Hello!! I am seeking advice/feedback on this problem I’m trying to solve, as follows.
Goal: share streaming services with my family outside of my home network
Method: Purchase an ASUS router to run a VPN through my home internet while segregating from my personal home network ran via a second router. Then, have a router set up at family members house that connects to the VPN ( likely, OpenVPN, or whatever else ASUS offers) for their streaming devices to connect through.
At my house the setup would look like this: cable modem > switch > VPN router and personal network router. This will provide greater security to my existing personal network by not exposing it to the VPN. The streaming services ran at my sister’s house would run through the VPN so it appears all streaming comes from the same network.
Thoughts? Feedback? Anything I’m missing or should think of before? Is ASUS hardware good for this solution or is there something that would be better?
I appreciate any input in advance!
The point of setting it at home is so the IP seen by the streaming service is from a regular residential ISP that is less likely to be blocked, a VPS will have a data center IP that is more likely to be geo-restricted.
Ok, I didn’t know about the double NAT issue, thank you for that.
With the VLAN or multiple internal interfaces, is that similar to using subnets to separate the networks? Do you have a hardware suggestion that allows this and the VPN to connect through?
With the VPS, both locations would connect through the VPS to stream? My concern with this is local broadcasts may be lost due to the location of the VPS potentially. Also, in my experience when I was using a commercial VPN to stream the streaming services wouldn’t allow me to stream until I turned off the VPN. Could a similar “detection” occur with the VPS?
Probably true, are you trying to stream content you possess to them or just trying to relay their traffic through your Internet connection to an external source? Maybe I’m all confused and giving you bad info lol
I did get excited about the prospect of using a VPS though because that could offer many benefits including bandwidth and not having to replace routers when they go bad
You can use a VPS as a VPN server that both networks connect to, allowing you to share your own internet connection with others to achieve your goal of violating the streaming services’ terms of use. But there is no solution that will let you share your internet (and thus your IP address) without also being limited by your own bandwidth.
But what SamanthaPierxe said initially is correct, you want a router that supports VPN and VLANs. Look into Ubiquiti Unifi or TP-Link Omada equipment for the prosumer level.
Your solution of trying to connect two routers to the same modem via a switch will mostly likely not work, your ISP needs to support assigning multiple public IPs on the same connection, which usually requires a business internet plan.
