VPNTV supports different kinds of wifi and ethernet bridging options for variety Raspberry Pi boards and hats. All of them are described below.
Prefferable setup. Connecting TV to VPNTV's new WiFi network while VPNTV connected to your home router by Ethernet cable.
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Raspberry Pi Zero W or Raspberry Pi Zero W2 board, all with 512Mb RAM minimum.
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Or Raspberry Pi 4, Raspberry Pi CM4 and CM4 I/O Board or Raspberry Pi 3 board, all with 1Gb RAM minimum.
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8Gb SD Card
You can run vpntv on CM4 board with 4Gb eMMC EEPROM chip as well.
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USB Ethernet Hat (for Raspberry Pi Zero W boards only)
Supported (and tested) Raspberry Pi Zero W USB and Ethernet hats.
- WaveShare ETH/USB HUB HAT for RPi Zero. Aliexpress link
- Elecrow USB Hub & PowerManager for RPi Zero V1.0. Aliexpress link
- Raspios Lite (64-bit) or Raspios Lite (32-bit) for setup on Raspberry Pi Zero W (ver.1) boards. For the installation guide refer to Raspberry Pi Image configurtion document.
Full Wireless solution, no wires allowed :) Connecting TV to VPNTV's new WiFi network while VPNTV itself connected to your home WiFi network.
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Raspberry Pi Zero W or Raspberry Pi Zero W2 board, all with 512Mb RAM minimum.
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Or Raspberry Pi 4, Raspberry Pi CM4 and CM4 I/O Board or Raspberry Pi 3 board, all with 1Gb RAM minimum.
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8Gb SD Card
You can run vpntv on CM4 board with 4Gb eMMC EEPROM chip as well.
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USB WiFi Adapter (as second, AP WiFi Interface). Be sure your adapter supports AP Mode in RaspiOS.
Note: You can use adapters compatible with builtin 8188eus vpntv driver. In this case set
wifi_mod_enable: true
inconfig.yml
before running installation playbook.List of WiFi adapters compatible with buildin vpntv 8188eus driver.
- Realtek RTL8188EUS Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter. Aliexpress link
- Realtek RTL8188ETV Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter. Aliexpress link
- TP-Link TL-WN722N V2/V3 150Mbps High Gain Wireless USB Adapter
- TP-Link TL-WN727N V5.20 150Mbps Wireless N USB Adapter
- TP-Link TL-WN725N V3 150Mbps Wireless N Nano USB Adapter
- EDIMAX EW-7811Un V2 N150 Wi-Fi 4 Nano USB Adapter
- ASUS USB-N10 Nano B1 USB Adapter Wireless-N
- D-Link DWA-125 Wireless N 150 USB Adapter(rev.D)
- D-Link DWA-123 Wireless N 150 USB Adapter(rev.D)
- D-Link GO-USB-N150 Wireless N 150 Easy USB Adapter(rev.B)
- D-Link DWA-121 Wireless N 150 USB Adapter(rev.B)
- Realtek RTL8188EU Wireless LAN 802.11n USB 2.0 Network Adapter
- 802.11bgn Mini Wireless LAN USB2.0 Adapter
- ELECOM WDC-150SU2M Wireless Adapter
- Sitecom WLA-1100 V2 Wi-Fi USB adapter N150
- MERCUSYS MW150US V2 N150 Wireless Nano USB Adapter
- Rosewill RNX-N150NUB N150 Wireless Nano USB Adapter
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USB Ethernet Hat (for Raspberry Pi Zero W boards only)
Supported (and tested) Raspberry Pi Zero W USB and Ethernet hats.
- WaveShare ETH/USB HUB HAT for RPi Zero. Aliexpress link
- Elecrow USB Hub & PowerManager for RPi Zero V1.0. Aliexpress link
- Raspios Lite (64-bit) or Raspios Lite (32-bit) for setup on Raspberry Pi Zero W (ver.1) boards. For the installation guide refer to Raspberry Pi Image configurtion document.
Connecting TV over Ethernet to VPNTV's Ethernet port, while VPNTV itself connected to your home WiFi network.
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Raspberry Pi Zero W or Raspberry Pi Zero W2 board, all with 512Mb RAM minimum.
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Or Raspberry Pi 4, Raspberry Pi CM4 and CM4 I/O Board or Raspberry Pi 3 board, all with 1Gb RAM minimum.
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8Gb SD Card
You can run vpntv on CM4 board with 4Gb eMMC EEPROM chip as well.
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USB Ethernet Hat (for Raspberry Pi Zero W boards only)
Supported (and tested) Raspberry Pi Zero W USB and Ethernet hats.
- WaveShare ETH/USB HUB HAT for RPi Zero. Aliexpress link
- Elecrow USB Hub & PowerManager for RPi Zero V1.0. Aliexpress link
- Raspios Lite (64-bit) or Raspios Lite (32-bit) for setup on Raspberry Pi Zero W (ver.1) boards. For the installation guide refer to Raspberry Pi Image configurtion document.