Hey guys, brand new to this forum and using VPN’s in general.
Little backstory. I am planning on traveling some over the next couple years and want to be able to access the internet as if I’m living at home. (netflix, hulu, etc.)
In order to accomplish this I bought and old workstation to set up as a VPN (also as a way to have a dedicated Minecraft server.) Currently, I have the Minecraft server up and running with no problem and am using a ddns to prevent myself having to update my ip address.
On to my problem. I am failing miserably I tried to set up a vpn service using openvpn on the server following the openvpn quick start guide for windows. However, I could not for the life of me get the service to work properly (or even properly understand all the config fields I was filling in.) After spending over 30 hours messing around, I ended up switching over to setting up a windows service vpn which I have been able to get to function. However, now amazon and several other sites sense that I am using a vpn and will not load. (I’m guessing this could possibly be due windows using port 1723.)
Anyway I have a couple questions.
A) is there anyway to get the windows integrated vpn to be undetectable by websites.
B) if not is there any other user friendly service (as in having a simple GUI) paid or unpaid that I can install on my server that is secure and easy to set up.
C) if does not exist is there a better guide that someone could point me toward that can walk me through the concepts (and failure points) behind the configurations that I’m setting up so that I can better troubleshoot and secure my server.
D) Do you have any suggestions for getting this up and running.
E) I have seen a lot of positive things about pfsense. Has anyone had experience setting up a virtual machine for use as a vpn? How involved was it?
Right now, I feel like I only understand about 10% of what I should. I’m not sure if I can properly set up an openvpn server within Windows and am unsure if I will be able to manage it correctly moving forward due to the amount of time I have already spent failing at setting it up.
Thanks!
TDLR: I’m floundering with a private home OpenVPN server and can’t get the windows vpn to do what I need. I am looking for a Newb friendly solution that will allow me to access the web like I’m at my house (and is secure).
P.S. Sorry for so much text!
Edit: Thanks so much for the responses so far guys really appreciated!