VPN

A virtual private network for amateur radio purposes

VPN

Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a networking service offering connection to an existing private network. With our VPN service, we route an IP address of AMPRNet to your device. This would make your device accessible through the internet.

Example Use Cases

• Serve a website from your home, station, or club station
• Serve your webSDR
• Monitor the dashboard of Pi-Star Hotspot
• Build your own DVSwitch Server
• Remote Controlling your AllStarLink Node
• Host your own EchoLink node without a proxy
• Operating a packet radio

NOTE: This is exclusively for amateur radio related research, development, experimentation, or operational purposes.

Requirements

1. A ham license (must not be expired nor revoked)
2. AMPRNet Portal Account (register your own at portal.ampr.org)

Requesting for an IP address

• Search for our subnet on the portal, and request for sub-allocation
• Wait for our agreement, configuration and reply

Timeline

gantt
    dateFormat  YYYY-MM-DD
    title       VPN Service
    excludes    weekends

    section Networking Setup
    Register for an ASN            :done,   asn, 2023-10-01,2023-11-08
    Establish upstreams            :done,   upstream, after asn, 30d
    Configure BGP for IPv6 subnet  :done,   after upstream, 5d
    Request a subnet from AMPRNet  :done, crit, active, ampr, after upstream, 90d
    Configure BGP for IPv4 subnet  :done,   bgp, after ampr, 14d

    section Service Setup
    Configure VPN services         :done, crit, service, after bgp, 5d
    Test VPN services              :done, crit, test, after service, 5d
    Write a guide                  :done, guide, after bgp, 14d

    section Announcement
    Post to local clubs            :done, after guide  , 5d
    Reach out to AR communities    :done, after guide  , 5d