On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Eero Volotinen eero.volotinen@iki.fi wrote:
We are working on setting up two private networks linked by a public network which is fast (1 Gbit/s) but potentially insecure. Since the hosts on our two networks need to talk to each other, and do so securely, we have decided to use OpenVPN to connect them, making one gateway a server and the other a client. The connectivity part was easy to establish and worked like a charm. The only problem was, and is, performance.
We have two old PIII-class machines that are being tested for the role of the gateways. We have put new 1 Gbit NIC's in them and they work
Why you are using such a antique hardware?
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Dunno. Antique or not, there are still plenty of things it can do for us - so why not use it? :)
Because they are using a lot of energy compared to i.e. a Draytek Vigor2130. Does gigabit on both sides, 2 VPN tunnels, QoS, all you need and fast. Takes up way less than 15 Watts, earns itself easily back in the first year compared to your old noisy rubbish, and saves thereafter.
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