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Got back from my trip and resume experiments on this. Unfortunately this method didn't work b/c once DHCP is disabled on router 2 (asus router), the laptop connecting to guest wireless network no longer gets an IP. If connecting to the normal wireless network, the laptop does get an IP assigned...

On Asus router Merlin firmware, how to config router 2 LAN interface to a particular IP w/ DHCP on router 2 disabled? Are you saying that the cable should be from router 2 LAN port (any one of the four available) to router 1 LAN port, and leave router 2 WAN port empty? I'll definitely try this...

The primary router is the VPN router which has DHCP and firewall. Asus router is behind it and the USB disk is attached to Asus router. I'll try the static route when I get home from my trip. Thanks for both of your help!

Yes, after I switch to wireless router mode, the USB disk attached to router 2 is only accessible from the new subnet of router 2 (if not in guest wireless network), but no longer accessible from the WAN/VPN interface. Assuming router 1 subnet is 192.168.1.0/24 and router 2 subnet is...

Hi, I have Asus rt-ac56r router behind another VPN router. I currently set up the Asus router in "access point" mode. My goal is to access the USB disk connected to the Asus router via both VPN and LAN. Unfortunately I discovered that in "access point" mode the guest wireless network...

a. I did what you suggested but vpn client still can't ping either LAN or WAN, even before step 3. I had to manually add route "default -> 10.9.0.1" on client side to make it work. How do I push this default gateway to client side? b. yes, that push-remove thing works! Client can definitely add...

I'm new to networking and trying to setup an openvpn server which allows two vpn clients, one user to access both WAN and LAN, and the other WAN only. With Martin's help on the asus wireless forum, I've figured out a solution to do this using static IP. My LAN subnet is 10.0.0.0/24 and VPN...

Thank you so much for the help so far! I've figured out a solution based on static IP. Still can't get it work using subnets but I'm moving this conversation to the merlin forum as you suggested.

Also, it seems that after a router reboot, my change in route and iptables are gone. How to make them sticky? a cron @reboot job?

Thanks for the additional tips. Will the "stopping br0" approach cause problem if both users are connected to vpn at the same time (the WAN only user would drop the LAN access for the other)? Because of this concern I'm trying to do the multiple subnet method but got stuck. Can you help to...

Thanks for the pointer, I've got step #3 figured out. Now my customized script can do different things for different vpn users. However since I am not a network expert, how do I get step #4 done? What commands should I add to the custom config file passed to my script, so that I could make user1...

Hi, I recently bought a asus rt-ac56r router for a home office and upgraded with the latest merlin firmware. Good thing is that the openVPN server was easy to setup, and the firmware (web interface) allows two options, 1. allow access to LAN only; or 2. allow access to LAN and to redirect...

Hi, I recently bought a asus rt-ac56r router for a home office. Good thing is that the openVPN server was easy to setup, and the firmware (web interface) allows two options, 1. allow access to LAN only; or 2. allow access to LAN and to redirect internet traffic. My situation is that we want to...