I have an old ASUS RT-AC56U lying around. I want to use it to have a permanent VPN on my new Apple TV 4K 2022 via Ethernet to access Pluto TV. One again VIA Ethernet…
However sometimes I would like to enjoy the Netflix catalogue of my own country.
Is there like an app or an easy way via the website to easy toggle between “vpn on” and “vpn off”
Sorry if such an easy question I am a newbie. Up untill yesterday I didn’t even know I could use my old Asus for anything else .
(my dad pays the HMA VPN subscription I intend to use that VPN provider. I know it’s a shit one but I get it for free )
You can do it from the router command line with the command “service vpnclient1 stop” or “service vpnclient1 start”.
You can trigger that with a script that will ssh into the router and run the command for you. Certain apps can do this on android or ios.
You can also set selective VPN tunneling for only certain IPs on your network in the tomato router config. Such as your Apple TV.
You can also map the physical router buttons to run certain scripts, for example to turn the VPN client on or off…
I’ve also consider installing Merlin if it’s easier to access this VPN switch
Oh man awesome info. I went with Merlin In the end because it’s more noobie proof but I’ll Google the SSH command to learn how to do it
A bit drastic no? Flash the entire router and reconfigure your whole network…
Cool. Feel free to message me if you’d like to know more!