So I want to get a VPN for web browsing only. My family has a few devices ( smart phones, laptop etc ) and I want to setup this Netgear R7000 router with Kong’s DD-WRT. Question is, can I set it up to only VPN say the desktop and cellphones but leave the ps4 alone? Is it difficult to do that?
Yes. Definitely doable. Take a look into pfSense. RaspberryPi can do it too but this is literally the perfect use for a pfSense setup.
Yes, I have mine setup this way using DD-WRT. There may or may not be a guide from your VPN provider on how to set it up in DD-WRT (mine did). But basically once you have the OpenVPN Client configured under Services, there’s a section for Policy Based Routing. Simply add the IP addresses of the devices you want to go out of the VPN in that list and that’s it.
Thanks. Will do later tonight.
With that raspberry Pi, how hard is it going to setup? I’m a little confused on all if it… from having FiOS set up the ONT a certain way, to configure it all etc.
Its going to be a lot to line up etc. But in the end it may not seem like much.
So looks like I may just run openvpn on the PC or device that I want protected. Seems either all or nothing. I don’t want to get too complex here…
Yup. pfSense will do all of this. I have mine configured so all DHCP addresses go through VPN, and anything outside of that range doesn’t. That way if I need something to not go through the VPN, and I can just give it a static address. You can configure it however you want though.
I do the same with my pfsense router. Works like a champ!
This worked for me. I’m able to route my Roku box through my router to my VPN without needing every device going through to my VPN.
Thanks.
Good to hear! Hopefully OP was able to figure it out as well haha.