However, the problem with that is that I cannot directly access the FritzBox as multiple streams which in turn takes some functionality away from my Fritzbox. For example, Fritzbox is capable of streaming TV to 4 Devices but if I connect from the DDWRT router it only counts it as 1 and so streaming on more than 1 client results in stream corruption and errors.
Is there a way I can overcome this? I tried switching the R8500 to Router mode and setting the Fritzbox as the DHCP but then I couldn't get the VPN VAP to function anymore. Like OpenVPN would be connected and I could get an IP and everything from the router but I'd have no internet access!
Also does anyone know if I can route a specific VLAN to a Virtual Access Point? Because then I can just host the OpenVPN connection on a Virtualized PFsense which is a lot more stable and has a lot more throughput!
I just did a trial run where I setup a clean formatted DDWRT to WAP as the guide and connected the OpenVPN connection + assigned a DHCP client for the Wlan1.1 (VAP). However, I am unable to get an IP from the router which means I cannot connect to it unless I set Static IP. Even after connecting to the VAP I still have no internet access through it!
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VAP's on broadcom are problematic here an excerpt of my notes:
After you are done: REBOOT!
Very important after each change you have to reboot otherwise you will not get a DHCP address
From approximately mid 2018 VAP's on Broadcom units are problematic, you cannot connect or do not get an IP address. There are workarounds :
1) When VAP is not working at boot; workaround startup command Administration/Commands, Save as Startup:
sleep 10; stopservice nas; stopservice wlconf; startservice wlconf; startservice nas;
2) Alternative way to get VAP working: https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=317181
3) An other user reports the following workaround (save as startup):
sleep 4; stopservice cron; stopservice wlconf; wlconf eth1 up; wlconf eth2 up; startservice cron;
https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=319412
4)This one is from @Redhawk (guaranteed to work ):
sleep 20; stopservice nas; wlconf eth1 down; wlconf eth2 down; wlconf eth1 up; wlconf eth2 up; startservice nas
VAP's on broadcom are problematic here an excerpt of my notes:
After you are done: REBOOT!
Very important after each change you have to reboot otherwise you will not get a DHCP address
From approximately mid 2018 VAP's on Broadcom units are problematic, you cannot connect or do not get an IP address. There are workarounds :
1) When VAP is not working at boot; workaround startup command Administration/Commands, Save as Startup:
sleep 10; stopservice nas; stopservice wlconf; startservice wlconf; startservice nas;
2) Alternative way to get VAP working: https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=317181
3) An other user reports the following workaround (save as startup):
sleep 4; stopservice cron; stopservice wlconf; wlconf eth1 up; wlconf eth2 up; startservice cron;
https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=319412
4)This one is from @Redhawk (guaranteed to work ):
sleep 20; stopservice nas; wlconf eth1 down; wlconf eth2 down; wlconf eth1 up; wlconf eth2 up; startservice nas
Start with number 4 that is the one I currently use, but YMMV
Thank you! After a lot of restarts and trying the different scripts it seems to be working just fine! However, I was unable to use the PFSense box as I just couldnt get it to work. So i just connected everything to the Fritzbox and using it as a router for now
I had the impression that you wanted a tagged VLAN trunk between the R8500 and the pfsense router.
The Netgear R9000 had suited your setup. It has an SFP port and 4 cores to handle the VPN encryption.
The way you recommended I do it is indeed doable! However, I am too noob to do it, unless there's a guide explaining how!
For the amount of money, I can get an R9000, I can get a RB4011 from Mikrotik which would be far superior in terms of routing and applications as it is based on bonafide Enterprise RoutingOS. I love DDWRT and all but you got to admit that it does have quite a few bugs and limitations here and there!
Why do you create a VAP? The R8500 have two 5 Ghz radios.
Have you enabled MU-MIMO? That will cripple your speed if the clients does not support it. Separate capable clients to one radio and the rest on the other one.
Make a new topic in the Broadcom forum for configuring your wifi correctly.