Hi,
I have a OpenVPN server running on the broadband router installed at my parents house. My router at home connects to this and I mirror my complete NAS over this connection.
My brother also has a laptop on which he uses VPN occasionally to copy important stuff there.
Since the router has only a small dual core MIPS CPU, VPN speeds are limited to about 18Mbit/s. The connection at my parents home is 100/50Mbit/s and mine at home 250/80Mbit/s, so it could work faster.
Also, the VPN takes up all the CPU so for example DNS resolution is slow if the VPN is saturated.
For this reason, I'd like to buy a inexpensive small device that will handle the whole VPN. (The NAS devices there run FreeNAS where it isn't that easy to setup a VPN server).
Features I'd like to have:
WireGuard VPN (so old kernels only is a no-go)
OpenVPN (should work on every toaster, so no issue)
Hardware support for encryption if possible (not a must)
Runs stable (I can get my parents to power-cycle it or even to flash a new image on a MicroSD, but this shouldn't be necessary)
reasonably priced
well supported (wouldn't be cool if there are no updates in only a year or so)
Any suggestions?
I am in the EU, so something that ships here cheaply would be preferred. I am not in a hurry, so shipping from China isn't a problem.
