Log Entry: Day 47
I opened a terminal. Pinged the outside server: 64 bytes from ... ttl=52 time=187ms . High latency. But clean. No loss. Configure VPN on HUAWEI E5172
That night, as the generator coughed and the rain hammered the roof, I watched the VPN uptime tick past 8 hours. The "ghost in the antenna" was me. Log Entry: Day 47 I opened a terminal
The router’s LEDs blinked in an anxious pattern. Green. Yellow. Green. Red. Disconnected. High latency
I needed a VPN. Not for privacy. For survival. Someone was watching the packets. Every time I tried to upload the geological survey data, the connection would lag, then drop. A silent tap . The only way out was a tunnel: a VPN.
The log said: "Tunnel established, no data flow."
But configuring a VPN on a 4G router like the E5172 is not like clicking an app on a phone. It is a descent into a hidden menu.