Skripka
[H]F Junkie
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Like the title says I want something to handle the VPN tunneling for all my network traffic on my LAN....I'm only tunneling to my payware VPN service which then connects me to the internet. Currently do not have plans for other tunneling....
My VPN SP allows IPSEC, L2TP, or PPTP or OpenVPN connections.
Some facts about my setup:
-LAN has a few desktops on it, plus phones, and a pair of laptops at times....currently those devices are WPA2 connecting to DD-WRT wifi router--->Motorola cable modem--->Wide world
-I have a 20MBit-down/2-MBit up cable modem service. I almost always get said rated speeds.
-Even on my VPN provider, I can get those speeds with minimal impact on ping-using dedicated clients on each device.
-I've tried doing the VPNing on my DD-WRT wifi router...and it is severely computationally challenged...instead of 20/2, and I get 4/2 max when having my wifi router tunnel. It is simply not up to the job. I consulted my VPN SP, and they too agreed it is simply the slow-ass wifi router being inadequate to the task.
I'd like to do this on the cheap, and maintaining throughput speeds and ping....I know, I know, I get what I pay for.
What would y'all recommend...cheapest option I may have...is turning an old HP Pentium III 750mHz tower (that isn't good for anything else) into a VPN box and having it be a network DMZ. My worry is simply that said tower isn't up to the job of doing the VPN encryption fast enough either....OTOH this option only requires some time, as the tower is on hand and not doing anything else right now.
Someone locally is selling one of these cheap ($70USD), alternatively:
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-FVS318-ProSafe-Firewall-8-Port/dp/B00006B9HC
But from what I've read, that device won't be able to handle the VPN throughput without bottlenecking either...due to being only moderately less computationally limited than the wifi router I have now. And I sure as hell don't want to spend money on something that does VPN worse than anything I already have....hell even my cellphone can VPN and get me my rated ISP adverted speeds.
What would y'all do, if you were me?
My VPN SP allows IPSEC, L2TP, or PPTP or OpenVPN connections.
Some facts about my setup:
-LAN has a few desktops on it, plus phones, and a pair of laptops at times....currently those devices are WPA2 connecting to DD-WRT wifi router--->Motorola cable modem--->Wide world
-I have a 20MBit-down/2-MBit up cable modem service. I almost always get said rated speeds.
-Even on my VPN provider, I can get those speeds with minimal impact on ping-using dedicated clients on each device.
-I've tried doing the VPNing on my DD-WRT wifi router...and it is severely computationally challenged...instead of 20/2, and I get 4/2 max when having my wifi router tunnel. It is simply not up to the job. I consulted my VPN SP, and they too agreed it is simply the slow-ass wifi router being inadequate to the task.
I'd like to do this on the cheap, and maintaining throughput speeds and ping....I know, I know, I get what I pay for.
What would y'all recommend...cheapest option I may have...is turning an old HP Pentium III 750mHz tower (that isn't good for anything else) into a VPN box and having it be a network DMZ. My worry is simply that said tower isn't up to the job of doing the VPN encryption fast enough either....OTOH this option only requires some time, as the tower is on hand and not doing anything else right now.
Someone locally is selling one of these cheap ($70USD), alternatively:
http://www.amazon.com/NETGEAR-FVS318-ProSafe-Firewall-8-Port/dp/B00006B9HC
But from what I've read, that device won't be able to handle the VPN throughput without bottlenecking either...due to being only moderately less computationally limited than the wifi router I have now. And I sure as hell don't want to spend money on something that does VPN worse than anything I already have....hell even my cellphone can VPN and get me my rated ISP adverted speeds.
What would y'all do, if you were me?
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