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    Need advice on VPN routers

    I have 236.48 down and 24.04 up on my ethernet connection and 106.04 down and 23.89 up on my 5 GHz wireless connection. So upload speeds are about 10% of upload speed at the router and 25% on the wireless network.
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    Softether VPN

    When you're retired, you think about every dollar you spend and wonder if you can get by without spending it.
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    Softether VPN

    My first post in this forum - http://www.snbforums.com/threads/need-advice-on-vpn-routers.34672/ - discussed my need to find a vpn router. My needs are very simple. I am the only user. I need to connect remotely to view and manage one security cam. When I connect, no one will be using the...
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    Need advice on VPN routers

    That's nice. Very tempting....
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    Need advice on VPN routers

    That is a great price, but it's only 10/100. I need Gigabit, because my connection is 200 Mbps.
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    Need advice on VPN routers

    Well, of course, but I'd like to know how they can get around NAT and a firewall without the security guys knowing about it. I doubt you could have done that where I worked and gone undetected.
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    Need advice on VPN routers

    I read that and thought, really? Of course it wouldn't apply to what I'm doing, but I'd be interested to read the technical details that proves that their claims are true.
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    Need advice on VPN routers

    I found an open source vpn server that runs on Windows and does IPSec and L2TP. https://www.softether.org/ That should work fine for my needs. If I add more cameras in the future, I'll consider buying a purpose built device.
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    Need advice on VPN routers

    Thanks. iPhone 6 and/or Mac Powerbook (El Capitan), both of which can do PPTP, L2TP, IPSec and IKE. So there should not be a problem connecting to any reasonably standards compliant VPN device.
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    Need advice on VPN routers

    After tons of reading and research, I've decided to setup the built in PPTP VPN in my Windows 10 box IF I get the camera, and limit access to the camera's IP address. Thanks to @sfx2000 for reminding me to KISS. I changed the password to my 5GHz wireless network, which is running at 100 Mbps...
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    Need advice on VPN routers

    Those are getting kind of rich for my blood. Remember, I only need one VPN tunnel. Nobody but me will ever use it.
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    Need advice on VPN routers

    This is a bit of overkill, but the price is right and it has the bonus of a PoE port. Mikrotik RB2011iLS-IN 10 Ehternet Ports RouterBoard I'd have to familiarize myself with OpenVPN, but I don't think that would be a problem. Thanks for the tip.
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    Need advice on VPN routers

    I don't really need another wireless router, but OTOH, I wouldn't object to getting one if it's not too high priced. Do the new 802.11ac routers still have the 2.4GHz band? I have to have that for some of my older devices.
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    Need advice on VPN routers

    True that. I'll keep looking.
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    Need advice on VPN routers

    Total newbie here. Just registered. I'm a retired computer security guy (edu), and I never setup any kind of network like a lot of my peers did. No server racks in my house. No switches. No Cat5E in the walls. Nothing. I have the TWC router (an Arris DG1670A) and a 2.4 and 5 GHz wireless...
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