Raspberry pi VPN

[Djibo]

Hi, in planning on making a little VPN server with a Raspberry pi, but i'm curious if i leave the pi at home, can I still use the pi when i'm at school? 

 

I saw the project in this video 

 

[NelizMastr]

That's the whole point of a VPN. In this case, a site-to-site VPN, so you can log onto your home network from school  

 

Port forward the ports required by OpenVPN, make sure you have the config files in your OpenVPN folder on your laptop @ school and you're set.

[Sauron]

3 minutes ago, Djibo said:

if i leave the pi at home, can I still use the pi when i'm at school? 

Only if you know your home's ip address at all times (or rent a domain name). You'd also need to open a port on your router.

[samcool55]

Do you mean you want to connect to the pi when it's at home and you at school by using a VPN connection?

You can't just move the pi when it's a VPN server to wherever you want because the rest of the network needs to be configured for it as well.

[Hekoki]

44 minutes ago, Sauron said:

Only if you know your home's ip address at all times (or rent a domain name). You'd also need to open a port on your router.

the router may also have ddns, my asus does, but i dont know how widespread of a feature that is