Are you running tomato with OpenVPN? What tomato distribution/mods/plugins/whatever do you use? I've only ever used the stock tomato without VPN and would love to give it a shot.
Scott On Sep 15, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: > Sorry didn't give all the info. One router is bridged to primary and the > other uses tomato going out an encrypted VPN. Haven't had any issues and have > been running 24/7 for over a year. All tomato firmware. > > lopaka > > ________________________________ > From: Naushad Zulfiqar <z00...@gmail.com> > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 6:07 AM > Subject: Re: [H] Using two routers at the same time. but only one for WiFi > > > Wouldn't double NAT be an issue? > > > On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Robert Martin Jr. > <lopaka_...@yahoo.com>wrote: > >> Yes, no problem at all with that setup. I have 3 wireless routers at my >> house. The second and third use the first as the gateway. My network's >> using 3 different subnets so I can prioritize traffic easily. Gaming, work, >> and home/VOIP networks. >> >> lopaka >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Brian Weeden <brian.wee...@gmail.com> >> To: hardware <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> >> Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2013 5:51 AM >> Subject: [H] Using two routers at the same time. but only one for WiFi >> >> >> Got a bit of a problem with my home network. I've got FIOS (which I love) >> but the WiFi signal from the FIOS router is not strong enough to go up to >> our bedroom. Also, it's speeds are not all that great. >> >> A few months ago I looked into setting up a WiFi extender for the network. >> Unfortunately, none of the Actiontec routers that Verizon uses support it: >> >> http://forums.verizon.com/t5/Home-Networking/Actiontec-router-does-not-support-wireless-range-extender-so-how/td-p/553721 >> >> I've confirmed that my router is one of these. I was also told that >> replacing the FIOS router completely was not an option because it's needed >> for the IPTV to function. >> >> So, I was thinking it should be possible to turn off the WiFi portion of >> the FIOS router and add a new router to the network that will handle the >> wireless duties. As long as I set the new router to use the FIOS router for >> its gateway, things should work, right? >> >> Would it be preferable to run off DHCP for the new router and have the FIOS >> router handle those duties? Or should I let the new router get it's IP >> address from the FIOS router and then all the wireless devices get their IP >> addresses from the new router? In that case I'd obviously have to make sure >> they were on different IP ranges. >> >> >> --------- >> Brian >> > > > > -- > Best Regards, > > > Zulfiqar Naushad
