Recent content by Dustin

Yes, that is correct. That was super confusing to me as well.

I tried both UDP and TCP, same result. I can't change the encryption level, but it's at 256-bit. No compression. Btw, I should add that at one point, the OpenVPN on the Linksys router used to work just fine. Probably for almost 2 years. Only in the past few months has it slowed to a crawl...

Strangely enough, the stock Linksys firmware doesn't allow you to prioritize OpenVPN in the QoS. I have a few things defined for higher priority in QoS, but I know what they are and they were not active during any of my testing. I suppose I could have prioritized my OpenVPN port number...

I wasn't, but after lengthy amounts of fiddling, I did discover the source of the problem and a workaround. Luckily, I also have a Synology DS916+ NAS that is capable of running an OpenVPN server as well. I was able to successfully get that set up running OpenVPN and my speeds are back to...

I have an issue that I've been trying to solve for a little while now, and I figured the best thing to do was to hopefully enlist the help of the excellent members here since I am at my wits end. I have four Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z cameras running on a NVR5208-4KS2 that are working great. I can...

This is a good start on setting up VPN and overall network architecture: VPN Primer for Noobs

Just out of curiosity, are your cams on the same subnet as your home network?