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I am planning to setup a small lab at home. For this I am debating to get a s/w or a h/w based VPN. One of the main concern in power usage. H/w based VPN doesn't consume much, while s/w based VPN does. This query is about s/w based VPN.
For the s/w based VPN, I don't want to keep the VPN server up and running all the time. I was thinking of WOL to start the VPN server and then connect to the VPN to access the home network. For sending the WOL magic packet, I need to configure port forwarding in the router to the VPN server.
I can't think of any problem in this approach, but would like to know the experience of others with the same.
Praveen Sripati
Posted 2014-05-13T01:49:46.180
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If I remember well there are routers on the market with VPN support. https://www.howtogeek.com/221001/how-to-set-up-your-own-home-vpn-server/
– inf3rno – 2017-05-19T10:39:44.1971You could use a low power device like a Raspberry Pi to host your always-on VPN – Lawrence – 2014-05-13T01:58:47.000
I found a nice article for installing openvpn on Raspberry Pi. It looks fun. Any idea on number of concurrent users it can support? – Praveen Sripati – 2014-05-13T02:47:52.730