Router based VPN client

[RoyMi6]

Anyone running one?

Currently using Asus RT-N66U (merlin) with PIA but my internet connection for the one computer set up to use the VPN connection drops to 5Mb/s when using it this way.

Reading online this is apparently a limitation of OpenVPN being limited to single core processing OR it could be a conflict with QoS.

In my case I've excluded the QoS limitation simply by disabling it and I'm still seeing the same speeds.

Running the PIA client on my desktop I can easily get full network bandwidth (73Mb/s) so looking for routing device that support a network based VPN client that can go at that speed.

Any suggestions?

EDIT: Should say, the reason only one computer is currently using the VPN connection is because of this massively reduced bandwidth.

 

[RoyMi6]

Aye, as I thought - I can see that it's suffering directly from the performance graph showing 100% CPU usage whenever I fire up some network traffic from the test machine.

I was contemplating getting an Edge Router Lite to compliment my other Ubiquit kit (and make the pretty status icons light up green...) but I'm having difficulty finding information on it's VPN processing ability.

Any idea how well it performs?

 

[RoyMi6]

Yeah, I originally went down the pfSense route (https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18765001) until I found my N66U and started tinkering with it.

Originally I thought I only needed a single extra NIC for my server but the practicalities of that in Windows made setup a bit of a pain.

Think I might just pick up a 3rd NIC (i.e. onboard one for regular server duties and I'd have two NICs for pfSense VM).

My only concern is performance with my i5 processor and the robustness of running my router on my server. At the moment it's very much a secondary piece of equipment meant for file sharing. Running pfSense on it would promote it to being a primary device that if it failed would mean I'd get it in the neck until it was fixed