Looking for a router with a fast(er) CPU

[Timm]

@unquietwiki

The CPU looks slow; but it's dual-core, supports hardware offloading, can pull a Gbit with normal traffic, and is rated for up to ~400Mbit IPsec (which has more overhead than Wireguard). They make beefier ones too.

Do you know if they have a similarly spec'd model with WiFi?

Update: ok, I see hAP ac2 is supported and there's this thread

Ipq4018 openvpn client performance query

hi, does anyone have any experience of what speeds are possible with openvpn client on a ipq4018 based router? I found this old thread suggests 60 mbps which seems awfully optimistic compared to 30 mbps with MT7621 which has a higher clock speed. https://forum.openwrt.org/t/which-hardware-for-x-mbit-openvpn/19410/24

[slh]

There are plenty mt7621a based devices, up to 802.11ax (mt7915e) wireless - the SOC is not a runner though (good hardware offloading, dated and tired SOC).

[rsx]

The TP Link Archer routers are just too old. The chips in them are 10+ years old.

I can vouch for the Zyxel Armor Z2. It's a really solid powerhouse, does everything I need and doesn't cost much anymore. Check ebay, I bought mine from this guy and he has a bunch: https://www.ebay.com/itm/294387764229
It says refurbished but they're new.

I checked out the NanoPi R4S and the prices are astronomical, I think I paid like $30 for it and now they're $100+

[faser]

@rsx

I think I paid like $30

30$ for a R4S? Are you sure you are not mixing it up with the R2S? Even for a R2S that is a questionable low price an could only be barebone.

[Timm]

@stangri

Can you switch to wireguard from OpenVPN?

Just set up wireguard, getting 28mbps down, 21 up, which is about 4 times the speed.

[stangri]

@Timm

Just set up wireguard, getting 28mbps down, 21 up, which is about 4 times the speed.

You're welcome.

[medeyusa]

Please don't recommend RockPro64. I've bought it specifically for this purpose, tried nearly all PCI-E cards I could find around my house and almost none of them worked. Not even I340-T4/I340-T4.

Tried multiple kernel versions, debugging, recompiling the kernel. Nothing worked, lost a month of my life on it. The only scenario where it did indeed work was on FreeBSD with I340-T2 installed.

I gave up and sold RP64.

[diizzy]

Hmm? I've used the 5.4 kernel (and PCIe cards worked fine) and I know people using it that way just fine.
That also sounds strange since it's the main platform for forks of Manjaro such as RoninDojo (they primarily use SATA adapters though) etc but they're on 5.10 now I believe.

[drug123]

The best option for what you are looking for would be something like Xiaomi Redmi AX6, which has two NPU - Network Processing Units, which are dedicated Crypto cores that would speed up VPN performance significantly. Unfortunately, AFAIK current train of OpenWRT uses an older kernel version that does not support SoC AX6 is based on.
There are Chinese adaptations of OpenWRT for these routers available on GitHub, but if you want official support, you should wait for the next version of the firmware.

[drug123]

Here is some more information on the VPN performance of IPQ807x (on which AX6 is based): IPQ806x NSS Drivers - #1654 by Tony.He

[Frankedinven]

https://www.gl-inet.com/products/gl-mv1000/ does have some comparative figures for GL.Inet routers