| Is 0.6 Mbps sufficient for home VPN server? Hi.
Before I invest time and possibly kill my router, thought I'd ask you experts first.
If I flash my home router with VPN capabilities, and connect to it remotely when using unsecured wifi, would it work alright if the home internet has an upload speed of 0.6 Mbps?
I'm not sure if a VPN would add 'extras' to the packets for encryption so it would effectively be much slower than 0.6 or not. This is the reason for the inquiry.
Would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance. |
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| It all depends on what you want to do over the VPN connection.
It's probably not enough for streaming video, but should be adequate for sending and receiving email, and casual web browsing.
FWIW, I was regularly (and still am, every once in a while) using VNC over VPN on T-Mobile's EDGE network, where the average dl speed is less than 200 kbit/s. The screen refreshes were a bit slow, but it was usable. |
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If you just want to be able to gain remote access to your home PC then one of the easiest ways to do it is to download TeamViewer. It's free for personal use and works great. I connect to family systems over 768Kbps upload connections frequently without issues.
If you want to learn about VPN and play with setting it up, then start flashing that router.  |
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| Thanks for the replies.
I don't plan on accessing my home computer through VPN. I want to use VPN to encrypt my internet connection when having no choice but to use wifi at an access point that does not use encryption. |
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Second broccoli and HarryH3's comments.
SHOULD be enough for light duty, but it's one of those things but it's one of those
"best way to tell is to do it."
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kudos:2 | reply to vpnq
said by vpnq :I'm not sure if a VPN would add 'extras' to the packets for encryption so it would effectively be much slower than 0.6 or not. This is the reason for the inquiry.
No, VPN will not add a noticeable overhead. Your traffic will be similar to what you have without encryption.
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Keep it simple, it'll become complex by itself... |
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 DrTCPYours trulyPremium,ExMod 1999-04
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Round Rock, TX | reply to vpnq
said by vpnq :Hi.
Before I invest time and possibly kill my router, thought I'd ask you experts first.
If I flash my home router with VPN capabilities, and connect to it remotely when using unsecured wifi, would it work alright if the home internet has an upload speed of 0.6 Mbps?
I'm not sure if a VPN would add 'extras' to the packets for encryption so it would effectively be much slower than 0.6 or not. This is the reason for the inquiry.
Would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
Your downloads from the Internet is limited the upstream speed of your home when you are on the VPN. 600Kbps is OK for causal web browsing, email etc. Video might stutter depending on length, compression etc. However, if you did not use VPN, most hot-spots are either bandwidth limited or congested. So, you would probably not notice any difference. |
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Should also add that probably what will kill your connection is not so much the size of
your pipe but how taxed the CPU is of the device doing the VPN crypto / hashing.
Which model router are you thinking of doing this on?
If you're feeling daring, go for it.
Regards |
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