Should I use a router with AIrVPN or install Air on my 3 devices

[tit2000 0]

Hello,

I have Air on my desktop only for now,it is connected to a ALFA R-36 router via rj45 cable,my wife has a samsung tab and I will be soon adding a laptop which will be connected via my home Wi-Fi.

What is the best choice,having a DD-WRT router whith Air installed or is it only the simplest way ?

Thank you.

Terry

[LZ1 672]

Hello!

 

It depends on if you have the patience to install on a router or not and whether or not your router is beefy enough to run AirVPN. It's of course simplest to just install Eddie, most of the time. As far as i'm aware, the ALFA R-36 isn't a router, it's a range-extender. I would install Eddie on your desktop and laptop. Then install one of the appropriate OpenVPN apps on the samsung tablet. After all, if you run out of device slots, you can just disconnect 1 of the devices momentarily.

[tit2000 0]

Hello,

You're right about R-36,it is a extender but I'm also using it to connect the tab so does it make it a router ?

I will follow your advice for now and install Eddie on my devices for a start,maybe ask for a strong DD-WRT router as a chrismas gift .

Thanks

Terry

[LZ1 672]

There's a link in my guide, in the "First Questions" section regarding the 3 devices limit. There you'll find a link to what a powerful router looks like. But it really depends on how much you want to mess with things, as even the very expensive consumer routers aren't automatically really suitable for handling OpenVPN - as it's very demanding. Thus some people buy small computers and run their own PfSense firewall solution on it, to make it act like a router. So do your research .

 

Besides, even if that extender were a router and you were able to install software on it, it still wouldn't be powerful enough to run things well I think.