[wellylug] Linux VPN Router Hardware

[Ewen McNeill]

In message <20050804030859.GB31061 at ninja.nobiscuit.com>, Nigel Roberts writes:
>On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 at 15:00:01 +1200, Donald Gordon wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 13:49:52 +0200, Martin B=E4hr <mbaehr at email.archlab.tu=
>wien.ac.at> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 11:53:01PM +1200, Rob Giltrap wrote:
>> > > Can handle a full 10Mb/sec traffic load (this is critical) [...]
>> >
>> > you might want to look at the wrt54gs and related machines.
>>
>> Are they fast enough to do the crypto for 10MBps of VPN traffic?
>
>Do they need to do encryption? What network will they be running over?

Considering the original post said:

| I looking for recommendations for hardware to run a Linux VPN router setup.

I'm guessing "yes".

(It's hidden in the middle of the thread, because Rob seems to have posted to
the "Invitation to participate in discussion about a national Linux
body" thread rather than starting a new thread for his new post.)

My assumption is that the "must pass 10Mbps" is related to the VPN
crypto speed.   If it's a case of "must be aboue to route at 10Mbps and
do a slow speed VPN" then the WRT54G(S) hardware might do.  (As I said,
my WRT54G(s) will do 2Mbps or so crypto, and others have said it'll
route up to about 10Mbps.  That 10:1 (unencrypted:crypted) ratio seems
about right given the CPU power.)

Ewen