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Topic: vpn router

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hi friends

I have two AP linksys wrt54g, wanted to make vpn between them, which and the best form, pptp, openvpn? net - ----ap1 ======== AP 2 net
192.168.1.x                192.168.2.x


how I make this, I exist some form?


thanks

I use openvpn and have had good results. Bandwidth is limited by doing the encryption in software, so you'll only see 2-3 mbit/s.

I have no experience with pptp.

Oik

I've got OpenVPN running on a WRT54GS, and have found it significantly affects throughput.

With the WRT in client mode, throughput over wireless without any VPN was about 620kbytes/sec.
With an OpenVPN connection terminated on the WRT, and all traffic over wireless going through the VPN, throughput dropped to about 300kbytes/sec.

Looking at the CPU usage during this transfer indicates it's definitely CPU-bound.

I've also tried running a PPTP VPN from a client behind the WRT, and as expected, it had a negligible impact on throughput, as its not adding any overheads on the WRT, as the PPTP VPN was terminated elsewhere.

Cheers,
Martin.

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