What do you guys rock for your VPN Router Setup ?

[sfx2000]

I’m using pfSense running on a Qotom i3 box; works great. If you go with Sophos or Untangle, you can get away with one of their less expensive Celeron 3215 boxes. The 3215 has better single core performance compared to the popular J1900 which helps with OpenVPN performance. An i3 of course is better as it also has AES-NI onboard.

Just note for pfSense - the 2.5 release will require AES-NI, so whatever chip one chooses, ensure that it supports AES-NI...

Neither the J1900 nor the 3215 Celeron have this instruction set...

 

[snbdora]

Is there any consumer router with AES-NI supported chip/Soc in the market?

 

[RMerlin]

Is there any consumer router with AES-NI supported chip/Soc in the market?

Asus RT-AC86U, GT-AC5300 and RT-AX88U do, as well as a any other router based on the Broadcom BCM4906 or BCM4908.

 

[sfx2000]

Asus RT-AC86U, GT-AC5300 and RT-AX88U do, as well as a any other router based on the Broadcom BCM4906 or BCM4908.

Those technically do not support AES-NI as that's an Intel thing, and Broadcom doesn't do that...

The Asus Router/AP's that @RMerlin mentions - they do the similar with the ARM architecture...