Need Help Setting up 2 routers - one with VPN one without

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#284195 6-Apr-2021 18:05

Hi,

I'll try and keep this as brief as possible. My intent is to have 2 SSID's. One primary without VPN and one with. VPN is mainly to bypass geo location restrictions and watch stuff from HBO MAX/ netflix etc from the US.

I have a Fritzbox 7530 which was supplied from 2 degrees. And i recently bought a ASUS RT-AC68U router from trademe which i believe supports OpenVPN client.

Can someone guide me or point me in the direction of how to achieve what i want. I have an iMac as my main computer but also have a surface pro 4. So either windows or mac instructions are fine by me. Also I'm a bit of a noob in this so try to keep it as simple as

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#2687476 6-Apr-2021 19:44

I don't think you'll be able to achieve what you plan to do that the hardware you have. It's something that's super simple with more appropriate hardware (such as a Mikrotik or Cisco router).

If there a reason you've opted for a VPN service rather than just using a DNS based service which would make the approach a lot simpler - unless the DNS causes a CDN conflict with other local services.

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#2687538 6-Apr-2021 20:13

You will need a router than can VLAN tag as well as an Access Point that can VLAN tag

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#2687587 6-Apr-2021 21:59

sbiddle:

I don't think you'll be able to achieve what you plan to do that the hardware you have. It's something that's super simple with more appropriate hardware (such as a Mikrotik or Cisco router).

If there a reason you've opted for a VPN service rather than just using a DNS based service which would make the approach a lot simpler - unless the DNS causes a CDN conflict with other local services.

So any mikrotik/cisco router or should it have special features built in. I was told to look for a router that supports openVPN client functionality hence went for the ASUS.

Doesn't have to be VPN, infact i thought vpn's are the only workaround for geolocation restrictions. can you point me to a good DNS service provider. and a tutorial to set it all up.

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#2687610 6-Apr-2021 22:56

heyroddy:
sbiddle:

I don't think you'll be able to achieve what you plan to do that the hardware you have. It's something that's super simple with more appropriate hardware (such as a Mikrotik or Cisco router).

If there a reason you've opted for a VPN service rather than just using a DNS based service which would make the approach a lot simpler - unless the DNS causes a CDN conflict with other local services.

So any mikrotik/cisco router or should it have special features built in. I was told to look for a router that supports openVPN client functionality hence went for the ASUS.

Doesn't have to be VPN, infact i thought vpn's are the only workaround for geolocation restrictions. can you point me to a good DNS service provider. and a tutorial to set it all up.

Special feature sets - For example your router will need to support VLAN tagging on the LAN so you have two discreet networks over one physical cable

Your Wifi Access point needs to support multiple SSIDe and appoint clients associated with the respective SSID to the correct VLAN

Be careful ROS and IOS routers left on default or basic config can open up your network so you need to have these devices secure

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#2687611 6-Apr-2021 23:10

heyroddy:

Doesn't have to be VPN, infact i thought vpn's are the only workaround for geolocation restrictions. can you point me to a good DNS service provider. and a tutorial to set it all up.

There are two or three good DNS providers that work for this. We don't comment on names in the public forums though.

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#2687633 7-Apr-2021 07:42

heyroddy:

sbiddle:

I don't think you'll be able to achieve what you plan to do that the hardware you have. It's something that's super simple with more appropriate hardware (such as a Mikrotik or Cisco router).

If there a reason you've opted for a VPN service rather than just using a DNS based service which would make the approach a lot simpler - unless the DNS causes a CDN conflict with other local services.

So any mikrotik/cisco router or should it have special features built in. I was told to look for a router that supports openVPN client functionality hence went for the ASUS.

Doesn't have to be VPN, infact i thought vpn's are the only workaround for geolocation restrictions. can you point me to a good DNS service provider. and a tutorial to set it all up.

It's not so much the "special features are built in" it's merely that every high end router has the capabilities you want - and want you want to do is actually a pretty complex setup that requires very different hardware to what you've chosen. I have multiple SSID's at home for example where one SSID routes out my US connection giving me a US IP address.

The problem with a Cisco or Mikrotik approach (or any hardware that's going to be able to to what you want) is that if you need to ask the question of how to do what you want to do, you're probably going to lack the technical knowledge to actually configure it. Setting it up would almost certainly require you getting somebody skilled to do this for you.

A DNS based proxy service is as simple as configuring the DNS server in your router or directly into your PC's or devices if you want don't them all to be using the DNS service.