DD-WRT and VPN Help

[mccainm]

I recently moved overseas and am seeking help in setting up a Linksys E3000 with DD-WRT to stream Netflix to a Samsung home theater system. Can someone point me towards step-by-step instructions on picking a VPN service (with US ip) and configuring the VPN option in DD-WRT to be able to stream to the home theater system and my computer. Thanks.

 

[eibgrad]

I'll leave the ultimate selection of VPN provider to you (too many to pick from). But as far as configuring the VPN client, there's plenty of documentation over at dd-wrt.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Static_PPTP_VPN_Client

The one thing I'd strongly recommend is using a separate dd-wrt router for the VPN client by configuring it's WAN w/ PPTP. It's so much easier and adds a lot of flexibility. Anyone or anything that needs the VPN simply connects to the VPN router, but otherwise, uses the primary router. No messing w/ the firewall and iptables.

[primary router]<-- wire -->(wan - pptp)[vpn router]

To that end, you might want to visit StrongVPN.com first and examine their numerous tutorials that describe the process in depth, for many types of VPN clients, including dd-wrt (and they demonstrate PPTP over the WAN, my recommendation).

http://www.strongvpn.com/setup_dd-wrt_pptp.shtml