Unique Home Network

[sharptj1]

So I have access to multiple Hotspots that come an go from my residence. They are the only source of internet, but there is always at least 1 Hotspot there.

I currently have a Cradlepoint MBR95 that selects the Hotspot to use based on availability and priority.

I want to add a Netgear R6400 to use as a VPN connection for streaming out of region shows.

 

[zoltan.boese]

Do you wish to set up a VPN server or connect to one? The later is possible without extra hardware.

 

[sharptj1]

Would be connecting to one with IPVanish using OpenVPN somehow

The Cradlepoint and Netgear will be in close proximity to each other so a LAN to LAN or LAN to WAN would be easy

The ultimatw goal is to have my regular Cradlepoint unsecured connection for normal stuff then simply connect to the Netgear VPN SSID to secure the connection

 

[bill001g]

If you are willing to deal with which router you connect to you can put the netgear behind the cradlepoint using it in router mode...ie hook the wan to cradlepoint lan.

If you get really ambitious you should be able to tell the netgear which traffic to send via the vpn and which to bypass and send directly. I have not done a vpn on a netgear in a long time so I don't remember which features it has

 

[sharptj1]

I tried that last night, but nothing seems to pass through the Netgear to the Cradlepoint... They ARE on the same subnet

 

[bill001g]

I tried that last night, but nothing seems to pass through the Netgear to the Cradlepoint... They ARE on the same subnet

The wan port should get a ip from the cradlepoint.

You need to set the lan block on the netgear to a different subnet

 

[sharptj1]

Ok I will try thatl... If I were to connect it LAN to LAN, what would be the downside to that?

 

[bill001g]

Ok I will try thatl... If I were to connect it LAN to LAN, what would be the downside to that?

The VPN won't work. VPN on consumer routers only goes lan-wan. Even on a commercial router doing vpn on a single interface is massively complex.

 

[sharptj1]

So I should set the Netgear to say 192.168.1.10 and the gateway to the Cradlepoint IP 192.168.0.1?

 

[bill001g]

Yes and no. The netgear WAN port would be set to a gateway ip of 192.168.0.1 and would for example have a wan ip of 192.168.0.150. I would leave it on dhcp,

The lan ip I would set to 192.168.1.1 just to make things easier you could use 192.168.1.10 but it just makes things confusing.

 

[sharptj1]

Thanks for the help! I got everything set up and now just have to get the VPN stuff working

I have internet connectivity on both 192.161.0.xxx and 192.168.1.xxx subnets

 

[sharptj1]

One last thing... If I were to change the subnet mask from 255.255.255.0 to 255.255.252.0 would the 2 LAN be able to "talk" if they are currently 192.168.0.xxx and 192.168.1.xxx?

 

[bill001g]

no they then overlap. For home networks you really don't need the larger subnet masks. If you would need more than 250 devices active on your network there are many other considerations than just the subnet mask