tonyshaoxu / SmartGW

Domain based VPN Gateway/Proxy for all devices

SmartGW

SmartGW is a VPN Gateway/Proxy that allows you to reroute certain internet domains requests to go through a VPN tunnel while keeping other internet domains goes through your ISP gateway.

Example:

• Your request to netflix.com (from all devices in your network) --> Traffic to netflix.com will go through the VPN tunnel.
• Your request to youtube.com (from all devices in your network) --> Traffic to youtube.com will go through your ISP gateway.

This can help you to:

• Access Geo-restricted content.
• Access any blocked domains.
• Use it with all your devices (Laptop, Mobiles, SmartTV...etc).
• Utilize your full ISP network speed to access any site that you don't want it to go through the VPN tunnel.
• More browsing privacy?.

Features

• Can work with all your devices in your local network (PC, Laptop, Mobiles, SmartTV...etc).
• No need to change any settings in your devices, install SmartGW and configure the DNS in your internet router.
• Simple GUI to check SmartGW status and to add/remove any domain.
• Can be configured as http proxy to redirect all data to go through the VPN tunnel.
• Automatically connect to least busy, low latency VPN servers in a given country.
• Auto retry and auto-failover to next best VPN server if the connection dies.

How difficult it's?

The setup is straightforward, you just need a Linux server in your network with a VPN subscription (below instructions support NordVPN for now).

What Do I need to start?

1. You must have a VPN subscription from NordVPN (The method below can work with any VPN provider, but you need to modify the installation script).
2. A Linux server with a static IP in your local network.

Instructions

1. Install Linux (the instructions below tested with a fresh installation of Ubuntu Server 18.04).
2. Set a static IP in your server.
3. Run SmartGW installer

bash -c "$(curl -sSL http://bit.ly/Install-SmartGW)"

4. Open your browser and type your SmartGW ip (port 8081) (http://Your-Server-IP:8081/) & define which network interface to use.
5. Define SmartGW IP address as the only DNS entry in the router.

Log into your router’s configuration page and find the DHCP/DNS settings. 
Note: make sure you adjust this setting under your LAN settings and not the WAN.

6. Enjoy!.

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