686 2 роки тому
it's a requirement
@unbekannterrebel1681 2 роки тому
Coffe -> Work -> Money -> Coffe I hope you guys got it xD
@Ismail_Ummer 2 роки тому
How much coffie will be needed for a day
@nogrend 2 роки тому
I have the feeling the cup is empty (?)
@johane6610 2 роки тому
Great video! I did a similar build a few months ago but with a Pi Zero W and its brilliant for travel, takes no space and can be powered off the laptop worst case.
@chrisrisley1324 2 роки тому
I’m assuming you just put a little hub with it for Ethernet and the additional WiFi dongle?
@johane6610 2 роки тому
@@chrisrisley1324 No ethernet hub, just a Wifi dongle.
@johane6610 2 роки тому
@@szymex8341 I use a converter, its at a 90 degree angle as I was hoping to print a better case for it (but havent gotten around to it yet)
@chrismeyer3017 Рік тому
I always love finding new Raspberry Pi projects. Another great video from Network Chuck.
@PRGJimmy 6 місяців тому
Thanks for the tutorial, ran it on a rpi3b+ I had laying around. Used a Ralink rt5370 dongle with OpenWrt 23.05. 0-rc4 build.
@turner747 2 роки тому
love your work Chuck!!! I bought my first raspberry pi because of this video. got a different wifi adapter and get nothing but heads aches haha. got everything else going, vpn up and running. so for now, it just needs to be wired until i can source a suitable wifi adapter.
@Renvaar1989 Рік тому
This was a question I had. So if I want to just connect to my home network wired I won't need the additional wifi adapter?
@themoviekid8265 2 роки тому
Thank you for the content Chuck 😀😀😀 you're my favorite creator and I'm always excited to watch your videos! You inspire me and your energy is awesome, keep up the great work man!
@cyberdevil657 Рік тому
same!
@andresmsuarez5718 Рік тому
Very dynamic
@Moe-dx8gt 2 роки тому
I was looking into buying a vpn router and wasn't quite satisfied with my search results and I thought I could set it up my self on my raspberry pi. Thanks to this guide of course that got me excited and motivated enough to actually do it. I use Proton VPN and the latest install of OpenWrt which is 21.01 at the time of this writing. I ran into some issues and followed docs directly on the OpenWrt support site and ProtonVPN + some googling of course. There are slightly different turns you need to take when setting up Proton VPN's openvpn configs so I pointed that below as well. Summary of changes: 1. Wireless Config Deprecated Options: - hwmode is now called 'band'. - "option disabled" doesn't get added by default when you plug in the wireless adapter. Although leaving out will actually enable it per OpenWrt doc, but that caused issues of it constantly going down so I just added. It worked like a charm - "option channel" seems to work better when you change it from what it's orginally defaulting to. Did it for both radio0 and radio1 2. Openvpn settings (Proton VPN): - vpn config file and ikev2 username & password are different than your login creds. You can retrieve that from your account settings - You will upload that directly into to OpenWrt and most config will be in place. The only thing I needed to do is add the ikev2 username and password in the GUI box specified in the "edit" section of the openvpn config aread (GUI). Use the first line for the username and second line for the password. ProtonVPN has a guide on how to set it up with OpenWrt (Google How to set up ProtonVPN on OpenWRT routers) Nevertheless, this guide's workflow is sound and it got me in the right direction. My coworker were quite mesmerized when I pulled out my raspberry pi and said " and without a further ado, meet my vpn router" LOL! Hey Check, Can you top this video with how to set up aTor client on Linux OpenWrt?
@ryancalinagan8039 2 роки тому
Chuck, thanks so much for sharing this project. I was able to follow your steps and I now have my own travel router!
@youknowit158 2 роки тому
What kind of speed are you getting?
@michaelferrin2688 2 роки тому
So, I'd love to see your whole travel setup. This whole router and Plex Media server thing has my brain a spinning.
@billz4071 2 роки тому
This was THE MOST informative and interesting Raspberry Pi use I have seen to date. It was amazing to watch, and I WILL be purchasing a "Pi" very soon to duplicate this technique for my use. I do a lot of field service traveling and in hotels all the time. This is exactly what I need, both in those places, as well as in my home. Thank You for your dedication to education for all of us!!
@mrgeerders 2 роки тому
Just made this with a raspberry pi zero w (original) and works like a charm. keeping this in my camper for travel from spot to spot - getting one device to connect at most campgrounds, this is a game changer and it also VPNs out which is amazing. One question for you or anyone for that matter - if you want to change your location, is there an easy way to load up another config into the openWRT webUI via phone? New to OpenWRT so i'm hoping this can be easier than a re load config via cli and resetting a few steps enabling the conf and uci set steps.
@ch4p85 2 роки тому
Made myself one of these as a travel router and I named my access point "Hogwarts Hall of Wifi." I have been wanting to get a batter handle on Linux command line. Your enthusiasm and this video really helps. Thanks.
@belaabodi8747 2 роки тому
Thank you for the tutorial. I am using a GL-MT300N V2 mini portable router. It has openwrt out of the box, a user friendly web interface including VPN support (can store multiple VPN configs and has internet kill switch) and it can be powered from a laptop usb(3) port. 18EUR from china with shipping.... I think this is the perfect travel router, I am using over a year now without any problem. Rasbperry is great for diy projects, but when traveling I want a stable an easy solution.
@kwiatriot6190 2 роки тому
I have one of the GL-AR750 in my travel kit as well, love these little units!
@gennadiiorlov1992 2 роки тому
to be honest, for the tasks mentioned (road trip) i use the mikrotik hap ac2 (RBD52G-5HacD2HnD-TC) since it has an IPsec hardware support onboard, the USB port suppoting LTE sticks and it is an accomplished product within appropriate housing and with power supply range 12-30V and regular updates. Anyway, the RPI is also might be useful in many ways, so thanks!
@spencer020785 2 роки тому
Thanks for that video. I'll try this but with wireguard to connect to my home when I'm traveling
@calculusentropy 2 роки тому
I am imagining doing this with like a dozen clicks of the GUI, enjoyed your expertise with CLI, but yeah, clever use of a Pi for sure. With proliferation of things like Eduroam when I go to DC even I find nets all over, but securing any network takes this level of effort.
@michaelcarey 2 роки тому
Excellent tutorial Chuck. I configured my "vacation router" a little differently. Rather than use a commercial VPN service, my Dual Wifi enabled Raspberry Pi connects back to an L2TP VPN server running on my home router (Mikrotik). This not only tunnels my families devices safely, it also allows me to access all of my devices at home as if I was still sitting at home. It makes me look like I am still sitting at home accessing the internet as usual. This helps when your online services get a "upset" when you try to log in from a different IP address.
@glencavanagh6769 2 роки тому
Love it. I need a video on that.
@pjc0mpton 2 роки тому
SAME!
@Daniel_H01 7 місяців тому
yeah make a vid on that.
@cplcabs 4 місяці тому
Yeah, I do that. I love Mikrotik, have been using them for a long time. I am also going to do it for my Dad as I share netflix with him and now Netflix wants and additional charge to add someone who is not at your house, so I am using using a pi as an ap connected to the router via Ethernet for a roku to connect to which makes netflix think its at my house.
@DanishNaseer1 4 місяці тому
What is the benefit of using RPi as router? Like on a road trip if i use RPi as a router and connect all family members to RPi but obviously for that RPi first need to connect to the wifi network. Then why not my family members automatically connect to that wifi network instead of RPi router. can you help me out with my question?
@OctavianTheGr8 2 роки тому
Amazing video! It would be really fun to see a follow up video from your trip where you actually use the router in a public place. It would be cool to have a visual example of how to connect to a hotel or Starbucks wifi.
@carlitomadethatbeat 2 роки тому
Yea we need that
@chrisrisley1324 2 роки тому
This.
@kebarosUK 2 роки тому
It won't work in most hotels or Starbucks as they use captive portals
@OctavianTheGr8 2 роки тому
@@kebarosUK bummer.
@kebarosUK 2 роки тому
@@OctavianTheGr8 forget what I said, szymeX made a good point on another post
@mjrbordo 9 місяців тому
How much knowledge this guy have is smashing me. I can't imagine how much time he spends. I've gone through so many videos and Chuck making me thinking I will never catch up to half of his level 😮😮
@KevinKrawczuk Рік тому
Just got done completing this. Going to try it on a trip out west next week. Thank You! I'll let you know if it works.
@Nimble_Bitz 2 роки тому
You should go over if you have a guest login page. Where you have to pop in an email or something to join. Similar to what you can do with unifi. Great tutorial.
@rodrigodiaz1321 Рік тому
Did you figure out a solution to this?
@GarthClarkson 2 роки тому
I use a $15- Orange Pi Zero because none of my bought routers would talk to my 4G LTE mobile broadband and I got tired of using an old Windows laptop with ICS to get my Internet. These little SBCs are great. I also loaded HomeAssistant on it and it controls all my home automation. (I live in a caravan) Simply magic. (edit) PS. Thanks for the VPN walk through. Very helpful. Cheers.
@cplcabs 4 місяці тому
you loaded openwrt and homeassistant on the same SBC? Is that with 1GB RAM? How does it run (as in any issues)?
@GarthClarkson 4 місяці тому
@@cplcabs Not using OpenWRT. Just bridging the 4G LTE USB dongle to Ethernet using the standard networking (Armbian). Leaving enough for the HA. Just using standard firewall rules seems to be sufficient for security and it means that I don't have to have Internet connected to use/control my RGBW downlights, etc. I have a normal router downstream that feeds the rest of my LAN.
@cplcabs 3 місяці тому
@@GarthClarkson ah right, OK. Thanks.
@AndreasBodin Рік тому
Absolutely awesome! Thanks a lot for this tutorial!
@project6266 2 роки тому
Thank you Chuck i made this for when we travel as well as protection from eyes. it works great. was wondering if you have an update on using an AC wifi vs N.
@fiffelman 2 роки тому
I've configured a Raspberry Pi to do what you're doing before just for fun (and if I actually could make it function) but I didn't use it for traveling I used it to have at home. It's a fun little project! And thanks for the content! You're the man for doing these step by step tutorials.
@anythingbutASIC 2 роки тому
Tell me could you get any of the 4G wireless hats to work. I've been trying for some time. Always run into a snag wether it be the wireless carrier not wanting to allow non-android devices to use there service of drivers njust not being available. Don't even get me started on AT commands while using outdated screen like the manufacture "recommends".
@surgedwind1288 2 роки тому
Hey NetworkChuck, curious about a detail - how much storage on a diy router is sufficient to have? In your video this was done with a 32gig sd card. I’m curious what I could factor for the size I give it. Also the enthusiasm I pick up from these videos reminds of a history teacher who was awesome. It’s the way to go because it sure helps when you are challenged by the path. Love this
@billc4303 Рік тому
The raspberry pi imager wouldnt let me install on anything larger than a 4gb. says something about the size being divisible by.... yada yada yada.. so Im stuck on a 4gb.
@paulmichaelfreedman8334 Рік тому
@@billc4303 Check if your card reader supports SDHC (> 4GB) and otherwise you can write the image to a 4 gig card and then copy that card to a bigger one before you first boot. You can also use an imager like Balena Etcher which supports more than the Rpi imager. OpenWRT dopesn't need much though. Default is a 100 MB partition size. You need to resize the partition with a partition manager to make it bigger, which is recommended. But 1 Gig really is enough for a lot of things. Also, 1 GB of memory is more than enough for OWRT. But you can't get a Pi with less than 2 GB now.
@rysterstech 7 місяців тому
500 megs is plenty for open wrt, it only uses around 100 megs by default anyway, you have to expand the root fs to make use of whatever card you have
@Josivis 2 роки тому
Thank You for the steps. Now that I know how to setup the modem I'll try it with my old PIOS on another SD card.
@BowlingJess Рік тому
Hey CHUCK!!! I tried first with one of my Raspberry Pi 3b+'s without much luck - so finally decided to use a spare 4b which I hated to use because they are hard to get these days. To cut to the chase, I got the router working very well, so then I bought NordVPN today and followed your instructions to get it configured, and then verified all working on openWRT checking for the VPN IP address. I will be taking it to Puerto Rico next week for the big checkout to see if all my stuff works, especially YT TV, which actually thinks PR is not part of the US. So I will edit this post when I get back to let you know how it works for me. This is my 4th or 5th project you have helped me with (love the NAS with my PLEX addon and and TV dual tuner - I have a 4B set up with 10 TB RAID drives - 5 TB total), and next will be some hosting on one. By the way, I am a 78 year old and this stuff is my hobby now and a lot more fun than golf or watching pro sports - my friends use me for their free help desk, so that is pretty fun as well. Thanks Chuck - I feel like I know you
@sebassie25 2 роки тому
Really cool, this OpenWRT. I setup my travel router with your instructions and it works really well! Thanks for the very clear and fun instructions :)
@DanishNaseer1 4 місяці тому
What is the benefit of using RPi as router? Like on a road trip if i use RPi as a router and connect all family members to RPi but obviously for that RPi first need to connect to the wifi network. Then why not my family members automatically connect to that wifi network instead of RPi router. can you help me out with my question?
@sebassie25 4 місяці тому
@@DanishNaseer1 absolutely, the reason for this is because the RPi is automatically connected with VPN, hence all traffic that goes over a network (which is also shared with complete strangers) is encrypted and much more secure. You do need a VPN to connect to, of course. Before I had this, I too was directly connected to a hotel wifi. What happened was that someone in the hotel sniffed my Netflix credentials, so I received multiple login notifications, that I didn't know of. By using the encrypted connection of the RPi between my devices and the open wifi, all connected devices are automatically using encrypted traffic, making it much safer.
@DanishNaseer1 4 місяці тому
Thank you for the answer. Appreciate it@@sebassie25
@redfox7731 2 роки тому
I love your videos and your explanations You got my respect 😎
@johnthomas4551 2 роки тому
Mr. Chuck liked and subscribed because there isn’t a love button! Im new to this lvl of stuff and the more I watch your videos the more I want to learn. Ive seen several of your videos and the raspberry pi stuff has been super intriguing to me since they are cheap and if I burn one up/crash/melt/or just drop in the confusion/ no worries! I have always wanted to learn linux and I just learned more in one video with you than a month of watching other videos. Specially since I got a pi and the first thing I wanted to do was this project. See I live in a rural area and you are probably already familiar with connectify/speedify as you are streamer I like to game but my dsl internet is crap so I got speedify and connectify to bond internet connections on my phone and dsl and now a starlink too just playing around with it to see what I could squeeze out of it. The results have been pretty good but I have this inexplicable drive to go further. So I got a pi and Im making my new router for a few reasons. One running those programs on my laptop keeps my laptop tied to the system and my daughter who I also homeschool by the way (great move isn’t it) could be using it instead of her old that has seen better days. The thing is that I need to know if this will allow me to feed internet through the ethernet port because like you I also don’t like wireless networking and really not for gaming. And if not if you have any other videos or advice on how to do that?
@stelvio5213 Рік тому
Hi Chuck, I also did this project following your instructions with an RPi3, I only had one problem with the usb dongle I bought on Amazon and found that it didn't work as an AP, but in the configuration I reversed the two antennas (RPi3's built-in antenna as 'ap' and USB dongle as 'sta') and it works fine! This may help other people who have the same problem as me. Please bring other content and projects using the Raspberry. Thank you
@telchar Рік тому
hey would you be able to explain where the file is to change those settings? I'm trying to get this to work and would rather not need to track down the specific adapter at a local store lol
@digoryjohns2018 2 роки тому
What a channel! You're great to watch even for a 64-year-old retired ex-network manager (that's 20 years ago now 😁) - don't you love SNMP??? We live in Germany and have just got ourselves an RV to go exploring. Your Pi+NAS video was just what the doctor ordered and this router video is the icing on the cake. Only... I've been wondering, it would make sense to combine both functions in one box. And I'm thinking of Docker. I'd like to know your opinion, and do you think it would better to install Raspbian, then Docker and run OpenWRT on that? Or to install OpenWRT as the base layer, then Docker and run OpenMediaVault on that? A video combining both these thing would make my Christmas (and give me something to do!) Keep drinkin' that coffee, Chuck!
@ShrinivasPatil 2 роки тому
Indeed .. Would be interested in answer for this one :)
@JohnBaldwin63 2 роки тому
What bandwidth are you getting with this setup? I like the idea of loading PI on the box first, then routing using a container or virtual machine.
@Lying29 2 роки тому
This is a great video. Even though doing everything via terminal is terrifying to most people like me, but this is a very clear tutorial and walk me through every step I need.
@jarmandog8372 2 роки тому
Give it some time. You'll become addicted to do everything in the terminal 😛
@radiotec76 Рік тому
Working through an ssh session to a BASH account is so liberating. You will really have fun. I connect often using an ssh client from my phone to the host.
@rysterstech 8 місяців тому
Using a gui is way easier for beginners, the only reason not to use the web gui on openwrt is for really old devices with less than 64mb of ram or 4mb of flash.
@AricWilisch 5 місяців тому
Great video. I built something similar awhile ago. Believe I built it using a pre-built image someone designed. Only addition I had was a switch that I could flip to route through tor if I wanted to just disappear....more or less. Dug out an older pi 3 and going to work through this since I miss my little vpn/tor router. Thanks!
@DanishNaseer1 4 місяці тому
What is the benefit of using RPi as router? Like on a road trip if i use RPi as a router and connect all family members to RPi but obviously for that RPi first need to connect to the wifi network. Then why not my family members automatically connect to that wifi network instead of RPi router. can you help me out with my question?
@empty177 2 роки тому
built this for traveling as well. i need to get the VPN working but dont have Nord so i need to read up more on my VPN to get it working. but thank to this video i now have a traveling router for my devices and soon secure VPN.
@phillipmcmahon5949 2 роки тому
Nice tutorial! 2 things that would have been nice to show. 1- Swapping wi-fi to another config to simulate going to another hotel/place 2 - Handling a captive wi-fi setup requiring some form of authentication to get started. A lot of places require this before you get any traffic to flow and it would definitely require temporarily disabling the VPN and perhaps even taking the wi-fi provided DNS offered by the guest DHCP. 3 - A bonus would have been using wireguard as the VPN protocol. Maybe a follow up?
@willdogs4286 2 роки тому
These are the questions I've yet to see anyone answer.
@jacobg1488 2 роки тому
Yeah how does this handle captive portal
@TheInternalNet 2 роки тому
My connection has a portal every 24 hours. I am currently using a laptop running Kubuntu that shares Ethernet connection to ASUS router. I can use any device on network to get page and accept TOS.
@0xBerto 2 роки тому
I’ve watched this like 8 times since it got posted with all of the hardware sitting around. Finally just set it all up for a company trip with the team. Ready to flex 🤓 thanks man SUPER cool project
@bulkierpanda133 2 роки тому
Yeah I'm ordering the requirements next month and get it set up for my home so I can use it on my Xbox and my phone's
@DanishNaseer1 4 місяці тому
What is the benefit of using RPi as router? Like on a road trip if i use RPi as a router and connect all family members to RPi but obviously for that RPi first need to connect to the wifi network. Then why not my family members automatically connect to that wifi network instead of RPi router. can you help me out with my question?
@AngryInfantry Рік тому
I can tell that you really enjoy what you do. Good work!
@conwaynewton 7 місяців тому
Loved this video, I recently finished IT Support course and was able to follow you. I am curious if there are already premade cases for the Raspberry Pi Router or what about 3D printing one. I feel a little uneasy having computer boards exposed especially when traveling.
@dipanshStud 2 роки тому
That's Crazzy, Keep Going Bhother 🔥🔥🔥
@andrewbaxter9741 2 роки тому
"the cool thing about nano is that you don't have to do any keystrokes, just start typing..." pffft the *cool* thing about vim is that you *have to* do lots of extra commands and keystrokes, and you get such mega vibes from figuring out how to actually just type something you feel awesome!
@seanspurlock582 2 роки тому
Just did this project. It was awesome
@mead650 2 роки тому
Love the video. Job well done as usual! Could you please tell me if this tutorial works with a router with a USB port and OpenWRT installed?
@apollobrown6768 9 місяців тому
The command at 20:42 is: opkg install kmod-rt2800-lib kmod-rt2800-usb kmod-rt2x00-lib kmod-rt2x00-usb kmod-usb-core kmod-usb-uhci kmod-usb-ohci kmod-usb2 usbutils openvpn-openssl luci-app-openvpn nano
@abb0tt 8 місяців тому
Thanks. Even after signing up for his site, I could not find the command of packages. I think it's all paywalled now...
@bountoj 7 місяців тому
To add to this comment (mine was deleted for trying to help others who might not find this comment, maybe because of links) there is a GitHub with information about the different USB-wifi adapters that can work for Linux, along with the packages needed. morrownr/USB-WIFI
@partyheartyboy Місяць тому
Awesome! Needed this information to continue. Thanks!
@d3spis3m3 2 роки тому
Note: You probably want to assign the External wifi adapter as the client and internal WIfi as the AP ass it does not have an antenna. You will get better throughput this way as your client devices will probably be closer to the pi.
@bruvgames7248 2 роки тому
It does have an antenna it's on the pcb you can even add an external one if you wish to
@alfie637 2 роки тому
Thank you for making this an interesting subject, this is my favourite way to learn!! :)
@iamashyura Рік тому
I have used rpi few years back doing somethg nearly similar to this. But that time i used shorewall and all. This one looks even better n easier.
@EduardoRodriguez-fu4ry 2 роки тому
Excellent Tutorial!! I am a newbie (~2 months in) and your videos have made easy the set up of my home network! I wonder if you can combine this set up with wire guard for remote access or is it matter of just port forward your router? BTW, side question: what do you use to power the Pi while traveling?
@willdogs4286 2 роки тому
Great video! I did this with a Pi 4 but when I connected the wifi dongle I noticed my speeds were really slow. So, I connected this to a wifi extender configured to be an access point and was seeing comparable speeds to my home router even from behind the VPN.
@DanishNaseer1 4 місяці тому
What is the benefit of using RPi as router? Like on a road trip if i use RPi as a router and connect all family members to RPi but obviously for that RPi first need to connect to the wifi network. Then why not my family members automatically connect to that wifi network instead of RPi router. can you help me out with my question?
@willdogs4286 4 місяці тому
@@DanishNaseer1 Two things: 1) added security layer. Most people use the default settings on their home router to include the default password. 2) if your devices are set to automatically connect to your Pi router then it's just plug and play.
@Ken2ndAmendment 2 роки тому
Been more than 10 years since playing around with Linux.... VI and used this as part of the process to reconfigure my Linksys WRT3200ACM with OpenWRT. Badass help!
@DavidKPF 9 місяців тому
Thx for sharing
@t3itguy 2 роки тому
Here's a video idea for you: "You need to learn VIM RIGHT NOW" Most linux admins / engineers use vim. The first thing I was taught as a linux admin was how to use vim. And once I switched over to vim from nano, I can't imagine using nano anymore.
@TuxWing 2 роки тому
Gentoo Linux defaults to nano, but I install vi(m) and remove nano before I even have a working system.
@ISBayHudson 2 роки тому
IMO particularly if you are looking at a career where a *nix type OS will be used - from my experience the command 'vi' will always be available (Linux, Solaris, BSD, OLD unix stuff and embeded) where as newer Linux distributions probably have nano.... some older ones maybe pico :D FYI if the whole 'wq' thing is weird, that refers to the commands w(rite) and q(uit).
@DavidKubesa 2 роки тому
Thanks to things like vs code remote I do not need vim at all.
@TuxWing 2 роки тому
@@DavidKubesa VS Code thats WAY too microsofty, Sublime Text with a VI plugin...for the win!
@anythingbutASIC 2 роки тому
Vim does take some getting used too. I remeber writing whole commands only to look up and see that I'm it Command mode not write mode..
@BrianBates128 2 роки тому
Very great video. Quick question... Would this setup also contain a "kill switch" for your wlan0 (public internet) connection if the tunnel connection to nordVPN drops? This way we prevent the RaspberryPi from silently failing over to non-secure public internet without checking it constantly?
@dannydetonator 2 роки тому
Doesn't Nord uses firewall, which kills all traffic if VPN terminal drops? In theory it should. I only use free limited random VPN's, haven't had my IP directly exposed yet, apparently.
@hellomihai 3 місяці тому
can't wait to do this... will be using it in hotels and on flights... only need to buy account for flights from now on!
@codefallacy 2 роки тому
I finally got around to doing this project, followed every step and they are still relevant. I did in on a RaspberryPi 3 B with the same Wifi adapter but it is slow at only 2mbps - 5mbps download, even though i seen upload go as high as 20Mbps on a 100Mbps connection. with the Pi 4 its is much faster at 40mbps up and down. Also you say at several points in the video that you will list the commands in the video description but i dont see them anywhere and the links didn't lead to them neither :(
@gmc9753 2 роки тому
One major problem I foresee is -- what happens if the public wifi has a login/registration/payment page? I suppose you could temporarily set your computer's wireless MAC to the same MAC as the Raspberry Pi, login to the public wifi through your computer, change the MAC back to the original, and then boot the Raspberry Pi router and use it.
@ricardo.alves.campos 2 роки тому
Hey, really cool I love that!!! Can you make a video on how to create a free VPN to install on the Raspberry Pi, thanks.
@BarnfiendCycle 2 роки тому
One of the coolest Raspberry Pi projects that I completed to date! GREAT CHANNEL CHUCK THANKS FOR THE FREE CONTENT! PS- Nice beard, guy
@DrBertBacon 2 роки тому
Thanks for the guide very cool project I wonder if this can be taken a step further with a gsm module for true portability connecting to cell towers rather then public wifis
@barryk6579 2 роки тому
Thanks for the great video. Am I the only one that cannot find the install driver text in step 7 :( (The notepad file used in the video)
@chaosen3 Рік тому
I believe at step 5 when you are making changes to radio0 you are changing the hwmode from AC wifi to b/g/n wifi, hence why there is a need to change the channel to 7 as well as changing the htmode (VHT80 = 80MHz - usually for 5GHz wifi). From my own experiences openWRT doesn't like radio0 using 5GHz 80MHz on a PI 3B+/4B (might be fixed on the 4B at this time of writing though). You may also find that the Internet speeds when connected to the wifi network (that is also connected to NordVPN via OpenVPN) aren't the best. I believe you can make these changes by the GUI to radio0 directly as even one typo when doing config by CLI can cause your Pi to become inaccessible in some cases. I've actually figured out how to do this on Pi OS 64-bit since I wanted to be able to use AC wifi on both network interfaces (access point and wifi client), non kernel supported USB wifi adapters, Wireguard connection to PIA VPN and a python app using flask to host a web page that can be used to connect to other wireless networks using a browser. It sounds like a lot but honestly it's quite easy to set up and can be configured in different ways.
@movielifelives Рік тому
Hey i am not seeing htmode and only band in my rafio0
@Cyderic 2 роки тому
Hi, thank you so much - quality content! One question: Is this really working with Hotel and other networks? Because usually they are open but want to you accept something on a website first. So is openWRT able to show you this website in order to actually connect to this open wifi? Cheers
@thibauddu6868 Рік тому
Hey, many thanks for your great work ! I am currently thinking of building a Raspberry Pi NAS (another great video). I believe that using docker, I will be also able to use the NAS as a VPN router if I install OpenWRT on it. Am I right ?
@chasalol 2 роки тому
Chunk: makes a vpn router with 17 layers of encryption and 8 different passwords Me: *turns on vpn*
@NikCasto 2 роки тому
I was thinking the same... Isn't this kindof unnecessary now a days?
@guyoninternet7015 2 роки тому
@@NikCasto If you have multiple devices, especially with multiple people (like chuck's kids) having each of them connect to VPN on their phone/tablet/computer is a lot of extra steps. Once you have something like this set up, all your devices/users get VPN from simply connecting to it's wifi. WAY easier, and less chance of mistakes. If you only have 1 phone/laptop and are by yourself, yeah, probably easier to just use a VPN client... but that's not as fun as a project like this ;)
@sanjacobs6261 2 роки тому
@@NikCasto Many VPN services limit how many devices you can use VPN on at once, with this, it'll only register as one device
@NikCasto 2 роки тому
@@sanjacobs6261 True true.
@NikCasto 2 роки тому
@@guyoninternet7015 Ahh thanks for the clarification! 👍
@oxoSeanoxo 2 роки тому
Chuck, you're amazing, and I go to Disney all the time and WISH I had this setup - for me, the holy grail would be to have a PI set up like this as a remote router, running OpenWrt and Pi-hole (with unbound - as an all-around DNS Solution) on the same device... I'm looking for documentation about how to do this... but YOU certainly do have the flair and competency to make an amazing video on how to make this happen. I hope you trip rocks!!!
@ewoks42 2 роки тому
Isn't better solution to setup VPN at home as well as ON on all you mobile devices, so when you connect to internet anyhow (GPRS, LTE, WiFi) all the traffic goes encrypted over your VPN?
@oxoSeanoxo 2 роки тому
@@ewoks42 I’m certainly down with that. Some places seem to have VPN access blocked, so I can’t get to my home UniFi VPN network to connect remotely. There’s definitely a lot of online blogs on connecting OpenWrt with Pi-hole, but not in a single solution like this… ideally, I’d want my kids to connect to the wifi (conveniently name/password as the same as my home network) for school and work and Oculus connections without having dealing with hitting every device and get them connected to a new network. I suppose this would also get past the number of devices one can have on a particular guest network like you’d get at a hotel like Universal Studios. Disney doesn’t have any restrictions on number of devices.
@brandonbradford6317 2 роки тому
@@oxoSeanoxo I'm relatively new to all of this, but couldn't you use this setup and VPN to a raspberry pi you have at your home network that is running pivpn and pihole and achieve all of this without combining it on one pi?
@utubepunk 2 роки тому
Sounds like this is what you're referring to: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/fp53qI2qkW56sWQ.html
@oxoSeanoxo 2 роки тому
@@utubepunk In fact, I followed this exact video... works really well.
@jackwolf1381 Рік тому
I am not that good at this kind of stuff, but this really helped! Thank you!
@christopherespaillat6307 2 роки тому
My guy this is great.. thanks for the step by step playback.. I actually made it work on a Raspberry Pi 3 B+.. still playing with the VPN side of it since I own IPVanish instead of NordVPN but slow and steady.. Thanks again for the great work.
@MagicGriffin 2 роки тому
can you give me some tips? been trying it with a Pi 3 B but getting nowhere with it and I'm finding it very frustrating
@christopherespaillat6307 2 роки тому
@@MagicGriffin hey so after I took it outta my house I couldn't get it to connect again so ima wipe it n start fresh.. only advice I can give us Is follow it to the tee.. n change any numbers 2 match his just change your password n ssid
@ayushagrawal2405 2 роки тому
Wow, NC posted 2 videos same day 🙌
@thewave2118 2 роки тому
Do more things with the raspberry pi! I love these videos!
@robertfullard5646 2 роки тому
Agreed!!! I bought a Pi4 8GB and am using it as a pihole with unbound doing DNS lookups so my DNS is totally private. I wonder if he could do this too with what he did in this video, so no reliance on cloudflare or google dns. Let the pi become a router, dns resolver and even pihole. You could sell them by the millions.
@anythingbutASIC 2 роки тому
First person to get a 4/5G hat to work other than the manufacture wins everything..
@acontant80 Рік тому
I tried this on my RaspberryPi CM4 (compute module), with two USB dongle. I had some issues. I first had to install an additional package: opkg install kmod-usb-dwc2 Then for lsusb to work, I had to insert the following line inside /boot/config.txt : dtoverlay=dwc2,dr_mode=host. Finally, I don't know if it's because I had two adapter, a newer version of openwrt or because the driver ignition is too slow, but I had to add to /etc/rc.local the following lines before the exit 0 sleep 10 /sbin/wifi up After this, everything worked as expected. Great guide thank you!
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