VPN on one ethernet port only.
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Depends on the router. Most consumer devices I’d imagine not. That might not be the end of the world though. Policy based routing through a VPN is more often done by MAC address or VLAN tagging which might achieve the same outcome for you. For example my Firesticks go out via VPN for US TV services but my Smart TVs do not so I can still use iPlayer. Doesn’t matter which Ethernet port they come in on (via Access Points)
Conceptually what are you trying to achieve and you may get better recommendations to achieve it than what you think you want to do? Is it just one device to use the VPN for US Netflix?
Conceptually what are you trying to achieve and you may get better recommendations to achieve it than what you think you want to do? Is it just one device to use the VPN for US Netflix?
Anything that runs Merlin (Generally ASUS and ARM based CPU eg AC56U/AC68U upwards) will do this, in theory anything that supports VLAN’s and VPN could be made to. I’d caution running a VPN on a consumer grade router if you have a fast connection and want near line speed, generally even the newer multi core ARM based options struggle when running encryption due to the lack of FPU, though they are a lot quicker than the older mips based hardware. That said if it’s just to stream, you won’t care as long as it’s fast enough.
If you happen to have a host that supports docker, that would likely be worth considering though.
If you happen to have a host that supports docker, that would likely be worth considering though.
Agreed (I have one), and much quicker on the VPN side, but you also need to add an AP for Wi-fi and they’re less user friendly than consumer grade hardware. From the way the question was asked and (still no mention of connection type/speed) and with the streaming only requirement, it may not be the best fit?
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Yup that's the end goal. To have one device connected to the VPN for US Netflix.
So like @neodude I use pfSense and this is easily achievable. However it’s quite an investment just to achieve what you want so probably worth going the Mikrotik route as suggested and learn its OS.