Wireguard on plzhans bloghttps://blog.plzhans.com/en/tags/wireguard/Recent content in Wireguard on plzhans blogHugoenThu, 03 Sep 2026 11:08:00 +0000VPN/Remote Access Guide - Which One Should You Pickhttps://blog.plzhans.com/en/posts/121-vpn-remote-access-guide/Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://blog.plzhans.com/en/posts/121-vpn-remote-access-guide/<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>To securely access your home server, NAS, or office internal network from outside, you need a VPN. Instead of exposing services directly to the internet via port forwarding, the basic idea is to connect through a VPN tunnel as if you were on the same network. This blog has posts covering three very different approaches (Tailscale, WireGuard, wg-easy) — even though they&rsquo;re all called &ldquo;VPN,&rdquo; their setup, security model, and operational burden are completely different, so you should pick the one that fits your situation.</p>How to Install WireGuard and Set Up Client Connectionshttps://blog.plzhans.com/en/posts/116-wireguard-install-client-setup/Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:20:00 +0000https://blog.plzhans.com/en/posts/116-wireguard-install-client-setup/<p><picture> <source srcset="https://blog.plzhans.com/posts/116-wireguard-install-client-setup/assets/1_39922a0f-7e83-8083-8055-de3d7910f539_hu_c80ea1d52f8ac1c0.webp" type="image/webp"> <img src="https://blog.plzhans.com/posts/116-wireguard-install-client-setup/assets/1_39922a0f-7e83-8083-8055-de3d7910f539_hu_a57aedad20a50ea6.png" alt="A representative image showing the setup of building a WireGuard VPN on a Linux server and connecting a client" width="1200" height="670" loading="eager" fetchpriority="high"> </picture></p> <h2 id="overview">Overview</h2> <p>WireGuard is a tool that lets you configure a peer-to-peer VPN with simple setup and lightweight performance.</p> <p>This article covers the entire flow of installing WireGuard on a Linux server, configuring the server key, firewall, and service, and then connecting from a Mac client.</p> <p>It goes through server key generation, wg0 configuration, opening UDP port 51820, client Peer registration, and connection verification in order, so you can follow the same steps to set it up.</p>