topic Re: BT Smarthub 6 Business & VPN in My Router

BT Smarthub 6 Business & VPN

Empire — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 14:31:48 GMT

I bought a VPN for a year, just curious no particular need for it. set up on two machines Windows 10 pro & Windows 11 Pro works as it should,

no noticable lag today. may slow down around 5pm- 8

PIA techsite says you can run a VPN on your router UDP but because Routers generally have low CPU + RAM equiv to an older Windows 98 PC Router so your router will have reduced performance approx 10% etc etc

Any ideas, is anyone using a VPN on the router instead on the PC Windows VPN APP they have?

regards

Re: BT Smarthub 6 Business & VPN

Baldrick1 — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 15:42:17 GMT

@Empire

I'm 99% sure that you can't install a VPN on a Business Smarthub, which makes the question irrelevant.

VPNs work by sending the connection 'around the houses' and will always have some effect on performance.

Re: BT Smarthub 6 Business & VPN

Empire — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 18:06:12 GMT

thanks B, i see after diging around you cant, you can only change Port to 500, via Port Clamping, it appears this aids/helps VPN service which are on your PC/Latptop wherever.

re VPN speedtest now 7.00PM peak period ( i guess ) on Boris's Beer & Chips Island its down a little, marginally not noticable unless you measure.

I sent a message to my VPN Co. asking whether or not it worth having Cloud Flare 1.1.1.1 as setting on wireless & ethernet adaptors. awaiting reply.