[dfeng9999]

Hi,

I'm new to DD-WRT, and I'm not exactly tech-savvy.

I have a DD-WRT flashed D-Link DIR-825 modem/router (let's call it VPN router). I use Privateinternetaccess as my VPN provider. I want to put my Popcorn Hour A500, a hard drive media player, behind the VPN router. So the intended set up is: Popcorn Hour->VPN router->standard modem->ISP.

When I configured the VPN router on my PC, via PC->VPN router->standard modem->ISP, I received "connected success" status and i could access internet from my PC fine.

When I placed the VPN router between Popcorn Hour and my standard modem, lights on VPN router all light up blue, meaning all is working fine. However, the Popcorn Hour was not able to connect to the internet or home network.

The Popcorn Hour network settings are:
DHCP: auto
IP: 192.168.0.24
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1 (note: this is the IP of my standard modem connected to ISP)
DNS: Auto
Primary DNS: 8.8.8.8
Secondary DNS: 8.8.4.4

Please see my VPN router's DD-WRT set up in the images below (I can only attach 3).

There must be some simple answer to this. I just can't figure it out myself. I greatly appreciate if anyone can point me to the right direction.

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[dfeng9999]

Thanks a million, JXM. It worked!!! Much appreciated!

Here come a new question:
When my Popcorn Hour's IP address was 192.168.0.24, I could see its internal hard drive from my PC and transfer files through my home network.

My pc's IP setup is:
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.23
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Now my Popcorn Hour has a new set of IP:
DHCP: Auto
IP: 192.168.1.113
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway:192.168.1.1
DNS: Auto
Primary DNS:192.168.1.1
Secondary DNS: 0.0.0.0

How do I access the hard drive on my Popcorn Hour from my home network?

Thanks again!

[egc]

you basically want to connect two subnets from two routers.
there is always communication from downstream (the VPN router in your case) to upstream so from your popcorn device you can reach your PC on the standard router but not the other way around.

I hope that makes sense i have difficulty typing with 1 finger (had little accident)

see attached doc, i am sure jxm can explain

mind you there is no windows discovery and no dlna/media streaming between subnets, if you want that you have to rethink your network setup

[dfeng9999]

Thank you, egc.

Can I change the VPN router's IP address to 192.168.0.x? I guess that won't work, will it?

Hope your finger gets better soon.

[egc]

no you can not.
you can set up the vpn router as a WAP: https://wiki.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_access_point
but do not turn off dnsmasq and leave router in gateway mode.
Problem is that you manually have to configure your popcorn device to use this WAP as gateway (or if your standard router supports dnsmasq you can do it from there)

[dfeng9999]

Thanks egc. You type fast with one finger .

If I have to go manually, I might as well unplug the Popcorn Hour from the VPN router and plug it directly with the standard modem and reset IP to the standard modem when I need to transfer files between my PC and Popcorn Hour.

Is thert any easier ways?

[egc]

the easiest way is to use the ddwrt router as you standard router, then you can do it all with one router.
with Policy based routing you can route the popcorn device through the vpn and other devices through the wan.

[dfeng9999]

Hmmmm,that will slow down the speed of my whole home network.

Also, I'm on a optical cable. I need to flash the optical fibre modem provided by my ISP.

I don't know if you experienced the same, I always got asked to verify I was not a robot when I did a google search behind VPN.

[egc]

on vpn you are indeed a robot

Your best bet is probably to set your ddwrt router as a WAP (see previous post) and set a static ip on your popcorn device with the WAP as gateway, you then have the best of both worlds

[dfeng9999]

Thanks egc. How do I do that? Need a little bit detailed guidance there. No rush, I can wait till your finger is healed.