NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Orbi VPN Client
I think this is a needed feature in Orbi line up is the ability to do VPN CLIENT. Given that Rep have sold us out to ISP. A VPN client on router is prefer. Orbi already have a VPN server why not p...
OrbiMan wrote:I think this is a needed feature in Orbi line up is the ability to do VPN CLIENT. Given that Rep have sold us out to ISP. A VPN client on router is prefer. Orbi already have a VPN server why not put a client in as well.
This is a great idea.
Some users may not want a blanket VPN connection for all devices in the network, but given the current political climate, it'll be nice to have this feature.
While it would be nice for Netgear to support a VPN client, it may not be a panacea. Most consumer grade routers are not up to the task of processing large amounts of VPN traffic. Encrypting traffic is computationally intensive and can cause a significant drop in speeds. Modern PCs, OTOH, can handle encryption with little impact. Just something to keep in mind as we try to cope with loss of privacy.
You bring up some good points. The days of the old 2500 routers with little memory and weak processor are gone. Today's consumer routers have improved drastically my issue is with DSL services as the bottleneck today where I live.
The BETTER feature for router based VPN would be to allow SELECTIVE use of the VPN by those devices/clients that want VPN while allowing those that do not to bypass the VPN as they feel they do not want/need it. This gateway/VPN Split Tunnel would be a GREAT feature that I feel certain many users would like to have available. If Netgear would/could enable usage of router based OPENVPN services like HMA, ExpressVPN or others it would be a great selling point....
