Home VPN for remote work - Which routers to choose?

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Hi Everyone,
I’d appreciate some advice as I’m new to this sort of thing. My company has recently required me to work from a specific country whereas previously I could work from anywhere.

My plan is to purchase two GlInet routers to act as Wireguard client and server. I will keep the client router with me and set up the server router at a family member’s house.

Can anyone advise the best routers to choose from? It looks like two Opal’s would work for my set up but I want to make sure I have the best experience and don’t mind paying slightly more if the Beryl or Slate works better for my needs.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT: Thanks all, I’ve gone for the Brume 2 + Beryl AX.

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Slate AX would be my recommendation if you’re okay with the cost. Capable of higher wireguard speeds and extremely flexible for other options like tailscale and zerotier.

I have over 100 clients using dual Slate AX setups and they’ve been absolutely rock solid.

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I have Slate AX for both home and away and seems to do the job fine.

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Why not take a look at their specs and if you have money pay for faster, if not don’t.

Edit: here you go, I looked up the comparison page, you can compare and decide what works best for your price point.

https://www.gl-inet.com/products/compare/

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Opals are not the newest routers. I’d recommend a Brume 2 and a Beryl AX for server and travel routers, respectively.

https://thewirednomad.com/vpn

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You should go check out r/digitalnomad pinned posts. It can be trickier than just setting up wireguard.

https://www.reddit.com/r/digitalnomad/comments/w59s4m/how_to_work_remotely_with_vpn_no_software_needed/

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I’m using Shadow as a Wireguard server (OpenVPN performance was awful), and accessorily a Opal as a Wireguard client

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I’ve got a Beryl AX and seems to be great. I contemplated the Slate AX because of the faster WireGuard speeds. However 99% of my use cases will be when I’m traveling and will most likely be bottled necked by whatever internet connection I have out in the wild

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I have a Flint at home, a Slate AX for the road, and another Slate AX at a second home in another country. All of them work flawlessly.

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Be careful, if the IT department at your company are serious about it and know what they are doing it won’t be that simple to hide your location.

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Two Opals would work fine for your setup.
This is mainly due to your internet speed.

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I am using a Shadow at a family members house which is plenty fast enough as they have a home 5G router that is only good for about 50Mb/sec up, which is my download speed, and the Shadow can do that with Wireguard. The Shadow is small, and uses almost no power. I have it wired into their router using an Ethernet cable as it cuts down the latency.

I run the latest OpenWrt firmware and not GL iNet firmware, as I run it 3 VPN servers on it, running: Wireguard, OpenVPN and SoftEther.

Sometimes, Wireguard and OpenVPN are blocked at some of the places I visit and SoftEther on port 443 using TCP always seems to work.

I don’t recommend the Opal as it running really old version of OpenWrt that is only support by GL iNet. I would go with one of their routers with better OpenWrt support. For less money, you can get a Shadow which has great OpenWrt support.

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I just bought Brume 2 for business and Beryl AX as travel router.

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Thanks for the info. Looks like those speeds really drop but I’ll have to try. Since it’s holiday time I’m going with the best travel router and equipment now;
Thanks

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So your plan is to violate company policy and.possibly information privacy and protection laws …

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Can you explain your setup? Wanna understand the “dual”

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I’m an American who lives overseas 8 months of the year; who needs a remote job. I’m looking at a call center from my laptop which requires about 25mbs; so what is the best setup? What are the options? My parents have basic Infinity Comast at home and I have 25mps overseas but can pay extra for 50mps. Any tips?

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My home internet is not super fast roughly 60 MBPs download and 15 MBPs upload, I don’t have any problems screen sharing or video calling when working here on WIFI. Is the extra Wireguard speeds overkill given the speed of my home internet? Maybe I even need to upgrade to a better internet provider as a first step?

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I’m actually thinking of this as a back up.

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Thanks for the advice, is there a reason you went with the Brume? Instead of just two routers? Is the Brume better optimised for acting as a server or something?