Is it possible to run two routers off of one internet connection?
I have the AT&T internet service with their box that currently has a line running to my router, where two PCs are connected.
Now, I’m also running netflix (using the Roku box), but it doesn’t like my VPN router (keeps showing an error saying “You cannont view from this location” probably because it’s a shell running thru a security company’s servers before the signal gets here)
Anyway, netflix will run on a standard router (not using VPN) just fine.
So, I’m thinking I could run the live internet feed from my AT&T box to a switch so I can split that signal out into two connections…one running to the VPN Router, and the other running to the standard Router.
Think this will work?
If not, how can two routers be setup using one internet connection?
No that article is only showing how to screw up your network by using a $100.00 router instead of a $10.00 LAN switch to get extra LAN ports. In addition to costing more, you’ll be injecting more network problems on your LAN in addition to DHCP conflicts.
You can’t have 2 routers connected to the same ISP connection unless that connection supports multiple devices with different IP addresses, which is highly unlikely for a home broadband. I have 5 static IP’s on my business internet, and on that connection I can have multiple routers connected to the ISP but each router must be on separate external IP addresses.
Yes, you can daisy chain routers – how do you think the internet connection gets through all those routers to get to your house or to get to sitepoint. But that is usually a pretty bad idea unless you have a very specific need and you know what you are doing.
Key question is what sort of VPN router we are talking about? My general inclination would be to use something like m0n0wall that is capable of doing things like VLANs, but alot depends on the VPN hardware.
Well, I bought the VPN router from Witopia.net and I’m using their service.
I guess I could ditch the VPN router and just run their software on my computer (for VPN purposes) and continue using my standard router I was using before trying the VPN router from Witopia.net
That way Netflix will work normally and I’ll still have a way to VPN my computer’s connection to the net.
I’m thinking this may be the quickest route to a solution which is good cause I got work to do…
I can see needing to VPN back into your home LAN – I’ve been doing it for years but why would one need a VPN to access the internet from a normal home internet connection?
Also, I suspect the reason you get the message is because the service appears to be based overseas, and the content deals for Roku are US-only.
Anyhow, you could probably get to where you want to be with a m0n0wall (or smoothwall or pfsense), a few extra nics for VLANS so you could split up the LAN between the VPN-enabled secure zone and the public internet zone.