wndr3700 v4
AR9344CPU Cores:1
CPU MHz:560
Is this CPU fast enough for OpenVPN eibgrad? _________________ Netgear R7800 PPPoE Main Router
Network IPV4 - Isolated Vlan's with IoT Devices. Unifi AC-Pro x 3 AP's, Router Wi-Fi Disabled. OVPN Server With Paid Commercial Wireguard Client's. Gateway Mode, DNSMasq, Static Leases & DHCP, Pi-Hole DNS & Running Unbound.
No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life!
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:15 Post subject:
foz111 wrote:
wndr3700 v4
AR9344CPU Cores:1
CPU MHz:560
Is this CPU fast enough for OpenVPN eibgrad?
CPU will not make any difference...VPN will be just very slow...
if i have 10Mbit with CPU@720Mhz...with 560Mhz, it will be even worst..
and with using 256-CBC it will be a serious taxing on the CPU...ill rather try 128-GCM or ChachaPoly...
But the tunnel, as eibgrad said, fails for some odd reason...more likely VPN server stuff..i guess...
I've no idea if SFE is not messing around, as the chap is using it...too...my guess but probb not.. _________________ Atheros
TP-Link WR740Nv1 ---DD-WRT 55630 WAP
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -DD-WRT 55723 Gateway/DoT,Forced DNS,Ad-Block,Firewall,x4VLAN,VPN
TP-Link WR1043NDv2 -Gargoyle OS 1.15.x AP,DNS,QoS,Quotas
Qualcomm-Atheros
Netgear XR500 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoH,Forced DNS,AP Isolation,4VLAN,Ad-Block,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R7800 --DD-WRT 55819 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,Forced DNS,AP&Net Isolation,x3VLAN,Firewall,Vanilla
Netgear R9000 --DD-WRT 55779 Gateway/DoT,AD-Block,AP Isolation,Firewall,Forced DNS,x2VLAN,Vanilla
Broadcom
Netgear R7000 --DD-WRT 55460 Gateway/SmartDNS/DoH,AD-Block,Firewall,Forced DNS,x3VLAN,VPN
NOT USING 5Ghz ANYWHERE
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Stubby DNS over TLS I DNSCrypt v2 by mac913
Agree 100% it will be a slow crap throughput and not worth while anyway unless you have very very slow broadband but i feel cpu maybe to slow to work correctly. i had this when i first started with DD-WRT OVPN client using a buffalo router, connected auth'ed but tunnel crapped out.
Nothing wrong with Nordvpn working here wireguard and ovpn.
Why does op not test it on his pc app? confirm its working on a particular server and test back on router, that will confirm its not a Nordvpn issue.
Alozaros wrote:
foz111 wrote:
wndr3700 v4
AR9344CPU Cores:1
CPU MHz:560
Is this CPU fast enough for OpenVPN eibgrad?
CPU will not make any difference...VPN will be just very slow...
if i have 10Mbit with CPU@720Mhz...with 560Mhz, it will be even worst..
and with using 256-CBC it will be a serious taxing on the CPU...ill rather try 128-GCM or ChachaPoly...
But the tunnel, as eibgrad said, fails for some odd reason...more likely VPN server stuff..i guess...
I've no idea if SFE is not messing around, as the chap is using it...too...my guess but probb not..
_________________ Netgear R7800 PPPoE Main Router
Network IPV4 - Isolated Vlan's with IoT Devices. Unifi AC-Pro x 3 AP's, Router Wi-Fi Disabled. OVPN Server With Paid Commercial Wireguard Client's. Gateway Mode, DNSMasq, Static Leases & DHCP, Pi-Hole DNS & Running Unbound.
No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life!
However, I don't recall such routers exhibiting this kind of behavior in the past. They may be slow, perhaps too slow, but it shouldn't fail, esp. the way it does.
Routers: I think most would recommend Netgear R7800, XR500.
Consider buying the xr500 new because some have bad block issues and there has been a few people return them not able to flash DD-WRT. Yes bad blocks can happen on new/used R7800 but a lot of people had issues with XR500 not sure if this is still currently an issue when buying new or if it was just a certain batch.
R9000 / XR700 are great routers but can have issues with radio's, also VLans are not so easy.
Maybe others but the majority will recommend r7800 or x86 i suspect. _________________ Netgear R7800 PPPoE Main Router
Network IPV4 - Isolated Vlan's with IoT Devices. Unifi AC-Pro x 3 AP's, Router Wi-Fi Disabled. OVPN Server With Paid Commercial Wireguard Client's. Gateway Mode, DNSMasq, Static Leases & DHCP, Pi-Hole DNS & Running Unbound.
No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life!
No DD-WRT firmware available for the D7000 they have built in modem different hardware, R7000 yes D7000 no.
Whats your Internet download speed? That would determine what hardware cpu speed required to keep up with your line speed if your intending running vpns.
Better using nordvpn wireguard but you'll need to grab your key out. _________________ Netgear R7800 PPPoE Main Router
Network IPV4 - Isolated Vlan's with IoT Devices. Unifi AC-Pro x 3 AP's, Router Wi-Fi Disabled. OVPN Server With Paid Commercial Wireguard Client's. Gateway Mode, DNSMasq, Static Leases & DHCP, Pi-Hole DNS & Running Unbound.
No one can build you the bridge on which you, and only you, must cross the river of life!
Physically my netgear router sits behind my ISP router (DSL to the ISP router, ethernet cable from that ISP router to my Netgear router) but what me and egc found, to enable the OpenVPN server to function - I had to sit the netgear router on the DMZ of the ISP router
wndr3700 v4
AR9344CPU Cores:1
CPU MHz:560
Is this CPU fast enough for OpenVPN eibgrad?
I run ovpn server on WNDR3700v4 and it suits me...NOT nearly as fast as the EA8500 but it worky ok.
When I got a decent cell signal I can get just a bit under 10mbps connected thru the 3700v4 ovpn server
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tis its settings
Last edited by mrjcd on Wed Jun 29, 2022 21:26; edited 1 time in total
On my ASUS RT-AC68U (800MHz), I get about 30Mbps. Older MIPS routers w/ ~300MHz will see 2-3Mbps. You really need to get up into the 1.4-1.8GHz range before you see dramatic improvement (i.e., 100Mbps and more), at least for OpenVPN (WireGuard shifts up these numbers significantly).
So due to my setup, do you think an upgrade in router which be beneficial?
I mean, the router itself it fine for me speeds etc and can't do anything about that, I can't get even get above 30mbps on my ISP router due to the distance to the cab so im not going to get any better speeds than i currently get, just the constant disconnecting of TUN 1 which is frustrating
I've yet to try switching the OpenVPN Client to TCP as I was following the setup guide so will try that next - thanks
So due to my setup, do you think an upgrade in router which be beneficial?
I mean, the router itself it fine for me speeds etc and can't do anything about that, I can't get even get above 30mbps on my ISP router due to the distance to the cab so im not going to get any better speeds than i currently get, just the constant disconnecting of TUN 1 which is frustrating
I've yet to try switching the OpenVPN Client to TCP as I was following the setup guide so will try that next - thanks
This is why when asking for router recommendations, it's so difficult to do without any other context. If your ISP's available bandwidth is limited to 30Mbps, then there's NOT much benefit upgrading above a certain point. At least if the VPN is your only consideration.
Even though I would consider my ASUS RT-AC68U a bit old at this point, it's still a terrific router, even today, *except* for the VPN. And it can be had for as little as $35 shipped on eBay (being sold as the TM-AC1900). So it could get you a little closer to what your ISP offers at a modest price, if that's worth it to you.
Also, if indeed your present problems are actually do to the choice of hardware, at least I know the RT-AC68U works w/ the VPN provider, and what you can expect.
