Hi.
Here is my set-up:
AR300M (192.168.8.1), connected to my ISP router (192.168.1.1)
All clients of the AR300M go through a VPN.
One of the clients of the AR300M is a satellite receiver and what I would like to connect to the satellite box (for example to stream live) when I am in a remote location. I believe this is where the WAN Access menu comes into play but I need some help!
When you have VPN, everything is changed. WAN access is broken. You cannot access your satellite box because it goes to VPN, not normal Internet.
Now I don’t know how you can access your satellite box. But I think you need to open data forward in the vpn interface in the router and also need to set your vpn sever to forward data.
I had a play with this and found something rather unsettling.
First I enabled WAN Access, then opened my unique DDNS addresss in my browser - Success! I am logged into my router (after entering my password and serial number).
I then turned WAN Access off, cleared my browser cookies and tried again…expecting to be denied access. However, I logged straight in! How is this possible?
Secondly (and back on topic), although I logged into my router, I couldn’t work out a way to access my satellite receiver (192.168.8.8) - I beleive this is probably something to do with UPnP but I coudln’t find any tutorials (neither for the WAN Access).