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Site to Site VPN
Greetings fellow Orbi owners. I have two houses, both with Orbis. I would very much like to stand up a site-to-site VPN between the two. Everything I see though indicates support only for VPN c...
Rpi?
While I haven't tried it, I wonder if you could put a Raspberry Pi at the SiteB, give it a static IP (from SiteB), connect the Rpi via OpenVPN to SiteA, and then add a static route on SiteB's Orbi that any traffic going to SiteA goes through the Rpi's IP?
Granted it doesn't have to be a Rpi. I'm just thinking something that you can leave on 24x7 which doesn't waste heat and energy. Why run a 400W PC 24x7 when you can run a 35W device? If you have a spare PC lying about you could use that for the mock-up and then migrate to a Rpi for the final setup.
Also, the use case here is residential. Do not plan on this as a business solution.
Jason
NevadaTech wrote:
While I haven't tried it, I wonder if you could put a Raspberry Pi at the SiteB, give it a static IP (from SiteB), connect the Rpi via OpenVPN to SiteA, and then add a static route on SiteB's Orbi that any traffic going to SiteA goes through the Rpi's IP?
This is another way to solve one direction of the project: Site B accessing Site A. What it does not solve is the other direction: Site A accessing Site B. The full solution requires OpenVPN client at each end.
Personally, I adore my Pi's. Others may find the setup process a challenge. In terms of cost, routers for OpenWRT are available on eBay for less than the cost of a Pi 3 b+ and there is no Pi learning curve.