Connecting Remotely

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Connecting over Router VPN

Prerequisite

Most modern routers have VPN functionality built-in. Refer to your router's user manual for instructions to complete the following steps.

  1. Assign a static IP address to your server.

  2. Enable your router's VPN.

    
Rarely, your ISP may unexpectedly change your home IP address. If this happens, it will break your VPN connection until you re-complete the steps below. To prevent this, you can enable Dynamic DNS in your router, which is usually a paid service. To learn more about Dynamic DNS, click [here]().

  3. Download your VPN config file from your router.

  4. Install OpenVPN on your client device(s) and establish a VPN connection to your LAN using the config file from above.

Connecting over Tor


It is normal for Tor connections to be slow or unreliable at times.

Using a Tor Browser

You can connect to your server from anywhere in the world, privately and anonymously, by visiting its unique http://....onion URL from any Tor-enabled browser.

Recommended Browsers

Running Tor in the background on your Phone/Laptop

By running Tor on your phone or laptop, certain apps will be able to connect to your server over Tor, even if the apps themselves do not natively support Tor. Select the guide specific to your phone/laptop: