PCMag says a cheap Raspberry Pi and PiVPN can create a private tunnel to your home network without monthly fees.
PCMag describes building its own VPN in hours with a Raspberry Pi. It says PiVPN can create a private tunnel back to a home network without monthly VPN subscription fees.
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A Raspberry Pi can serve as a self-hosted VPN for reaching devices and files on a home network without paying a recurring VPN fee. In PCMag’s tested setup, contributor Justyn Newman used a 4GB Raspberry Pi 5 with PiVPN, though the guide says older models can work at lower speeds.
PiVPN provides guided configuration for either WireGuard or OpenVPN. PCMag recommends at least a Raspberry Pi 4 for gigabit networking, along with a power supply, microSD card and network connection. Its walkthrough installs Raspberry Pi OS, runs PiVPN’s installer, creates a client profile and forwards the selected VPN port through the home router.
That profile can then be imported into the WireGuard or OpenVPN client on another device. The connection creates an encrypted tunnel back to the Pi, letting the remote device reach home-network resources such as media servers while away.
The setup is best understood as remote access to a home connection, not a full substitute for a commercial VPN. PCMag notes that it does not hide traffic from the user’s internet provider or provide servers in other regions, so it cannot offer the same location spoofing. The software is free, but the hardware, configuration, updates and responsibility for keeping the Pi online remain with the owner.
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