Looking for fast OpenVPN hardware

[Justin How]

Sorry if I am repeating a much asked question.
I have a Asus RT-N66U running Merlin which manages about 1.6Mbytes/se OpenVPN (AES 128bit).
I am hoping that something could provide around 5Mbyte/sec. without spending a fortune.
Is there such a thing - do Asus do a router that would be this fast? Wireless would not be used so is unimportant.
Thanks in advance.
Justin

 

[Odkrys]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/asus-wireless-ac-dual-band-wi-fi-router-black/5091000.p?skuId=5091000

AC1900P can handle 40mbps with AES 128bit.

AC3100(AC88U) is better, but $139 is enough for it.

 

[wocram]

Sorry if I am repeating a much asked question.
I have a Asus RT-N66U running Merlin which manages about 1.6Mbytes/se OpenVPN (AES 128bit).
I am hoping that something could provide around 5Mbyte/sec. without spending a fortune.
Is there such a thing - do Asus do a router that would be this fast? Wireless would not be used so is unimportant.
Thanks in advance.
Justin

Using the RT-AC1900P myself, I can confirm that it reaches 6.5mbps over OpenVPN on my 7.5mbps connection (using AES-128-CBC).

As Odkrys stated above, this router should easily be able to handle 40mbps download (depending on your connection).

Which speed is your bare internet connection?

 

[Techno]

Sorry if I am repeating a much asked question.
I have a Asus RT-N66U running Merlin which manages about 1.6Mbytes/se OpenVPN (AES 128bit).
I am hoping that something could provide around 5Mbyte/sec. without spending a fortune.
Is there such a thing - do Asus do a router that would be this fast? Wireless would not be used so is unimportant.
Thanks in advance.
Justin

That's odd...I have a N66U that I just set up OpenVPN on and I did a speed test over the VPN connection and achieved the following results: 5.48 down / 6.56 up...unless I am missing something here? Same perimeters as well with encryption.....

 

[Justin How]

Thanks for the info
Is the RT-AC3200 appreciable faster (OpenVPN wise) than the RT-AC1900? Currently I can get it at quite a good price

 

[RMerlin]

Thanks for the info
Is the RT-AC3200 appreciable faster (OpenVPN wise) than the RT-AC1900? Currently I can get it at quite a good price

The RT-AC3200 is not faster.

 

[wocram]

RT-AC1900P has a Broadcom (BCM4709C0) 1.4Ghz dual core processor.
RT-AC3200 has Broadcom (BCM4709A0) 1Ghz dual core processor.

 

[CaptainSTX]

Sorry if I am repeating a much asked question.
I have a Asus RT-N66U running Merlin which manages about 1.6Mbytes/se OpenVPN (AES 128bit).
I am hoping that something could provide around 5Mbyte/sec. without spending a fortune.
Is there such a thing - do Asus do a router that would be this fast? Wireless would not be used so is unimportant.
Thanks in advance.
Justin

If you want a fast and easy to use VPN connection look at the hardware solutions and customized Tomato firmware from Sabai Technology. I get the following speeds when connected to an Astrill VPN server in Chicago while my physical location is in SW Florida.

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5837771993

 

[wocram]

If you want a fast and easy to use VPN connection look at the hardware solutions and customized Tomato firmware from Sabai Technology. I get the following speeds when connected to an Astrill VPN server in Chicago while my physical location is in SW Florida.

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5837771993

Those are very decent speeds for on-router VPN (if you are using AES128bit encryption or higher), but an Asus RT-AC56U at $239.99 is "a bit " overpriced when the same standard router is $86 on Amazon (straight from Asus).

Beside that, I don't see any advantage in their (to me misleading) description of their "modded" Asus routers. They sell their RT-AC68U for $359.99 and ancient RT-N66U for $219.99

OpenVPN clients run very well on my RT-AC1900P with AsusWRT-Merlin firmware and are easy to set-up.

 

[steelskinz]

If you want a fast and easy to use VPN connection look at the hardware solutions and customized Tomato firmware from Sabai Technology. I get the following speeds when connected to an Astrill VPN server in Chicago while my physical location is in SW Florida.

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5837771993

How could they sell product with a fork of Tomato without leaving it GPL available ?

I personally doubt it could be faster than official firmware as some driver are closed source.