DD-WRT Question: 2 routers. 1 local network. OpenVPN on one.

[Slick5150]

I'm trying to setup something along these lines:

Router 1: DD-WRT installed. Connected to cable modem.

Router 2: DD-WRT installed. WAN connected to Router 1. Has OpenVPN client running to run all internet traffic through a VPN server.

It works fine, but I'm trying to figure out a way to get them both on the same local network so that devices can see one another regardless of which router they connect to. I tried setting up router 2 as an access point and disabling DHCP but while that succeeded in putting everything on the same local network, OpenVPN stopped working at that point.

Anyone have any thoughts on how to make this setup work?

 

[master_shake_]

unplug the wan on the second router and plug it in to a regular port then add 1 to the ip addy

ex. 192.168.0.1 for the first
and 192.168.0.2 for the second.

like this mess

 

[Slick5150]

Thanks. Tried that. It works in terms of putting the two routers on the same local network, but when connected to the 2nd router it doesn't route the internet traffic through the OpenVPN server anymore. Any idea what's causing that or a way to fix it?

 

[master_shake_]

how is it not?

i mean if the first router is the gateway to the internet then how is the second router not putting all its traffic through the vpn?

 

[Slick5150]

how is it not?

i mean if the first router is the gateway to the internet then how is the second router not putting all its traffic through the vpn?

There's no VPN setup on the 1st router. Only on the 2nd one. (I want some devices to be able to connect without going through the VPN and some that I definitely want going through the VPN).

When I have the 2 routers setup with router 2's WAN port connected to router 1, it works (devices connected to the 2nd router go through the VPN), but when I do it like you suggested where they're on the same subnet, traffic on router 2 is no longer routed through the VPN server.

 

[master_shake_]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg-V0gMp7vU

this guy is doing exactly what you want to achieve.

 

[Slick5150]

Hmm. Went through and followed his instructions and it does sort-of work, but the problem (as he explains in the video) is that devices connected to one router still can't see devcies attached to the other in Windows, making network sharing impossible (he suggests the only way to transfer files is to FTP from one to another).

So, unfortunately that still won't solve my problem as I'm trying to get the devices to be able to see each other on the network.

 

[master_shake_]

that sucks