Hello All,
I’ve spent the last 2 months researching for the right solution but with 2 children under 2 years old it can be very difficult to find time.
I’m looking for the best security solution using VPN with Private Internet Access to secure my home network.
My ISP is Rogers with 100Mbps(average 150Mbps) down and 10Mbps up. I have 2 router I could use which are Netgear R7000 and DLink EA2700.
Most important is to secure my smart home devices. I have a Smartthings Hub, Nest thermostat, Amcrest 1080P IP cam(I will have to setup port forwarding) and WeMo light switch. Future purchases will be Harmony remote, Ring doorbell and more IP cams. Getting all this into running on a VPN is important. These devices do not require tons of bandwidth and exactly why I am thinking of running these on the DLink EA2700 DD-WRT router(VPN speed of 20Mbps).
My other concern is VPN speed drops because of encryption which I primarily need for Amazon Fire TV 2, Minix Neo x7, DLNA speakers and ChromeCast. If I connect this to Netgear R7000 with DD-WRT, I only achieve about 30 Mbps with VPN.
If I connect the 2 routers to my modem/router(Hitron CGN 3-ROG) from my ISP, I will get roughly 60 Mbps total VPN speed. Can i get these under the same local network to share media files?
I was also hoping to use the DLink EA2700 as a repeater to extend my coverage.
Are there any solution that will work for me?
Can I get a Raspberry Pi for encryption? And how is the impact for VPN speed?
VPN is heavy on routers as they don't use CPUs which have specific hardware extensions for encryption/decryption. When VPN is the focus, look for routers with the fastest CPUs. They will give you the best VPN performance
Also, don't use repeaters. A repeater will cut the bandwidth of the signal you're repeating in half. This is because a repeater constantly needs to synchronize with the router and a wifi signal is half-duplex. You can only send *or* receiver, not both at the same time. If you can, use acess points
A second though is to get a no-too-expensive business VPN router. They use "special" chips for encryption/decryption and a lot (not all) can do VPN at wire speed