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    How to setup remote PiVPN/Pihole/Unbound DNS Server

    in Networking

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    Free PiVPN/Pihole/Unbound DNS Server for on-the-go using Linux (both the server and your computer) 

    By: Badduxx (taken from WNYG Discord server 2/9/2021)

    Create the instance

    1. Create or sign into your AWS account 
    2. In the services menu in the upper left part of the screen click EC2 
    3. Click Launch Instance 
    4. Select Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (HVM), SSD Volume Type / x86 
    5. Select the entry that says “Free Tier Eligible” 
    6. Click on the tab “6.  Configure Security Group.” 
      • Click “Add Rule” Choose HTTP from the dropdown and specify port 80 in port range box 
    7. This will allow for your http traffic to be sent and received on the server you are setting up so that your phone traffic can be forwarded successfully. 
    8. Click “Add Rule” again and select custom UDP and specify port 51820 in port range box 
      • This is the port that Wireguard (which we will set up through PiVPN later in the directions) 
    9. Put 0.0.0.0/0 in Source for the UDP Entry 
    10. Click “Review and Launch” 
    11. Click Launch 
    12. Choose “Create a new keypair” from the drop down 
    13. Type “pi2go” or some other word you will remember (the command line directions henceforth will use “pi2go.pem” 
    14. Download Keypair to a place where you won’t delete it (I will use ~/Documents) 
    15. Click Launch 
    16. Click the instance ID link in the confirmation message, then again on the following Instance screen 
    17. Copy/note the public IP address for your instance
    18. Open a terminal
      • sudo chmod 400 ~/Downloads/pi2go.pem(Chmod 400 (chmod a+rwx,u-wx,g-rwx,o-rwx) sets permissions so that, (U)ser / owner can read, can't write and can't execute. (G)roup can't read, can't write and can't execute. (O)thers can't read, can't write and can't execute.)
    19. Enter the following command to log into your server using ssh
      • ssh -i  ~/Documents/pi2go.pem ubuntu@your.instance.ip
        • -i signifies that the next entry is the private key file
        • ubuntu is the default name on the Amazon instance
        • The ip is the one you wrote down or copied from the new Amazon instance
      • Type "yes" to add this key to your known hosts
    20. Enter:
      • sudo curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash
      • Press enter until the installer starts working (defaults are fine)
      • Press OK when the installer returns to exit
    21. Enter:
      • pihole -a -p
      • This is the command to reset the password for the web interface
      • type and confirm your desired password
    22. Open a browser and navigate to http://your.instance.ip/admin
    23. Log into the web interface using the password you set
    24. (Optional for an expanded blocklist) If you wish, click on Group Management --> Adlists
      • Open this text file https://1drv.ms/u/s!AsRYx5wd83COjbdrq3rFcne-rhVz8w?e=MtczFr
      • Select All, Copy
      • paste the morass into the address box (it will add all at once)
      • Click Add
      • In your terminal, run:
        • pihole -g
        • this updates your server with the new blocklists and also serves to update exisiting ones.
    25. Enter:
      • sudo apt install unbound
        • installs unbound dns server from Ubuntu's repository
    26. Enter:
    27. Enter:
      • sudo service unbound restart 
      • dig pi-hole.net @127.0.0.1 -p 5335
        • These commands start your local recursive server and test that it's operational.
    28. Enter:
      • dig sigfail.verteiltesysteme.net @127.0.0.1 -p 5335
      • dig sigok.verteiltesysteme.net @127.0.0.1 -p 5335
        • These commands test DNSSEC validation 
        • The first command should give a status report of SERVFAIL and no IP address. The second should give NOERROR plus an Iaddress.
    29. Go back to your pihole web interface, click on settings, then click the dns tab.
      • uncheck any of the other upstream dns providers and type the following into "Custom 1 (IPv4)": 27.0.0.1#5335
      • click save
    30. Go back to your terminal (make sure you are still sshd into the amazon server)
    31. Enter:
    32. ssh back into your amazon server after a few minutes
    33. Enter:
      • pivpn add
      • type a name for your client
    34. Enter
      • pivpn -qr
      • select your client
    35. Install wireguard from your app store
    36. press the plus button 
    37. touch scan from qr code
    38. Scan QR Code
    39. Enjoy -- If you are especially sassy (on ios anyway) to use the "On Demand" setting and have it automatically turn on depending on what networks you are connected to.
    40. If you go to your account page on aws and select billing preferences, you can set an alert if for some reason your instance starts incurring charges (I have not had that happen)  

    Addendum for potentially better unbound performance 

    • Log into pihole admin, navigate to settings, dns, make sure dnssec is unchecked 
      • there is no reason for the pihole to check for dnssec as it will be taken care of by unbound. 
    • Enter: 
      • sudo nano /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf 
      • add a line or change the value of cache-size=0 

     

    October 2018 LAN Party Extravaganza

    in LAN Party Spectaculars

    Posted

    October 13th 2018 LAN Party Extravaganza

    This will be our 23nd LPE Event

    starting at 12 noon

    We are holding a LAN Events at the Buffalo 49ers Club on Saturday October 13th. As always pizza, pop and prizes will be included.

    $15 day of at the door

    Let us know what you are looking forward to playing here in this forum thread.

     

    Pass this invite along and we hope to see you there!

     Buffalo 49ers Club

    144 Mayer Ave, Buffalo, NY 14207

     

    Keep an eye on this thread for more info as it is posted.

     

    Thanks!

    WNYG Staff

    Linksys Router for Xbox One Players

    in xBox

    Posted

    Linksys Releases Xbox One Router

    "According to Linksys, the router can not only detect Xbox traffic but also reduces peak ping by as much as 65 percent, which reduces lag that gamers might experience when playing multiplayer online. Some gamers might find it difficult to buy that claim, but when the router has been certified by Microsoft's "Designed for Xbox" program, there shouldn't be any doubts."

    http://www.techtimes.com/articles/227169/20180508/linksys-outs-router-every-xbox-one-gamer-will-love.htm

    June 2018 LAN Party Extravaganza

    in LAN Party Spectaculars

    Posted

    June 9th 2018 LAN Party Extravaganza

    This will be our 22nd LPE Event

    starting at 12 noon

    We are holding a LAN Events at the Buffalo 49ers Club on Saturday June 9th. As always pizza, pop and prizes will be included.

    $15 day of at the door

    Let us know what you are looking forward to playing here in this forum thread.

     

    Pass this invite along and we hope to see you there!

     Buffalo 49ers Club

    144 Mayer Ave, Buffalo, NY 14207

     

    Keep an eye on this thread for more info as it is posted.

     

    Thanks!

     

    WNYG Staff

    Nvidia reference 780s and 980s burning out

    in Video & CPUs

    Posted

    "Nvidia is long known to use garbage VRMs on their reference boards.... those generally don't burn out without some extreme overclocking involved to hasten their demise...... However now they've even been called out for using far underrated inductors for the VRAM voltage on their high end cards..... and unfortunately these are starting to fail under normal use in high end cards a generation or two old."

    GeForceGTX 780, 780Ti, Titan, Titan Black Edition, 980 4GB, 980Ti 6GB

    Nvidia reference PCBs burning out

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