Set up router to vpn into proxy server

Question

I have a small network with a single LinkSys router connected to broadband in US via Comcast. I have a VPN proxy server account that I can use with a standard Windows connection, allowing me to have a geographic IP fingerprint in Europe, this is useful for a number of purposes.

I want to setup a 2nd router that automatically connects via VPN to this proxy service, so any hardware that is connected to router 2 looks as though it is originating network requests in Europe, and any hardware connected to my main router has normal Comcast traffic (all requests are originating from USA).

My 2nd router is a LinkSys WRT54G2, I'm having trouble getting this configured. Question, is what I'm trying to do even feasible? Should the WRT54G2 be able to do this with native functionality? Would flashing it with DD-WRT allow me to achieve my objectives?

Answer 1

Yes, flashing the router with DD-WRT should work.

You also need to make sure that the two routers are not trying to work on the same subnet - eg 192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.2.0/24.

I've used tiered routers such as you're describing before, but getting them to cascade properly is a bit of a pain - especially if their subnets aren't configurable :)

If they're both WRT54G units, however, you should be good :)