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One of my relatives is out in UAE. They use a laptop vpn connection when they want to get iplayer working, but it's a hassle, I want to configure the wifi to do this - I'm thinking about getting them a roku device for xmas.
They already have wifi, which I want to leave unaltered, as they don't want everything to be using vpn. Can I get them to plug in another wireless router and piggy back that to be another access point that is permanently connected to the vpn service at a router level?
Can you chain wireless routers by plugging a LAN cable from one router to another?
I keep seeing dd-wrt being mentioned, do I need to install it on the router?
Any suggestions for the device I need to buy?
Thanks
You're running a 'laptop' vpn connection- presumably you mean the client on the machine is doing the vpn?
If so, there's no need to tunnel everything back to your iPlayer proxy (or whatever it is you're running.)
You can split-tunnel on the client, normally, so that only the 'interesting' traffic needs to be encrypted- the rest just follows the default- so it would just go directly to whatever destination on the internet is required.
So, whats the client?
And yes, you can certainly chain routers together, but would need to carefully set up the routing on each to 'tell' it about its adjacent router, the internet, the local LANs, and other stuff.
Yes you can chain routers and you can encode the vpn login into some more sophisticated ones. The easiest way to sort what your relative wants is to connect the laptop direct to the TV eg by HDMI out or VGA / DVI connector and a jack plug wire for sound to tv audio in. I used my MacMini in this setup when I was living abroad.
It sounds like you want something like this :-
https://www.overplay.net/setup/vpn.php#vpn_router
In my view though it's easier to use their smart dns service , all you need to do is point the PC's DNS at the one they provide (it's not free though)
Yeah.... if you just want iplayer, get a smart DNS service. I use [url= https://www2.unotelly.com/home#1-experience ]Unotelly[/url]
I think it's about 5 AUD a month, which is what others seem to be as well. I've been using it for about 2 years here in oz - hasn't missed a beat in that time.
thanks.
they have a laptop, but no hdmi. So to help I was thinking of removing the laptop out of the equation, and just get the roku to use the hdmi on the tv via a vpn separate access point. they're using purevpn as the uk link.