Hi guys as title suggests I have a pi 4b 4gb and basically I want to connect it to my isp provided router (wired connection via a lan cable) and run an openvpn config on it and then connect it to an access point that i already have (this one is wired too via a usb to RJ45 adapter and lan cable). I know that I need to flash openwrt image on an sdcard and install it on pi4 but I don’t know how to configure openwrt after that and honestly the guides on the forums and internet are a little confusing (I’m not that tech savy) also I read that not all usb to RJ45 adapters work with openwrt on pi4 but I don’t know which one to buy. can anyone show me a fool proof guide or tell me what I need to do?

  • merlin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
    31·
    1 day ago

    I already have a pi4B just wanted to find a use case for it. Is it really that bad? so how consumer routers with a fifth computing power run vpns?

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
      6·
      1 day ago

      With hardware acceleration.

      Computing power isn’t just a general quantity. Networking devices have dedicated chips in them to perform various parts of processes. (Encryption, decryption, encoding, decoding, compression, decompression, etc.)

      That’s hardware acceleration. There are chips that are super efficient and powerful but they can only do that one thing.

      That’s fine if you know exactly what the device is going to be for, so you can put in the exact chips it needs to do only what it needs to do.

    • const_void@lemmy.ml
      2·
      1 day ago

      Sell it and get something more suited to the task instead of trying to shoehorn it onto a pi.

      • merlin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        I think you’re right. I guess I need a wired router that can run OpenVPN on stock firmware or supported by and OpenWRT can be installed on it and has the hardware needed to run OpenVPN clients. The problem is I don’t know what to buy now and honestly where I live there are not many options