Re: [H] Using two routers at the same time. but only one for WiFi
Yes. Tomato with openvpn. I followed a tutorial to set it up initially and have only messed with is once since then, to change the IP address of the VPN Server. The router gets set up as a client and auto connects to the VPN server on each reboot. Any clients behind that router go out through the VPN and are not visible to anything else on the network. lopaka From: Scott Sipe csco...@gmail.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [H] Using two routers at the same time. but only one for WiFi 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.comwrote: 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
Re: [H] Using two routers at the same time. but only one for WiFi
So I've discovered that using a second router with my FIOS box is going to be fairly complicated. Here's a list that's been put together of all the various ways to do it and the pros/cons of each: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/16077 I only have a coax drop from the ONT and it's not really an option to run CAT5 from it, so I'm going to have to probably try the dual-bridging option since I need my TVs to work. - Brian On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 3:01 AM, Robert Martin Jr. lopaka_...@yahoo.comwrote: Yes. Tomato with openvpn. I followed a tutorial to set it up initially and have only messed with is once since then, to change the IP address of the VPN Server. The router gets set up as a client and auto connects to the VPN server on each reboot. Any clients behind that router go out through the VPN and are not visible to anything else on the network. lopaka From: Scott Sipe csco...@gmail.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [H] Using two routers at the same time. but only one for WiFi 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
Re: [H] Using two routers at the same time. but only one for WiFi
I'm running Tomato Firmware v1.28 on an older buffalo router for the VPN CLient, just because I already had that version on the router and it had VPN support. . My primary router is an ASUS and is running Tomato Firmware v1.28.9054 MIPSR2-beta K26 USB vpn3.6. It aso has vpn support although I don't use it on that router. lopaka From: Scott Sipe csco...@gmail.com To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, September 16, 2013 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [H] Using two routers at the same time. but only one for WiFi 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.comwrote: 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
[H] Touch screen monitors
Anyone have any recommendations for good touch screen monitors with a 2 or 3 year warranty? Anything from 20 to 27 would be great. T
