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VPN on a specific network

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adx:
Client side setting is possible but not the best solution in my current setup. My VPN host limits
connection to two clients at a time.

If the router itself is the VPN client, then I can have more than two clients/devices access
VPN (geo-restricted content).

adx:
Hi Pete,

Yes, seems accurate enough. Not sure about what you meant by VPN tunnel taking precendence
over non-VPN tunnel.


--- Quote from: pete on August 15, 2013, 04:15:42 pm ---IE:
I am in the US and I want to hear and watch BBC's IPlayer local radio / video stuff.  I cannot from Chicago.  My options are to create a point to point tunnel from here to the UK.  Then take this tunnel to one radio interface on the wireless dedicated it to the 2.4Ghz radio while still proving regular internet on the 5Ghz radio with the assumption that the VPN tunnel will always take precedence over the non VPN tunnel eh?  Not sure if this the correct understanding?

--- End quote ---

pete:

--- Quote ---If the router itself is the VPN client, then I can have more than two clients/devices access
VPN (geo-restricted content).
--- End quote ---

Yes; because you cannot see what is in the VPN tunnel.  You can also NAT the one connection to many connections such that its only one MAC and IP address from the outside to the inside of the network. You might also be able to request multiple addresses either statically or dynamically assigned from your ISP's DHCP server.


--- Quote ---VPN tunnel taking precendence
--- End quote ---

Once established the VPN tunnel stays up. (relatively speaking).  The checks and balances of VPN keep it up.  Counter to this though is radio propagation (wireless).  Say you are sitting with your tablet with a VPN tunnel connection to the internet and next to you is a peer with a non VPN connection to the internet.  You are next to your home Microwave oven and turn it on to heat up some food.  More than likely the RF noise will be detrimental to the wireless connection and your VPN tunnel and your peers not VPN wireless connection will drop.  This is different though that a wired VPN connection taking up all of the pipe staying up and connected.

adx:
Pete, thank you for all the explanation. i just need to digest it and read up some more.

right now i'm just not savvy enough to tinker with advanced networking settings.

I guess I made things confusing because of my statements about getting "full speed"
connection when actually my real problem really is the hassle of changing WAN
connection settings when switching in and out of a VPN connection.

For now, it seems, my wish would be that one-touch solution to switching
between WAN connection settings. I think this is the simplest and easiest
solution to my problem. I hope Almond+ can provide this.

Thanks again!

adx:
by the way, just to be clear. I currently do not have an Almond router. I'm still waiting for my Almond+ to be released.
So my question/problem is based largely on my current setup of a linksys router with DDWRT.

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