Hi, thanks all for the great information shared here.
I have a BI setup that has worked for a long time with cameras at several remote locations. I have had these set up using port forwarding at the remote locations. I am in the process of updating to use VPN to access and have a question maybe someone can help with.
I have set up a VPN tunnel between the remote location Asus router (as VPN server) and the BI location router (as VPN client) using open VPN. All seems to be working well except for one thing. When I activate the VPN tunnel, the speed on my local (BI side) WAN internet connection drops considerably. Normally I have about a 75Mbps connection. With the tunnel active it drops to about 5Mbps.
Initially, I thought it was because I had left the "Client will use VPN to access" setting to "Internet and local network" on the VPN server side. Indeed, I verified (using speedtest) that the local connection was using remote WAN internet connection. The remote internet connection is ~5Mbps.
OK, no problem. Changed setting, new config file, new client profile... Now via speedtest confirmed using local internet connection but speed is still 5Mbps. Deactivate tunnel, back up to 75. Reactivate tunnel, down to 5. So, I'm stumped.
In the meantime, I have worked around by using a windows openVPN connection on the BI machine instead of on the Asus router. This seems to be working fine, but I am still puzzled.
Anyone have an idea?
I have a BI setup that has worked for a long time with cameras at several remote locations. I have had these set up using port forwarding at the remote locations. I am in the process of updating to use VPN to access and have a question maybe someone can help with.
I have set up a VPN tunnel between the remote location Asus router (as VPN server) and the BI location router (as VPN client) using open VPN. All seems to be working well except for one thing. When I activate the VPN tunnel, the speed on my local (BI side) WAN internet connection drops considerably. Normally I have about a 75Mbps connection. With the tunnel active it drops to about 5Mbps.
Initially, I thought it was because I had left the "Client will use VPN to access" setting to "Internet and local network" on the VPN server side. Indeed, I verified (using speedtest) that the local connection was using remote WAN internet connection. The remote internet connection is ~5Mbps.
OK, no problem. Changed setting, new config file, new client profile... Now via speedtest confirmed using local internet connection but speed is still 5Mbps. Deactivate tunnel, back up to 75. Reactivate tunnel, down to 5. So, I'm stumped.
In the meantime, I have worked around by using a windows openVPN connection on the BI machine instead of on the Asus router. This seems to be working fine, but I am still puzzled.
Anyone have an idea?