FreeBSD as a VPN Server/Router

[Stefan Bethke]

Am 10.08.2006 um 01:09 schrieb Christopher Martin:

> Also, the load IPSec (or any encryption method for that matter)  
> places on
> the encapsulating router is non-trivial, so be aware that if your  
> hardware
> is a bit old you may get disappointing performance. I would suggest  
> making
> the hardware at least current low end, or high end from a couple of  
> years
> ago, to get the best performance.

My 533 MHz Via C3 based router does 230 kB/s with OpenVPN while being  
about 75% idle. (My line's not faster, so I don't know where it would  
peak out.)


Stefan
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