bengalih
Senior Member
I've got an older Merlin capable ASUS I would like to use at my father's house as a VPN server.
He currently has a router from Verizon as well as an AmpliFi HD device setup and I am not looking to modify his main boxes at this point if I can help it.
I would like to repurpose this extra Merlin device to just sit on the network and only serve as a router for incoming VPN traffic, but not be the main WAN router.
Ideally I would like to connected just over WiFi (some AP Mode? Wireless client? Can this only be done using AIMesh if both devices are Asus?)
If that isn't possible, I can probably hardwire it if required.
But basically I only need it to accept connections as an incoming VPN server to route to other devices on the network and also out the local internet (father's ISP).
Assuming I forward the appropriate OpenVPN ports through his current devices to reach the Merlin box, can Merlin be configured relatively easily to act in this manner?
I won't be able to actually configure it for a couple of months, but I was going to throw the device onto my own network and play around as I believe it should be capable of this.
However before I spend to much time was hoping someone else had done something like this or could let me know if what I wanted to do just wouldn't work.
thanks.
He currently has a router from Verizon as well as an AmpliFi HD device setup and I am not looking to modify his main boxes at this point if I can help it.
I would like to repurpose this extra Merlin device to just sit on the network and only serve as a router for incoming VPN traffic, but not be the main WAN router.
Ideally I would like to connected just over WiFi (some AP Mode? Wireless client? Can this only be done using AIMesh if both devices are Asus?)
If that isn't possible, I can probably hardwire it if required.
But basically I only need it to accept connections as an incoming VPN server to route to other devices on the network and also out the local internet (father's ISP).
Assuming I forward the appropriate OpenVPN ports through his current devices to reach the Merlin box, can Merlin be configured relatively easily to act in this manner?
I won't be able to actually configure it for a couple of months, but I was going to throw the device onto my own network and play around as I believe it should be capable of this.
However before I spend to much time was hoping someone else had done something like this or could let me know if what I wanted to do just wouldn't work.
thanks.