What router is best to run PIA on?

T_HawkT_Hawk
in Other Devices VPN Setup
Hello,

I currently have a 7 year old Netgear D6200 and it frankly isn't up to the task, wife continuously complains about dead spots in the house.

I am wanting to upgrade my router to something with much better coverage and is excellent at running PIA on it (don't currently have it but that's the plan). What are your suggestions? Thanks. 

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    Hello T_Hawk, 

    Thank you for the inquiry. Unfortunately, there is not a single best router for our service. Almost any router with VPN capability could work with our service. However, we only offer ready VPN setup guides for routers using specific router firmware. Here is a list of routers compatible with each of the currently supported firmware types: 

    DD-WRT -- http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices
    Tomato -- http://tomatousb.org/doc:build-types 
    Pfsense -- https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/What_hardware_is_supported 
    https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/IPsec_Compatibility#IPsec_Compatibility 

    However, if you can not locate your router within the above lists, it would appear that we do not support your router or your router does not directly support VPN services. 

    The directions for router-based VPN setups for this firmware can be found on this page: https://helpdesk.privateinternetaccess.com/hc/en-us/sections/204236038-Setup-Guides-Router. 

    In all likelihood, you will need to install ("flash") such custom router firmware onto your router. Please be aware that router flashing falls outside our support scope, and doing so would be at your discretion and liability. 

    It may be possible to configure VPN use on stock or other firmware, provided it has VPN configuration options, but we would not have a ready guide for its use. - PIA CS TEAM
  • netfiinetfii
    Keep in mind that running openvpn connection on your router will most probably cap your transfer rates since most cheap or not so expensive routers have relatively weak hardware that struggles at doing encryption. So if you care about transfer speeds you either have to stick to expensive and powerful routers (ideally with hardware encryption support) or keep running vpn on client hardware which is more powerful then most routers out there. Theoretically using wireguard instead of openvpn could increase transfer speeds on router, but there is no schedule yet when it will be available for router setups.
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