Hi everyone!
I’ve had my Hassio Yellow for a while and I am really happy with it – and because feck Philips and their spy-app.
However, I haven’t set up remote access yet because it seems really daunting and I’m worried I’ll make a mess. I am not bad with tech, but I’m not a computer engineer – and reading some Hassio texts makes me feel like I should, and I get easily overwhelmed…
I found the TOR add-on and I was considering that – but it mentions VPN, which I use, and to which my Hassio is connected.
My questions are:
- Do I need to install the add-on if I use VPN?
- If not, how do I set up remote access with my VPN?
- Should I stop using VPN if I set up TOR remote access?
Thank you all in advance.
@nogooduser @wildflowertea or #wireguard as a VPN server and clients for your smartphone. There is #pivpn for the Raspberry Pi which works as a VPN server instance. My Router supports #openvpn out of the box but never used it.
Thank you both – and apologies. I feel I’m thick as porridge with this topic. I bought my Hassio Yellow months ago and I keep on pushing this because it is so daunting.
I finally understand the difference between what I have (connecting my device to a VPN service) and what I need (setting up a server so I can connect to my device) – so I can call myself wiser than yesterday!
ExpressVPN offers port forwarding and I’ve read about it on the Hassio website, but I am not sure that’d be the way to go for someone who baaarely knows what they are doing.