Hi I’ve just bought the 2TB Umbrel Home and wanted to use it as VPN while using a desktop PC and probably a laptop on our local network at the orphanage for our children where I work Can anybody help (or point me in the right direction on how to set it up with easy step by step instructions on how…

Someone else please feel free to correct me but using WireGuard or Tailscale on an Umbrel then VPN’ing back to the Umbrel on another computer via those two piece of software isn’t actually giving you any enhanced security. Those two piece of software are more for you to access the Umbrel while away…

Thanks for the info skidmore298 - so basically the umbrel device can’t be used like Nord VPN? and hide our IP while browsing the internet on our computer?

With WireGuard or Tailscale you can create a direct connection from a device to your umbrel when you’re not at home. If you want to hide your IP and have some kind of protection online they’re not what you need. The only pro would be to run pihole on umbrel, and make all the internet traffic go th…

Thanks very much Donator for your quick response. I really appreciate it. I was completely confused and misunderstood in buying the Umbrel device as I thought with it being able to run a VPN client - this meant we could browse the web privately. What a pitty. I’ve also got another problem with t…

Also if we can fix this, what would have caused the device to forget our password? Is this likely to keep happening? Thanks

Not being nasty Saul but I think Umbrel isn’t right for you. Computers don’t just forget passwords so the chance is you typed it in wrong. If I was you I’d recommend trying to return the Umbrel, if you can’t do that for whatever reason I would be happy to buy the device off you for whatever price y…

Umbrel has so many other use cases, but for prívate browsing, just use Tor Browser and subscribe to a valid VPN Service. The password issue, there’s no way the machine forgets the pw you inserted the first time. I think it’s better to reset and have a fresh start since it’s a brand new machine

Hi donator thanks for your reply. I can assure you the password has stopped working, it’s a password that I use for another account - and have used for a few years now. I can type it in with my eyes shut. I’ve also had a family member (who I trust) check what I’m typing in and they agree it did w…

You could use Tailscale configured as an exit-node, but that doesn’t hide your IP, it might display the IP of your Umbrel’s network instead, but that’s not hiding. You should use a VPN service for that, like Mullvad, IVPN, LNVPN, etc. Regarding the password, there’s no way Umbrel “forgets” it, if …

Thanks Skidmore Do you have any advice on how I reset it? I’ll give it another go - there wasn’t much stuff on there as we’ve only had it a few days. But I can assure you that password was correct - it worked for a few days on the desktop pc , then i tried on the laptop it worked fine, the day af…

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saul January 18, 2026, 11:06am 18

Thanks Keithsplace

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