VPN providers that allow manual Wireguard connections..recommends?

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I’m wanting to setup a router based “wireguard” tunnel so that I don’t have to install special clients on everything in the house and somethings I can’t. I’d rather just route the traffic from the devices I want though the tunnel.

It appears some of these providers make it either very difficult or practically impossible since they don’t provide the public and private keys, endpoint information and any other needed info. Nordvpn is one that does not officially support this.

Instead of having to try a round about way I’m looking for a provider that supports this up front.

I’d like to configure my openwrt, ddwrt etc to connect via wireguard manually with the built in linux kernel tools. If any of you guys have a recommendation for a affordable vpn provider that is decent with video streaming, general surfing, email etc please chime in. Affordable …like <$5 a month. I here surfshark supports this but I’m waiting on their support to contact me back.

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Mullvad lets you use any wireguard client you want, including a router.

There docs even includes directions on how to install on OpenWRT.

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Depends what you try to do. You can self serve as a homebase vpn with a glinet Brume. Mango works food both as client and server buy not as good of a server as Brume.

If you’re looking for a classic vpn style provider tht supplies various endpoints around the world and lets you configure wireguard servers, privatevpn works well (have bought a minth trial to see how it works, then upgraded to a 3 year contract.

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Mullvad (the only one that allows you to use your own private keys), Windscribe, Protonvpn (even has a decent free tier if you only need one device), and many others. Just go to their docs, search wiregaurd, and see if they have any tutorials on it. This will tell you if they support it.

Getting the key from Nord isn’t hard though.

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UpVPN has managed WireGuard servers product, it lets you download WireGuard config and so you can connect router or any device with official WireGuard apps.

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Proton supports it. I use OPNsense and they have a decent guide on how to set it up.

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We offer a Wireguard config generator for OpenWRT and DDWRT in the member’s area.

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I like AirVPN because they also support port forwarding

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Ditto. Wireguard is a protocol and the various VPNs implement stuff on top of it. That’s why you’re not seeing the usual Wireguard details. It’s by design. Mullvad is pretty much the closest to what you want

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How is mullvad for performance and quality? Is streaming good, and do they get around geo blocked sites?

Interesting you mention GI routers. I’m looking at buying this one…what do you think?

GL-MT6000

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I’m just wanting a vpn so I can connect my smart tv or laptop and stream netflix and other content of which some is geo blocked so I want to get around this. Other than that…general surfing the internet and social media etc.

I’m not trying to do business over it.

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Are you referring to using the tools from github? From what I saw you have to have a valid connection to them first. That’s the first problem that frustrated me so much I decided it was a good learning experience and wanted to just go the router way.

I signed up because their snap app was now available and I wanted to use it on my opensuse laptop, it doesn’t work for me. The only connection I have to them right now is a android phone.

I could spin up a vm and put their client on unbuntu just for getting the keys but shit why should I have to, why can’t they support just giving me my dam keys? Then the endpoint info etc that they refuse to provide. They do this for openvpn why not wireguard?

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What’s you experience with proton, I hear it’s not that great? What price point do you pay?

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How would you rate yourself for streaming quality and getting around geo blocks, uptime and flushing banned ip’s?

Do you guys offer any specials like two years bundles for a cheaper price for the basic vpn?

https://torguard.net/

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I know this…it’s pretty important to have access to keys and info to form a tunnel.

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Not clear what you need or why and how it’d fit in your network, so I can’t comment on whether this would meet these needs.

I run a Wireguard client on a GL-iNet Mango from a couple years ago and so far it’s done the trick very adequately. I am considering moving on to the TP-Link ER605v2 if I end up needing more horsepower.

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Then any glinet router should do and something like privatevpn to hook into. Then on the glinet you can set it as a client with the config files you get from privatevpn, and you can also enable other funtions on their routers such as adblock and the likes.

Just to be clear I am only endorsing these as a private user and have bought all my devices/subscriptions. You can DIY with Raspberry pi instead of glinet but that’s just extra work, and for the VPN provider I haven’t found (though they might exist) anyone else to fit this particular need

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Are you referring to using the tools from github

Yes, but not the ones you think. I’m refering to my own comment :wink:

If you’re on linux and have curl and jq installed you can just copy paste the commands. If you’re on windows then you will only have curl. Just remove everything after and including | jq form the command and extract the data you need by hand.

Their app is open source so it’s not realy a secret on how to get it, people just haven’t bothered beause installing it “worked”

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I don’t use it enough to have an opinion. It seems fine for casual browsing, so I don’t have complaints.

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