Hide public ip and location with openvpn on raspberry pi

Question

I am trying to set up a way to mask/hide my public ip and location so I can surf the Internet anonymously and even use it to potentially show me in another country so I can access other country websites like Netflix USA. Current network set up is:

Internet - > modem - > router (apple router)

And I have the raspberry pi with openvpn connected to the router. I am fairly new to openvpn and networking but picking things up quickly. Is there a way to achieve this or will I need to pay for a vpn service somewhere?

Solution

Essentially you can do this but as stated earlier: you will require a host machine. In other words: you must create a connection between your Raspberry Pi and some host system. Then you will need to have your Raspberry Pi tunnel all its internet traffic through the host system.

This article will provide you with a step-by-step guide on how to set up a Linux host machine that is running Ubuntu. You can rent a host machine at Linode or DigitalOcean (amongst other providers). Once that is done, the article also provides you with steps to set up your client (the Raspberry Pi).

Comments

[kenorb]

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[harnamc]

Oh okay I see. So basically I have created a OpenVPN server at home now and I am able to access it over the internet which is perfect. Next... What would be the best option to hide my public IP? would it be better to route traffic from my home VPN server to another endpoint or get another VPN server else where and connect to that?

[harnamc]

Oh okay I see. So basically I have created a OpenVPN server at home now and I am able to access it over the internet which is perfect. Next... What would be the best option to hide my public IP? would it be better to route traffic from my home VPN server to another endpoint or get another VPN server else where and connect to that?

[evilmaniac]

All you need is an OpenVPN client at home, and then an OpenVPN server at another location. When your OpenVPN client connects to the server, the client will have the server's ip address when using the internet. So; if you have a server in the US then your ip address will be a US based ip address for instance.