Wireguard throttling speeds

[jsn2233]

Got a GT-AX11000 with 1gig internet, just spent two hours resetting router and slowly testing all of my settings to narrow down what was causing slow speeds. Realized the slow speeds was due to setting my devices to use the wireguard client. Not even turning the wireguard client on causes the slow down, actually funneling traffic through it does this. After searching the forum I see this is simply because router's are limited by hardware.

I also use a Rasp Pi 4 for pihole and other things. Could I use my rasp pi 4 to run my VPN, where my traffic goes to VPN and then through pihole/unbound for DNS? If so, how could I set this up with rules where certain devices use the VPN and others don't?

 

[degrub]

Get a mini PC x86 if you want enough horsepower to run the VPN.

 

[jsn2233]

Get a mini PC x86 if you want enough horsepower to run the VPN.

I've done some research and think I'm going to use a Pi 5 as a VPN gateway. Would Pi 5 give me enough power for 1gig speeds?

 

[bbunge]

I've done some research and think I'm going to use a Pi 5 as a VPN gateway. Would Pi 5 give me enough power for 1gig speeds?

Likely not. A mini computer would do better. Even an old i3 quad core would work better than a RPI.