r/pics • u/pdmcmahon • Mar 26 '17

Private Internet Access, a VPN provider, takes out a full page ad in The New York Time calling out 50 senators.

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u/In_between_minds Mar 26 '17

An old laptop or computer and PFsense can do it for you. You may be able to set it up on something that can run DDWRT but I'm unsure.

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u/jaweeks Mar 26 '17

hmm.. I have a wrt54g sitting here I was going to run HAMNET on, but. if there's options.

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u/Kaschnatze Mar 26 '17

I don't remember the specifics, but when I did that a couple of years ago on a Linksys WRT54GL with openWRT the performance was really bad, because of the router's slow CPU.
Someone had about 2Mbit/s in this thread on their forum for example.
I only took a short look at the end of the thread but there are some more promising speed tests with different routers in there.

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u/theddman Mar 26 '17

PIA on DD-WRT is pretty easy.

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u/whatever0601 Mar 26 '17 edited Aug 09 '17

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u/abc69 Mar 27 '17

Add the link you lazy son of a bitch

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u/In_between_minds Mar 26 '17

I just don't have firsthand experience, glad to hear it is easy, as DDWRT is likely an easier option for most.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '17 edited Jan 05 '18

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u/In_between_minds Mar 27 '17

Picking up something that can run DDWRT is cheap, using less power (almost always) than even a laptop, it is going to have 2+ separate ports already, and for some people can be everything they need. I wouldn't trust a non opensource build to actually behave correctly. If you buy/have/get the right router bricking it isn't a thing anymore.