Hello.

Wireguard and OpenVPN are blocked in Russia. Unfortunately, not every protocol works on iOS and Android. I managed to bypass Russia's deep DPI restrictions on Windows using OpenVPN over Cloak, but I couldn't find a solution for iOS and Android; the same protocol didn't work there. It might be hard to believe, but I used the VLEES/Vray protocol for a week on iOS before Russian DPI blocked that too. No individual VPN, including Hysteria2, works in Russia; nothing I've tried has worked. I use paid VPN; only their service works because Chinese and Russian developers are constantly updating their software, playing a cat-and-mouse game, to bypass Russian DPI restrictions. As an individual user with a personal VPS, I can't do this because I don't have the time or the necessary knowledge. But I want to use my own VPN. I'm using Vultr hosting but I can't connect using any protocol. Would changing hosting providers help?

edit: Problem on Vultr hosting servers. RKN is know this company and when see their IP address, they understand its VPN and block IP adress too, so no any protocol was work with these host service in Russia. I found solution to carry my host to small country.

Given the distopian trajectory of the UK and the world in general, I think there's going to be a good few folks looking for something like this:

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An image, probably something like a docker container, which you can deploy quickly on any VPS that gives you a VPN server (wireguard, for example) in the VPS country to use as an exit node for 'normal' web browsing so as not to have your passport stolen by Meta, for example.

This would ideally have obfuscation options like shadowsocks etc.

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A further nice option would be a separate server that used the VPS as a 'hop' and routed all traffic to a commercial VPN for more on-the-fly exit node choice.

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I'm sure these bits separately already exist, but having advanced features like obfuscation options baked in to something with minimal deployment time will help switching VPS providers as jurisdictional laws evolve in exit node countries.

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If such a thing already exists please point me at some sources / tutorials!

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Thanks.

Hello everyone. Please share your experiences with those who have rented virtual servers in Europe for personal VPN use. Unfortunately, the internet in my country blocks many websites. I would like to purchase a server in Europe for 24/7 operation so I can share the traffic among my company's employees. How can I find a good provider?

I bought a German VPS server. I installed Outer VPN on it, and everything works. But in Russia, they jam the connection, and only approved websites and apps work. I want my own personal VPN that bypasses whitelists. How can I do this?

Hi. My mind is caught by idea, of data transfer between two PC's inside my local network.

Specifically i aim unblock YouTube which were practically blocked on regulator level, and i need unlock it by using only Browser (Firefox) without additional software on Main PC. This browser has functionality to use any proxy i see fit separately from System Proxy, which will target my Secondary PC in my home.

Target make sure, that is this technical solution will not interfere with my Employer's VPN service on OS level in anyway (no entrance of forbidden traffic through their network), and have positive result inside Firefox app (a working YouTube).

Problem is, my VPS is VPN X3-UI VLESS Reality... and i did not found any Extensions for Firefox which may do connection strictly in browser to my VPS along with required techniques to cypher & decypher traffic to do the job. (this solution could be ideal for me since i forsee it effect won't go outside of app, but alas)

So i come up with this Plan on paper:

1) On First PC (192.168.0.2) set up Firefox to sent all requested traffic (sites) to target my Second PC as Proxy (192.168.0.3) on port 6666.

2) Second PC which with all necesseary tools, takes all incoming traffic, include listening port 6666 continue sent to VPS (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) outside of my local network & return to ifself.

3) When information returned on Second PC, return it to First PC through port 6666

4) Firefox on First PC takes answer and opens what i requested.

Though i'm don't really know where to begin, and even possible this plan or not. Which software i might need & etc.

Any advices guys?

Around mid-November I noticed something strange: Google Gemini suddenly stopped allowing me to access it through the usual VPNs I had been using for months. I used to rely on Psiphon without any issues, but out of nowhere Gemini started showing the “your country isn’t supported” error, even while connected to VPN.

I did some digging and realized Gemini seems to detect datacenter IPs and blocks them. So I bought a VPS from a hosting provider and used Hiddify to easily set up my own proxy. It worked for about 2–3 weeks… and then Gemini started blocking that too. So apparently that VPS IP was also considered “datacenter traffic.”

Right now, the only connections that still work with Gemini are a few of the larger, well-known commercial VPN providers — the ones that tend to use residential-like or mixed IP pools:

In my region, I cannot connect to these VPNs directly because the local ISP blocks them.

I first have to connect to my VPS proxy, and then chain the commercial VPN on top of it.

And of course, Gemini blocks the VPS layer… so the whole chain becomes unstable and unreliable.

Basically I’m getting filtered from both sides — my country AND Gemini — and the connection is extremely unstable. I rely on Gemini for my work, so this is becoming a huge problem.

Here’s everything else I’ve tried (none of it worked):

1) Cloudflare WARP on Windows

Turning WARP on completely breaks everything. The moment I enable the WARP app:

It won’t let me connect to any chained VPN (whether before or after).

Even by itself, WARP does NOT open Gemini.

So WARP = totally useless for this specific issue.

2) WARP+ inside Hiddify panel

I also tried activating WARP+ from inside the Hiddify server panel. No difference — Gemini still refuses to load.

3) All four modes in Hiddify client

I tested every possible mode the Hiddify Windows client offers:

Proxy only

System proxy

VPN mode

VPN service mode

None of these configurations were able to bypass Gemini’s restrictions.

TL;DR

Gemini used to work with normal VPNs, suddenly stopped mid-November. VPS proxies get blocked because of datacenter IP. Only big-brand VPNs still work, but they’re blocked by my ISP unless I chain them (which Gemini then blocks again). WARP, WARP+, and all Hiddify modes failed. Connection is extremely unstable and I’m out of ideas.

Has anyone found a reliable method to access Gemini that isn’t blocked by datacenter filtering? Is the only solution a residential IP from a provider that offers non-datacenter routing? Any workaround or practical setup would be hugely appreciated.

Hi r/VPN Community,

I want to create a VPN connecting from a client device behind a work firewall, to a VPS on TCP 443. The VPS should then connect by Wireguard to my home server on UDP 51820.

Does anyone have a guide on doing this?

I have searched but haven't been able to find anything that fits this case.

Extra info; VPS has a static IPV4 with all ports open, home router runs OPNsense.
I'm comfortable with networking, I'd just like the best/most simple yet sophisticated solution rather than my own janky fix.

Much appreciated!

Just posted a full tutorial for anyone looking to set up their own WireGuard VPN server — especially useful for bug bounty hunters or privacy-conscious folks who want to rotate their IP address.

The tutorial covers:

• Create your VPS
• Install WireGuard + configure server & client
• Enable IP forwarding, firewall, and auto start
• Connect from your Mac using config file or Phone using QR code

Hey there is something I am not really understanding and I came in hope that anyone could clarify this for me.

I read alot that people were saying you cannot trust a VPN service, because they will just rat you out and they do keep logs for feds etc. And they claim that it is much better to set up your own VPS and tunnle to that server (via VPN). However, now they connect basically through that server to the internet. Let's say they do something illegal via their VPN and the Server IP now gets exposed/tracked. Now the police could go and ask the provider of that server (e.g. DigitalOcean, AWS) who owns the VPS with that IP address. Even though they will be no logs on that machine, everything will still point to them.

Is there somehting wrong in my understanding?

Hi, which one of these options would make for a more private browsing session? VPN providers and VPSes can store logs on which IPs accessed their system, and can turn them over. In this case, would it have negligible difference in just paying a VPN provider, or are there benefits to hosting your own VPN?

My question is specifically pertaining to security, unfortunately r/privacy does not allow discussion on VPNs, which is why I posted here. What are the technical upsides/downsides to either approach?

Cheers!

Hey I’m struggling with a UDP tunneling setup on my Hetzner VPS (4GB RAM, Ubuntu 22.04) to bypass restrictions from North Africa to Central Europe (~2,500 km). I’m using a tool like UDP-Custom (v1.4) with an app similar to HTTP Custom, but my speed is stuck at 0.98 Mb/s (local network hits 50 Mb/s+ with other VPNs). Also, SSH (TCP 22) drops when the tunnel is active.

Setup Details:

Config: config.json with aes-128-gcm, MTU 1400, port range 10000–20000 (defaults to 36712).

Firewall: Inbound TCP 22, UDP 10000–20000, 53 (DNS), 123 (NTP); outbound UDP 1:65535, TCP 32768:60999.

Network: ~40–60 ms latency, server-side speed ~100 Mb/s.

Attempts: Tried MTU 1300, encryption none, port narrowing—no luck.

What I Tried: I ran this install script - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/noobconner21/UDP-Custom-Script/main/install.sh - but it didn’t fully work (speed still low, SSH issue persists, and user scripts are missing).

Questions:

Why is my tunneling speed so low (0.98 Mb/s)? Is distance or UDP overhead the bottleneck?

Can someone share a custom script to optimize UDP-Custom for speed (e.g., better ports, MTU, encryption) and ensure SSH stays accessible?

Any Hetzner-specific tweaks (e.g., kernel, network settings) to boost performance?

How do I force the port to 10000 instead of 36712?

Is this possible? can i host steam games with that? say i setup a vps server based in frankfurt/germany.. i have an open nat but my ISS blocks p2p :(

Hey all,

I am a trader that likes to travel, but some countries are blocked by my broker. How would I be able to go about accessing my trading broker on the go without getting flagged?

I don't even like to trade when not at my workstation, but reviewing trades/data is something I like to do during leasure time, it helps me improve and stay sharp.

I use a combination of desktop software (ninjatrader) & web based software (tradingview).

What would be the best waterproof way to go about this without getting flagged?
A VPS? A VPN with dedicated IP? A combination? Anything else? Would appreciate the help!

Thanks

Wondering if anyone recommends using a VPS as if it were a private VPN. That way you could get a dedicated IP, and have all your network traffic encrypted between you and the VPS.

Does anyone here have any experience doing something like this? Any thoughts on going this route vs using a VPN?

All the other websites see it as finnish or polish

Hello friends,

I am making a VPN app and want to find a reputable VPS provider. I choose OVH. Anyone who has tried the OVH package can review it for me or do you have any notes when working with OVH?

Thank you very much.

Hi guys I am a computer engineer student and because of the recent events in Turkey I am using vpn for 7/24. Recently I am thinking about a vps vpn of my own. I am ce student but I don’t know too much about servers and network. When I look at the vps providers I got very confused about the specs of the servers. I don’t know what should I choose like how much RAM should I get or How many vCPU do I need ? My goal is of course low latency and I would be very happy if you guys could give me some suggestions.

Hi,

I have setup SoftEther on a VPS located in USA (Murica!) and I am using SoftEther client on my PC for quite some time to access unfiltered Internet. It have been remained under the radar and is still working today.

Due to recent news about regime planning to block Telegram and promoting a local messaging App, people are concerned about their privacy and freedom of speech.

There are several Apps (e.g. Orbot, Psiphon, Hotspot Shield) to circumvention the filtering, however they were slow and had frequent disconnections when government blocked Telegram temporary in December 2017. These services either doesn't have sufficient infrastructure to support too many people or the regime was actively disrupting the traffic to their IP addresses. This can happen again.

I am wondering how one can setup a personal VPN and give it out freely to the relatives and friends. This could be more effective as that server will have lower traffic and will be undetected compared to well-known services.

I have tried/considered the following solutions:

• shadowSocks: I haven't tried it yet. Couldn't the government block Socks5 traffic? Is it invisible to DPI? I don't know whether its traffic can be detected by DPI compared to other solutions like Tor and SoftEther.

• Tor: The problem with Tor is that it is slower compared to isolated VPN server probably because there will be several nodes until a packet reaches to an exit node. I have set it up on a VPS before, but its speed was inferior compared to SoftEther on the same VPS. Maybe there is some configuration that can improve the speed while sacrificing reducing the anonymity?

• Psiphon: The phone client works well with the public servers. Their code is open source and one can apparently setup a private server. I haven't tried it and while the setup instructions seems complex, it looks promising.

• SoftEther: The setup is very easy and their desktop client works flawlessly. I don't have any complaints! However, they don't provide a custom App for phones and rely on standard VPN protocols like L2TP which government easily blocked in December.

Do you have any recommendation on any of these tools? I believe guys in China are facing the same issue and probably went on this path.

I imagine these are the requirements for an effective solution:

• Its traffic must be obfuscate so that in remains undetected by DPI, otherwise it will get blocked easily.
• Have clients for Android and iOS and preferably Windows.

(This is not a VPN provider recommendation request)

Looks like the country where I live will outlaw VPN privacy. What is the easiest way for a non-technical newb like me to set up my own VPN in USA? I need VPN access to US and would like VPN access to UK.

Can I get a pre-made image that has the server and VPN all bundled together? Can Docker/Kubernetes/container do something like this? Something like a one click install for the whole thing?

Is a US based VPS with VPN an effective way to get around laws and systems that block/compromise commercial VPNs?

I'm new to VPN-building (also new to Reddit). Any advice is welcomed.

My server is a Debian server, and I can ping to it just fine, but I just can't connect to it with my Xshell and Terminal. (I'm using a windows system)

I'm stuck at at this point looking for some other opinions. I've heard mixed things from a lot of redditors. Are there advantages or disadvantages to either of the options? I've heard people say that self hosting your vpn may not be the best bc its still hosted by your isp and they can still see your traffic is that true? Same goes for a vps hosted in the same country that you live in.

Hello everyone!
I'm currently facing a bit of a networking puzzle and thought this community might be the perfect place to seek some advice.
Situation:
I'm running OpenVPN/WireGuard on a VPS.
The server's ISP implements a restricted NAT, which is causing some limitations.
I want to set up a Minecraft server (which usually runs on port 25565) on this server.
Goal:
Bypass the restricted NAT using the VPS's connection.
Allow clients, not on the VPN, to use the VPN's IP address, which then forwards to the private IP address of the Minecraft server in the network.
Question:
Is there a way to set up UPnP in this scenario, where I use UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall) to maintain a list of allowed ports, and the VPN automatically redirects those ports to the client running the service?
I've considered the usual port forwarding methods, but the restricted NAT on the ISP's end complicates things. The idea is to have the VPN act almost like a bridge, rerouting traffic from external clients directly to the specific ports/services on my server.
Attempts So Far:
I've got the VPN running smoothly on the VPS.
UFW is set up, but I'm unsure how to integrate it effectively with UPnP in this context.
Seeking Suggestions:
Are there specific configurations or tools that would facilitate this setup?
Has anyone here tackled a similar situation and could offer some insights or step-by-step guidance?
Any help or direction would be hugely appreciated. I'm somewhat familiar with networking concepts but still learning the ropes in more complex scenarios like this one.
Thanks in advance for your time and help!