I am beginning to setup my Raspberry Pi as a VPN server and note that I may choose either opensource OpenVPN or WireGuard. If using OpenVPN Access Server they do not ask directly for an additional external VPN server site (eg Norton, which offers its own separate VPN service) although using this method only 2 clients are allowed for free. If I setup the RP as a server using WireGuard they do ask for an external server site (again including Norton).
My confusion relates to the word server in this context. If I want the Raspberry Pi to act as the VPN server within my LAN then why do I need an additional separate server (eg Norton). I expect connections from all my identified VPN clients (eg iPhones) to be routed through the VPN tunnel created by my RP server. So why do we apparently need 2 servers, ie, Raspberry Pi and Norton? And if I need to identify Norton as the additional server the VPN service is presumably no longer free?
As an addendum to the above, I believe Norton are switching over their 'free' add-on VPN service (to anti-virus software), to allowing WireGuard. At the moment I use Norton anti-virus/VPN which is set up on each device (eg iPhone) separately without requiring a separate LAN server (eg RP). So in this updated Norton approach, would I just not select VPN on each of my iPhones and instead setup my Raspberry Pi as a WireGuard server within which configuration select Norton as the external server. Clarification of these issues I assume would benefit many new users.
My confusion relates to the word server in this context. If I want the Raspberry Pi to act as the VPN server within my LAN then why do I need an additional separate server (eg Norton). I expect connections from all my identified VPN clients (eg iPhones) to be routed through the VPN tunnel created by my RP server. So why do we apparently need 2 servers, ie, Raspberry Pi and Norton? And if I need to identify Norton as the additional server the VPN service is presumably no longer free?
As an addendum to the above, I believe Norton are switching over their 'free' add-on VPN service (to anti-virus software), to allowing WireGuard. At the moment I use Norton anti-virus/VPN which is set up on each device (eg iPhone) separately without requiring a separate LAN server (eg RP). So in this updated Norton approach, would I just not select VPN on each of my iPhones and instead setup my Raspberry Pi as a WireGuard server within which configuration select Norton as the external server. Clarification of these issues I assume would benefit many new users.
Statistics: Posted by Gambardo — Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:22 pm — Replies 1 — Views 59