[vpn-help] Multiple VPN clients behind a Fios Actiontec router

[Whit Blauvelt]

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 11:32:20AM -0500, Mark A. DeMichele wrote:
> Do you have any suggestions on what I would use for the "VPN
> Client/router"?

One way to go would be to get any router which can run DD-WRT well. That's a
Linux variant that can run on some comsumer routers. See
http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index. But it looks like the only IPsec software
available for it is Openswan - which is solid when it works, but whether it
has a configuration compatible with your office hardware I can't say. The
other option would be just to find a low-end computer with 2 nics on it,
install whatever Linux or BSD variant you like, and use ipsec_tools (or
Openswan or Strongswan) to set up the tunnel. May or may not be a trivial
project though.

> Would that config require my local machines to be on a different local
> network than the ISP-provided router?  If so, I think I may lose various
> Fios features.  Or does that "VPN client/router" just work as a
> tunneling device for the VPN and the ISP-provided router gives out the
> local addresses?

It would require a different subnet. For normal traffic it could NAT to a
Fios IP though. Whether that would break Fios features, I don't know.

Whit