> 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? -- Eero