Do you need advice on how to start a VPN and make a virtual desktop?
Do you need advice on how to start a VPN and make a virtual desktop?
I want to make a special computer that runs like Windows 10 using a network connection instead of a physical one. I have never done virtual machines before, so what is the simplest way to do this?
where are you going to host this virtual machine? figuring that out is step one. once you figure that out, you can move on to the next step. most of the big services already have a way for you to access your VM. though using a cloud service adds an extra cost for licensing Windows, you still need to pay for it even if you're using it in a virtual machine. usually just using SSH to get there will be fine, which means you don't need to set up or run a VPN to reach it.
To get the best site-to-site VPN connection, you need two separate spots for it to work well. On one side, use a static public IP address because changing it later will be very hard and annoying. Both OpenVPN and WGL (WireGuard) are easy to set up with just config files. But make sure you pick the right encryption codes since older ones might not work as intended. For OpenVPN, turn on AES-NI for Intel devices along with specific stream ciphers; this saves a lot of CPU power but limits speed to about 100 to 300 Mbps. WGL uses less CPU but can handle speeds over 1 Gbps because it has newer and faster codes. Some routers already have good built-in features that do all the heavy lifting for you. PFSense is one great example, though there are probably others like that. To get the easiest setup (EZ mode S2S), you need to mirror your connection on both sides. You can build this yourself but must know how to set up routing, firewall rules, forwarding settings, and make sure all client and server parts work together. The main problem with site-to-site VPNs is that you cannot have overlapping IP ranges (CIDR). This could be a big deal if you have many different things set up that are hard to change later on.