nayr
IPCT Contributor
RPi2 can do ~40Mbit VPN, which is usually many time's the outbound residental internet connections currently; unless your on fiber..
OpenWRT/DDWRT/Tomato work on a wide range of hardware out there; VMMV greatly.. most people's residental routers are vastly underpowered and are often bottlenecks..
Unlike using a VPN for privacy so you can pirate in peace, using a VPN to access your IOT devices is naturally going to be limited by your UPLOAD speeds, depending on what kind of internet connection you are working with even the most anemic routers can still provide ample VPN throughput; not many people have more than 5Mbit uploads.. and those with 10Mbit+ upload speeds should have more powerful routers anyhow to accommodate there higher download speeds (100Mbit+).. though I cant tell you how many people I see paying for 100Mbit internet and using equipment struggling to do half that, and wifi capable of a small fraction of that.. so it is a problem in general.
research is key, but many of the more modern routers that take a WRT firmware will do 20Mbit+ no problem.. the older ones will struggle to do more than a few Mbit.. but in the scope of viewing your IP Cameras remotely; few will need more than 20Mbit VPN connections with the current state of residental internet.. 100Mbit VPN capabilities are massive overkill for this audience.
OpenWRT/DDWRT/Tomato work on a wide range of hardware out there; VMMV greatly.. most people's residental routers are vastly underpowered and are often bottlenecks..
Unlike using a VPN for privacy so you can pirate in peace, using a VPN to access your IOT devices is naturally going to be limited by your UPLOAD speeds, depending on what kind of internet connection you are working with even the most anemic routers can still provide ample VPN throughput; not many people have more than 5Mbit uploads.. and those with 10Mbit+ upload speeds should have more powerful routers anyhow to accommodate there higher download speeds (100Mbit+).. though I cant tell you how many people I see paying for 100Mbit internet and using equipment struggling to do half that, and wifi capable of a small fraction of that.. so it is a problem in general.
research is key, but many of the more modern routers that take a WRT firmware will do 20Mbit+ no problem.. the older ones will struggle to do more than a few Mbit.. but in the scope of viewing your IP Cameras remotely; few will need more than 20Mbit VPN connections with the current state of residental internet.. 100Mbit VPN capabilities are massive overkill for this audience.
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