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Netgear Orbi configured for VPN Passthrough
I have a second dedicated VPN router I am planning to configure as a second router behind my existing Orbi router - on a different subnet. I am looking to understand how to set VPN passthrough on my...
Thanks for the initial thoughts. Here's a bit more detail on what I'm trying to accomplish and my information sources thus far. I'm not a networking guru by any means. I have an existing Orbi-base Wifi network I wish to maintain as-is. My objective is to put all my Roku and Android TV's behind a VPN which means a VPN like Express VPN or Nord VPN. Almost all my Roku and Android TV devices are hardwired Ethernet so I plan to disable the Wifi on the second VPN router I purchase/configure. I am researching using FlashRouters to flash a second router with DD-WRT in order to make that my "VPN Router" (looking at a Linksys WRT1900ACS router to use for this now). I am following some directions I found (Dual-router setup w/ a dedicated VPN Router: A step-by-step tutorial (vpnuniversity.com) on how to configure a VPN Router to sit behind an existing Wifi router using a separate subnet to keep the two networks separate. This article indicates you must configure the "front end" router (Orbi in my case) by enabling "VPN Passthrough" to allow all VPN traffic to pass through the the Orbi and back from the VPN server. I just can't locate any "VPN Passthrough" settings on my Orbi router.
randerton wrote:
I just can't locate any "VPN Passthrough" settings on my Orbi router.
That is correct. The Advanced Tab, Advanced Setup, Port Forwarding page has a number of very common pre-defined port forwarding rules (starting with FTP at the top). What you want is to create a Custom Rule that identifies the specific TCP/UDP ports needed for your VPM model. I would check with Express or Nord for which ports they use.
Very helpful and much appreciated. I will check with the VPN manufacturers to fins which ports they use. Due to travels it may take me 3-4 weeks to put all this into action but will report back...
Orbi(s) are great but maybe a PC Engines APU2E4 would be a better fit? You can use OPNsense on the APU and you have multiple LAN ports. Techincally a LAN and Opt1 port would be setup. You can apply duckdns to the WAN port for remote (via OpenVPN) to home access. I'm not really sure with this use case, just spit-balling.
Jason
Thanks Jason - I'm already too heavily invested in the RBR50 Mesh network (with two satellites) to consider a primary router/mesh network change. I'm only trying to add a VPN router to my existing configuration to support multiple Roku/Fire Stick type devices. Thanks again.