access home network via VPN... here's my equipment so far what else do I do?

[superjet]

Hello to a wonderfully informative website that has helped me review routers and such multiple times to the point I used the data here to buy eqiupment.

My home network consists of several PCs, TVs, gaming devices, etc. One main computer is always on and hosts a lot of media, documents for me. I would like to connect to my home network via a VPN connection.

My whole home is interconnected via full duplex gigabit connections through various switches and the outermost piece is a v1 Linksys e4200 router.

I also have a Cisco-Linksys WRVS4400N v1 VPN router that I would like to put bwtween my cable modem and the current router. Is that possible? I have never successfully configured the WRVS router as a VPN but my networking understanding goes beyond the average user for sure.

http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?pid=80&vw=1&articleid=3733 I found this article on cascading which looks exactly like what I want to do. My main question has to do with which router will be first in the cascade and which one will be the second one. I would like to use the wireless of the e4200 and the VPN server built into the WRVS4400.

Help here please.

Sorry for being relatively new to this, I'm just trying to learn.

If the ASUS dark knight router is relatively easy to configure to use as a home VPN server that would be my first choice but the reviews seem to say it doesnt.

 

[superjet]

http://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?pid=80&login=1&app=search&vw=1&articleid=5040

This article details how to cacade the WRVS4400 with another linksys router but makes no mention of how it will affect the ability to use the VPN server built into the router

 

[superjet]

All the devices still need to be connected and visible across the LAN. Another option I have just thought of would be to put the WRVS4400 behind the cable modem and connect one of the ethernet ports to the WAN port on the e4200.

According to the linksys how to articles this will make the computers connected to the first router invisible to the second router because they will be on different LANs.

That wont be a problem if it will work to connect the second ethernet port on the mobo of the computer I need to access via VPN to the VPN router. The other ethernet port will still be connected to the second router and on the same LAN as all the other devices on the network.

I'm hoping this is all a moot point and even when the VPN router is connected in "intranet router mode" in the settings that it will still work as a VPN endpoint for the whole LAN.

 

[claykin]

Connect WRVS4400 WAN port to cable modem. Connect one LAN port of WRVS to LAN port of E4200.

Configure E4200 as Access Point.
WRVS4400 supports IPSec VPN only. This means you need a client. Cisco offers a free QuickVPN IPSec app you can download through their support site. If QuickVPN doesn't work for you, I'll recommend GreenbowVPN.

NOTE: You may find the VPN throughput speed to be slow. This is a limitation of the WRVS4400.