I have a Slate AX and I am trying to configure it as a Wi-Fi client with a VPN connection. I am hoping someone might have advice on how to accomplish doing so.
Basically, I want the router to connecting to a public Wi-Fi network and for that Wi-Fi network connection to server as the WAN/Internet connection. I then want to establish an OpenVPN VPN connection over that public Wi-Fi WAN/Internet connection. Finally, I want to connect client devices to the router (either via ethernet cable or even better via a separate Wi-Fi network) and have all traffic from those devices be routed to the Internet across the VPN tunnel.
The only way I see to use the router as a Wi-Fi client and connect to a Wi-Fi network for Internet is to go to settings menu Network / Network Mode tab and select Extender as the network mode. Doing that, I can connect the router to the desired outbound Wi-Fi network. Additionally, the extender network mode allows me to configure a separate Wi-Fi network to which I can connect client devices. However, when I select Extender Mode, the VPN configuration disappears and appears to be disabled. So close. What I am hoping to do is have the Extender Mode functionality plus the VPN functionality. Is that possible?
The drop-in gateway name sounded promising, but looking at the documentation it appears to only work with wired WAN connections. Am I wrong there? Does anything other than Extender mode allow the router to connect to as Wi-Fi Lan connection?
I suppose I could use two separate devices, one as an extender with an ethernet cable connecting to the other which then acts as an inline router with VPN, but I would prefer having only one device to avoid the clutter. Is the Slate AX able to do what I am trying to do? And if not, does anyone have a suggestion for a different device that would be capable of doing so?
Thanks!