Speedygonzal
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I have experience of both the yellow and black. The critical thing to look at, for vpn purpose, are cpu and cpu clock rate - vpn encryption and decryption put heavy demands on the cpu, and this is nearly always the main reason for the huge degradation of line speed with vpn, so it is critical to pick a vpn router to meets one's vpn throughput needs. Vpn load on the cpu is of course also the reason why running a decent vpn protocol on any lower end enigma 2 box can be unsatisfactory.
I am basing my comments below on the GLi routers' current specs, which changed over time. Current specs are at https://www.gl-inet.com/products/
Forget the white, it has the weakest cpu.
The yellow and blue have similar, better, cpus. Blue has more ram/nand so can handle bigger programs so more "programmable", but such differences are irrelevant just to run openvpn using the onboard client. Irrespective of how high your ISP's internet line speed is, you won't get much above 8mbps up/down out of the yellow and blue ones running openvpn with e.g. 128bit AES.
They can be more expensive, but the black ones are the most powerful and can consistently deliver 13mbps (assuming your feed is above this of course and your latency / signal quality is not terrible), which means they can comfortably handle two hd streams through an openvpn tunnel concurrently.
One of the black models only has the wan port to connect to the ISP router (i.e. no other ethernet port), but is very cheap (just over £20), and would be an extremely cost effective vpn router if your boxes are only connected wirelessly, it would however preclude your running an ethernet line (with or without powerline adaptors) to your box(es).
If like me you are allergic to spending more money than you need to but want some flexibility, I recommend getting the more expensive (c£36) black one (it has the extra ethernet port). AFAIK no other router on the market can deliver a similar (and to me adequate for two devices streaming concurrently) speed running openvpn without your spending 2 or 3 times more.
IMHO they are cracking routers for the price, for the ease of implementing openvpn (which is generally considered the best vpn protocol), for their numerous other functionalities (as a bridge, as a file server, for tethering etc.), for their minute size, and powered by usb (e.g. portable powerbank).
For most people, making the router works with the ISP router should be a piece of cake (see http://www.techkings.org/threads/signal-in-loft.129337/#post-761072 ). To implement openvpn with most major vpn providers see https://www.gl-inet.com/docs/openwrt/openvpn/
Cheers!
I am basing my comments below on the GLi routers' current specs, which changed over time. Current specs are at https://www.gl-inet.com/products/
Forget the white, it has the weakest cpu.
The yellow and blue have similar, better, cpus. Blue has more ram/nand so can handle bigger programs so more "programmable", but such differences are irrelevant just to run openvpn using the onboard client. Irrespective of how high your ISP's internet line speed is, you won't get much above 8mbps up/down out of the yellow and blue ones running openvpn with e.g. 128bit AES.
They can be more expensive, but the black ones are the most powerful and can consistently deliver 13mbps (assuming your feed is above this of course and your latency / signal quality is not terrible), which means they can comfortably handle two hd streams through an openvpn tunnel concurrently.
One of the black models only has the wan port to connect to the ISP router (i.e. no other ethernet port), but is very cheap (just over £20), and would be an extremely cost effective vpn router if your boxes are only connected wirelessly, it would however preclude your running an ethernet line (with or without powerline adaptors) to your box(es).
If like me you are allergic to spending more money than you need to but want some flexibility, I recommend getting the more expensive (c£36) black one (it has the extra ethernet port). AFAIK no other router on the market can deliver a similar (and to me adequate for two devices streaming concurrently) speed running openvpn without your spending 2 or 3 times more.
IMHO they are cracking routers for the price, for the ease of implementing openvpn (which is generally considered the best vpn protocol), for their numerous other functionalities (as a bridge, as a file server, for tethering etc.), for their minute size, and powered by usb (e.g. portable powerbank).
For most people, making the router works with the ISP router should be a piece of cake (see http://www.techkings.org/threads/signal-in-loft.129337/#post-761072 ). To implement openvpn with most major vpn providers see https://www.gl-inet.com/docs/openwrt/openvpn/
Cheers!
