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		amq on Jan 5, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Announcing the OpenWrt/LEDE merge My selection guide VPN needed? - yes: WRT1200AC (OpenVPN: 50 Mbit/s, WireGuard: 100+ Mbit/s) - no: continue (OpenVPN: 12 Mbit/s, WireGuard: 24 Mbit/s) Gigabit needed? - yes: Archer C7 - no: TL-WR841N

freestockoption on Jan 5, 2018 [–]

Whoa, I've never heard of WireGuard. Looks like a huge performance boost over OpenVPN.

I currently use OpenVPN in bridge mode between all my OpenWRT routers.

zx2c4 on Jan 5, 2018 | [–]

Performance boost yes -- and security boost too. Here's the paper if you're interested in the nuts and bolts: https://www.wireguard.com/papers/wireguard.pdf

Also, stickers: https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/wireguard/2017-May/001338....

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