Hi,
I am a non-techie and need some help. I have spent the last 3 weeks setting up a VPN router, and a few problems still remain. I am all Startpaged out and need direct answers.
Setup
Asus RT-AC5300, Asuswrt-Merlin firmware version 384.13 (just noticed .14 is out, I need to update), OpenVPN client with NordVPN as the provider.
Problem
What do I set these settings to:
Accept DNS Configuration: Strict or Exclusive?
Redirect Internet traffic: Policy Rules or Policy Rules (strict)?
Then I understand I need to add these two exceptions under "Rules for routing client traffic through the tunnel" (assuming the static IP address for the Bitcoin Full Node is 192.168.1.100):
LAN______________192.168.1.0/24___0.0.0.0___VPN
Bitcoin Full Node___192.168.1.100____0.0.0.0___WAN
But should I also add this(?):
Router___________192.168.1.1______0.0.0.0___WAN
Just a reminder (in case it matters), I have enabled Block routed clients if tunnel goes down (Kill Switch).
Thank you so much for any help!
I am a non-techie and need some help. I have spent the last 3 weeks setting up a VPN router, and a few problems still remain. I am all Startpaged out and need direct answers.
Setup
Asus RT-AC5300, Asuswrt-Merlin firmware version 384.13 (just noticed .14 is out, I need to update), OpenVPN client with NordVPN as the provider.
Problem
What do I set these settings to:
Accept DNS Configuration: Strict or Exclusive?
Redirect Internet traffic: Policy Rules or Policy Rules (strict)?
Then I understand I need to add these two exceptions under "Rules for routing client traffic through the tunnel" (assuming the static IP address for the Bitcoin Full Node is 192.168.1.100):
LAN______________192.168.1.0/24___0.0.0.0___VPN
Bitcoin Full Node___192.168.1.100____0.0.0.0___WAN
But should I also add this(?):
Router___________192.168.1.1______0.0.0.0___WAN
Just a reminder (in case it matters), I have enabled Block routed clients if tunnel goes down (Kill Switch).
Thank you so much for any help!
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