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RBK852 behind DDWRT VPN
Hi network gurus. Bit of a confused networking novice here. I've got an R7000 running DDWRT mainly for the policy based routing for specific IPs through a VPN client. I'd like to relieve it of DH...
FWIW I run Opnsense using Wiregard VPN via PIA. I use policy based routing for certain systems. I have the Orbi in AP mode which is no more than a dumb wireless switch. DNS request are handled by PiHole. I keep DHCP on Opnsense but could easily service them via PiHole.
Do you use a different subnet for your policy based clients? Or do you route traffic based on clients IP? I do the latter. I do have a subnet setup for guests that come to the house. That is run through a different vlan and that vlan has seperate WIFI APs. I throttle that subnet throughput. I have a rule setup to direct DNS requests on the guest subnet to PiHole on the home network. All works good.
I built a Proxmox server that runs Opnsense in a VM, along with a few Windows 10 and Linux VMs. One of the Linux VMs is running Plex. I passthrough a GPU to Plex for transcoding. All works great.
Thanks for the info! At the moment I'm running the orbi in AP mode and the R7000 is dealing with the VPN. The traffic is routed based on IP. I've not used Opnsense before so I'll have to look into that too
I ran DD-WRT for many years. Went to a MicroTik router then over to Opnsense. Opnsense is very feature rich, has great community support. Runs great in a VM. I also have a Supermicro XEON Atom box loaded with Opnsense for backup. Opnsense is a fork of PFSense.