How to connect VPN in Apple TV

AppleTV

AppleTV is not a television - it's a digital media receiver developed and sold by Apple Inc. It is a small form factor network appliance designed to play digital content originating from the iTunes Store, Netflix, YouTube, Flickr, MobileMe, MLB.tv, NBA League Pass, NHL GameCenter or any Mac OS X or Windows computer running iTunes onto an enhanced-definition or high-definition widescreen television. For more info about AppleTV, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppleTV
AppleTV has no built-in VPN client, so you need a VPN router to let it use a VPN connection. But that's quite simple; once you have a VPN router (so e.g. a router with DD-WRT firmware support), a possible setup would be: DSL-Modem/Gateway router -> VPN router -> Apple TV The DSL-Modem/Gateway router connects you to the internet as usual. For VPN router configuration, see the article Router configuration. Once the VPN router is successfully configured for VPN, test it by e.g. plugging your computer into it. Verify your IP/location e.g. at http://tracemyip.org to make sure the VPN is connected. Now, connect the AppleTV to the VPN router. What's left to do is just configuring the AppleTV itself. When using a wired network (LAN), the AppleTV usually does the configuration by itself, but you should check the settings anyway. IP Address: should be in the same IP subnet (e.g. 192.168.0.x) as the VPN router Router Address: IP of the VPN router DNS Address: 8.8.8.8 or any other DNS To prevent issues, you should deactivate the integrated firewall on both routers, enable options like PPTP+L2TP+IPsec passthrough and creating port forwarding rules (at least for VPN related ports) is also a good idea. For more troubleshooting info, see: http://wiki.hidemyass.com/DD-WRT_troubleshooting