At risk of sounding stupid, I need some pointers on how to set up a Wi-Fi router and make it as private and secure as possible.
To sound even more stupid, I don’t really know what PiHole is, or why some people route their traffic through a VPN. I suppose my main questions are these:
- What Wi-Fi router should I get?
- How do I configurate it as somebody who is somewhat privacy-conscious but not very tech-savvy?
I don’t really know how regular Wi-Fi routers work, what the common worries are, how/if data is at risk of being leaked, and so on. So, any pointers would be appreciated! Feel free to direct me to any privacy guides, as well. Cheers!
That is a complex problem. When you say router I assume you mean the all in one units? The common off the shelf devices are a router, switch, firewall, dhcp server and WiFi access point. Depending on the hardware they are normally pretty solid for one or a few people. The key thing you should be concerned about is the software on the device. There are plenty of open firmwares for network devices but they normally expect you to have a decent understanding of networking. Software like OpenWRT does have some decent defaults but you need to know things like how to keep it updated and how to create a secure WiFi network in the GUI.
https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/introduction-of-a-router/
https://openwrt.org/