Fusion FTTN VPN: IPsec or OpenVPN

[forest]

Has anyone tried Ubiquiti's EdgeRouter X yet? It doesn't have the EdgeRouter Lite's Cavium chip (or its IPSEC offload), but it has a faster CPU, an additional port, and costs only $50. I wonder if it's fast enough to handle OpenVPN at wire speed for non-fiber users.

[pmbell]

the edgerouter lite worked fine for me as an open VPN client. but in my case I'm more interested in visibility than raw speed. I want the feature portfolio that I have with pfsense.

have you tried an edgerouter lite and found that it did not work for you? if not, and if you're in the east bay, I could lend you one. I'm currently not using it, and it would keep me from wading into installing freebsd on it.

http://rtfm.net/FreeBSD/ERL/

[forest]

have you tried an edgerouter lite and found that it did not work for you? if not, and if you're in the east bay, I could lend you one. I'm currently not using it, and it would keep me from wading into installing freebsd on it.

http://rtfm.net/FreeBSD/ERL/

I haven't tried any of the EdgeRouter line yet, but I'd like to. If I find that I can get them to do what I need without too much trouble, FTTN would become an option for me.

That's a kind offer; thanks! I'll email you about the loaner.

I didn't realize there was a FreeBSD port for that device. Neat.

[liamk]

For those who may be interested, I have gotten both IPSEC and OpenVPN working on a DD-WRT router.
http://www.freespeechnow.org/2015/09/17 ... -networks/

IPSEC was a bit painful, and it would tend to drop the connection after a while. I didn't like the way I was going to have to deal with the reconnect.

By comparison, OpenVPN was much easier to set up, and I think I've solved the dropped connection issue with the "keepalive" option.