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  • A different device from your home server?
  • On the same home server as the services but directly on the host?
  • On the same home server as the services but inside some VM or container?

Do you configure it manually or do you use some helper/interface like WGEasy?

I have been personally using wgeasy but recently started locking down and hardening my containers and this node app running as root is kinda...

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[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Maybe easier to setup because routers that support vpns come with nice-ish web uis.

That said, if you have a server (pc, pi, etc), setting up wireguard with wg-easy is mostly painless (comes with a nice web ui), so there is no reason to replace your router in this case!

Instead of replacing a router, I'd prefer buying a pi anyways.

Unless you want to route all outbound traffic through a vpn with zero config on devices, I can't see why you'd replace a router.

Final note: most people prefer hosting a vpn on a server, even if their router supports it as far as I'm aware at least (edit: this might be erong judging from the rest of the comments saying they use their router).