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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...
Wait, when you're talking about SoC's are you referring to smart home devices? If so, I'm still not getting the problem they'd present to an Orbi based VPN. I don't think they present anything of a realistic load, a couple packets now and then. And I can't imagine them having any real time demands for data - they get a packet with a "Turn off the light" command, they send an "Okay" back.
As far as Raspberry Pi's - I have two of them running Kodi and they run OpenVPN just fine (for their own data streams).
As far as the VPN appliance - I think you're expecting a LOT more Internet traffic than I am -and- a lot better base speed by the ISP (out here if very rural TN I feel lucky to have 3Mb).
I still think there is, or will be, a demand for a whole-house VPN connection. Orbi is the logical spot to provide that. It already provides a VPN server, so a lot of the code for encryption is already there. Somebody is going to see it and fill that consumer need. There's already a Open Media Vault for a home network storage, there Kodi providing an open media player. Somebody is going to slap together a whole home VPN. I'd like to think that Netgear has the expertice, they have a top end product that already supports the protocol....
LarryM404 wrote:Wait, when you're talking about SoC's are you referring to smart home devices? If so, I'm still not getting the problem they'd present to an Orbi based VPN. I don't think they present anything of a realistic load, a couple packets now and then. And I can't imagine them having any real time demands for data - they get a packet with a "Turn off the light" command, they send an "Okay" back.
As far as Raspberry Pi's - I have two of them running Kodi and they run OpenVPN just fine (for their own data streams).
As far as the VPN appliance - I think you're expecting a LOT more Internet traffic than I am -and- a lot better base speed by the ISP (out here if very rural TN I feel lucky to have 3Mb).
I still think there is, or will be, a demand for a whole-house VPN connection. Orbi is the logical spot to provide that. It already provides a VPN server, so a lot of the code for encryption is already there. Somebody is going to see it and fill that consumer need. There's already a Open Media Vault for a home network storage, there Kodi providing an open media player. Somebody is going to slap together a whole home VPN. I'd like to think that Netgear has the expertice, they have a top end product that already supports the protocol....
I agree with this.
There have been a lot of chatter in my office due to the recent political climate and one key topic that kept on discussed is:
"How to have my WHOLE home Internet connected to the VPN instead of per device?".
This even came from people who are not so technical (non-Engineer).
By SoC, I'm talking about the processor inside the Orbi - powerful enough for routing, very weak for broadband encryption.
I don't doubt at all the need and market for whole-house VPN - I just don't think there is a product in-market powerful -and- affordable enough right now for general consumers. I feel for you with your ISP connection, but I can tell you that FiOS customers pushing 300+Mbit and Google Fiber at 1Gbit are going to feel VERY constrained by any sort of VPN connection (client or server) that the Orbi's hardware is capable of delivering.
Rodney