Small VPN Access Device?

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Small VPN Access Device? - Lemmings.world

I think this fits the rules but If this doesnt let me know and I’ll delete. Hey all, Overall problem statement: I’m looking for a small device (SBC if available) that I can use as a tail scale access point for travel and I’m hoping someone has done something similar. Basically I would like to have something small enough that I can toss in my travel bag that I can hook into a hotel network and have access to my home services (mainly jellyfin) on my kindle/work laptop. Not all of my devices support VPN or tailscale and having them already on a known network with built in VPN makes it 10x easier to deal with when traveling (login into hotel WiFi with a kindle Paperwhite sucks!) Ideally it would have dual gig Ethernet and built in WiFi. If this works out well enough I would like to give a few of these to the family so they can access things as well, so cost is a bit important. I found a banana pi R3-mini that I thought would work out of the box (wifi6 + dual gig + small) but it seems too new for full software support with tail scale and I don’t currently have the skills to roll my own software for it. Is there anything out there that you all have used for this type of use case? I know I can switch to wire guard but I’m not confident I can set that up securely and reliably but if that’s my only option I think I did find a good guide. So I’m at a crossroads of learning to build my own openwrt install with the correct packages, learning how to setup wire guard, or asking for recommendations.

These devices have been recommended in the past, and it looks like they can run OpenWRT

www.amazon.com/…/B09N72FMH5

openwrt.org/toh/gl.inet/start

Amazon.com

Yes, OP I highly recommend a GL.iNet device. It’s pocket sized and always does the job.