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scheppi2003

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Hello to all,

I am trying to set up a home network with 2 wireless router Belkin N600 and Asus RT-N12. With the Asus router I need to create a VPN, to Hide my Ass, while I would like to uses the Belkin Router accesses regularly the internet, without any restrictions.

Is this possible ? Would I need to get a switch in order to get this done ?

This is my first project ever, but I need to move to Mexico and I would like to keep my ROKU (connected to the Asus Router) in order to view US TV and use Belkin to access the local internet with local IP.

Thanks for your help
 
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Fortunately the RT-N12 supports dd-wrt third party firmware. I'd suggest using dd-wrt and configuring its WAN w/ PPTP (instead of the default DHCP), then patching its WAN to a LAN port on the Belkin. Now any devices that connect to the RT-N12 over wire or wireless will automatically be driven over the VPN.

Another option would be to configure the RT-N12 (using dd-wrt) as a “client” (NOT “client bridge”). In this case, you would connect the devices you want to connect over the VPN using wire (to the bridge), but that bridge would connect wirelessly to the primary router (Belkin).

You could even configure the RT-N12 (again, using dd-wrt) as a “repeater” (NOT “repeater bridge”) if you wanted wired and wireless VPN clients at the bridge, and wireless between the primary router and the VPN router.

So lots of options are available.

 
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scheppi2003

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eibgad,

thanks for the answer, however I am a newbie to Networking and looking for a robust easy solution.
The RT-12N, should only work with the VPN for the ROKU and the TV or whenever I would need a different IP Adress than the Mexican one.

The regular traffic from surfing the internet, I would like to route through the Belkin router.

Does that make sense ?

Again Thanks for the help



 
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bill001g

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You largest issue is that neither of your routers support VPN on factory firmware. You will either need to buy a different router or learn to load dd-wrt firmware. It is mostly being careful and following instructions.

The key advantage to load dd-wrt is that it also support ssl-vpn which is sometime easier to make work that pptp. Most commercial vpn routers only support pptp and ipsec. There is a small handful that come with dd-wrt preloaded. You should try pptp first since it generally gives more throughput because ssl uses TCP and much acknowledge each packet. But using tcp is also the key reason you can get it to run though firewalls and such when you cannot get pptp to work
 
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