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asperber
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Dec 09, 2022

Orbi Whole House VPN

How can i funnel all my internet traffic (house wide) through a vpn on my orbi router (without having to install a vpn client on each device)

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  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    Guru - Experienced User
    Dec 09, 2022
    asperber wrote:

    How can i funnel all my internet traffic (house wide) through a vpn on my orbi router (without having to install a vpn client on each device)

    Netgear does not provide this feature on any WiFi routers.  (There is a third party developer who has added this feature to one specific product, the original RBR50 WiFi router.)

     

    There may be other routers which offer this feature. That router could be connected to the Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the Orbi router could be placed in Access Point (AP) mode and connected to the new router.  Ubiquiti Edge routers appear to be capable of this. See, for example: https://lazyadmin.nl/home-network/edgerouter-as-vpn-client/ 

     

    In AP mode, the Orbi ceases to perform "router functions", such as assigning IP addresses, Parental Controls, Bitdefender Armor, resolving DNS queries.

     

    If this is really important and you are up to the technical work, then this is the only solution.