[Asterisk-Users] Linksys RT31P2

[Andrew Kohlsmith]

On November 22, 2004 11:48 am, Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> The CPU is only a limitation for a VPN if the pipe the VPN is running
> over is large/wide. These devices are typically used at the end of a
> DSL/cable connection, with a maximum bandwidth of a few megabits per
> second. I don't think that a 200MHz Geode or ARM will have any trouble
> keeping up with that amount of traffic.

It's not the amount of traffic that I'm concerned about, it's having a 200MHz 
processor processing the encryption for a half dozen or more VPN tunnels -- 
passing traffic isn't an issue, it's all the processor use for encrypting and 
decrypting.  :-)

-A.