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Long time I am using the Tomato VPN v.1.27 of Keith Moyer on my old Linsksys WRT54GL. The VPN performance as a server (TAP interface) of course is not the best. Now I am planning to buy new router. It seems to be that Asus RT-N66U with Tomato Shibby mod will be a good solution. I am not sure if the RT-N66U will SIGNIFICANTLY improve the OpenVPN server performance (TAP interface) comparing with old Linsksys WRT54GL.

I will appreciate any information and/or advices on this topic.

Just to clarify:

The main feature I am interested is the fast performance as OpenVPN server on WAN-LAN connection. As I have a 1000Mbit cable system at home the only Wi-Fi devices connected to the router are smartphones. So the wireless performance is not so important for me. I would like to be able to watch streaming SD video using OpenVPN client on Windows laptop which will connect to the router's OpenVPN server and than back to the public internet. Using this solution during my trips abroad I will be able to watch some national TV channels which are available only for national IP addresses. The present Linsksys WRT54GL is not able to manage such data flow via VPN. So that is the reason I am asking especially for the OpenVPN server performance of RT-N66U under Tomato. The other possibility is Asus RT-N16. The differences are 128 vs 256 MB RAM and 480 MHz 4716 CPU vs 600 MHz 4706 CPU.

Have been considering the same for some time, and from what I have gathered so far, I would go for the RT-N16 for three reasons: 1. A lot of the Tomato Development has been done on this device 2. Although it is not first-person experience, it seems people and small-businesses have been using this device for Netflix streaming, and 3. don't know the price difference where you live, but the RT-N16 is about half the price of the RT-N66U. If you can try the 1st to see if it works for you, you could save some money.

@tetsuk

Yes, the price is important. But I have not possibility to try so I really need to know if RT-N16 or RT-N66u will be suitable. Because, if both of them are not suitable I have no reason to change my old "iron" WRT54GL. For all other purposes and my ISP connection (50 Mbits/s LAN) it is fully suitable.

I hope that Shibby will answer as he operates RT-N66u and may have some operating experience on OpenVPN server performance.