Monthly Archives: December 2021

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  How to set up a VPN server at home (on the router)

  Posted on December 16, 2021 by pcwrt in How To, Security, VPN.

  If you did some search on this topic, you are probably confused. Most articles on this topic confuse readers rather than helping them. Why you need a VPN server at home First of all, let’s make it clear that there’s only one reason to set up a VPN server at home: you want to access […]

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  Do You Have a Public IP Address from Your ISP?

  Posted on December 10, 2021 by pcwrt in How To, Router.

  If you want to host a server at home (for example, VPN server, Plex server or game server, etc.), you need a public IP address. Nowadays, more and more Internet Service Providers (ISPs) move their customers behind Carrier Grade NATs (CGNATs) due to the increasing scarcity of IPv4 addresses. Normal ways to set up a […]

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  What is the best DNS for privacy?

  Posted on December 1, 2021 by pcwrt in Security, Technology.

  With the default configuration, your router uses DNS servers run by your ISP. As such, the ISP can easily collect information about the websites you’re visiting (and the apps you’re using). You can override the router’s default settings to make it use other DNS services such as OpenDNS, Quad9 or Cloudflare. But since the DNS […]

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