808htfan wrote: > Thanks for the replies, I'll see if I can get PPTP going then. > > If setting up PPTP Server, or OpenVPN Server, options in my router that > means my router becomes the VPN server? and the iPhone/Android device > the client... > Then I see why the streaming may be choppy. > > How does this affect Internet traffic to/from devices behind my router? > > Thanks > > BTW my Asus router model is the RT-N66U.
I looked quickly at the Tomato firmware and it seems that it can be a VPN server (not only pass-through). So, yes your router will become the VPN server. From the "outside", a PPTP request on port 1723 will, after negotiation, assign a private IP address to the client(s) and then performs routing between your client(s) and your internal network. It does not affect the traffic of your devices behind your router, the router performs all routing as usual + makes your client(s) reachable - in other words, if your home is 192.1681.x and you assign addresses in 192.168.10.x range to the client(s), then when the devices behind your router send packets to a 192.168.10.x device, they will send them to your router who is still your default gateway and your router will then forward these to the client(s). This is a very simple setup, nothing complicated, not a lan-to-lan VPN, just client-to-lan. For you usage, the only limitation with PPTP (beyond security considerations) is that, when you are outside, some firewall might block PPTP traffic so you'll not be able to establish the tunnerl and reach your home network, hence sometimes it is preferable to use OpenVPN that can build over port 443 that is never blocked LMS 7.7.2 - 5 radio, 3 Boom, 4 Duet, 1 Touch, 1 SB2. Sonos 2xPLAY:1, PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, JBL OnBeat, XBMC, Foobar2000, XBoxOne (sort of) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ philippe_44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17261 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102819 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
