VPN for WRT54GL and Mac

[amrogers3]

Hello all,

I would like to setup VPN on WRT54GL. I am currently running "DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/12/10) vpn, (SVN revision 14929)"

Is this the best/easiest route to go to set up VPN on my linksys?:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/VPN_(the_easy_way)_v24+

Also, I have a Mac and I understand I need to run Tunnelblick as well.

Thank you for your time.

 

[diizzy]

Don't bother as it'll crawl at best...
//Danne

 

[amrogers3]

Don't bother as it'll crawl at best...
//Danne

I am just using it for remote surfing.

I was also thinking about getting a synology and using it to set up VPN but a WRT54 I had lying around seemed like a good idea to try.

 

[diizzy]

To answer your question, probably. I would imagine you running out of memory quickly though on a WRT54GL.
//Danne

 

[Phog]

VPN performance on consumer routers is terrible. The Synology (depending on the model) has very good SSL throughput.

 

[Stugots]

I use VPN on my Synology NAS. I get acceptable performance through that. Never really tried stressing it too much though.

If you have any spare hardware or want to invest the money, you could put together a pfSense firewall and replace the WRT54GL router completely. You can configure the WRT54GL as an access point and continue using that for wireless.