Depends on your hardware. My routers can serve as a Wireguard serveur, so no need for a computer for that part
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WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoThen VPN in, send a signal to the esp using one of various methods to tell it to send the packet.
this sounds like it requires another computer already turned on
faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
the only router firmware I have seen be able to do that is openwrt, and maybe mikrotik. none of these are common though, but if you can do this then yes this is a pretty efficient solution
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Sure, but you can’t access your home network anyway if your router is turned off…
I have yet to encounter a router made in the last decade that couldn’t. Asus routers, even my 15 year old tplink archer A7 could, ubiquiti always can, openwrt, pretty sure at work we did testing with a dlink router and it also had that option.
Pretty much if you don’t use a Linksys 100Mbps router from 2005, you can at least do openvpn if not wireguard.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
of course but most routers won’t do anything like this. and by router I mean the all in one devices people have, not enterprise gear.
with factory firmware?
JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Yep, openvpn with factory firmware. It even had a (limited) choice DDNS services for self hosting, on a cheap consumer router. I could never figure out if NAT hairpinning worked though.
Almost all routers have an “advanced” section where you get a lot if these nice options.
I have only bought a ubiquiti device in the last few years though, so I guess it is possible that routers have been enshittified like a lot of tech products with features locked behind a paywall.