<![CDATA[WLAN / tunneling data traffic from clients till pfSense-box possible?]]>Hello

I am contemplating about seeting up a pfSense firewall….  As I understand pfSense does support OpenVPN :-)

Question:
Does that mean, traffic of WLAN clients could be tunneled as well  (if an AccessPoint/AP) is available?

Any feedback is appreciated very much!

Thank you!

John

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/29386/wlan-tunneling-data-traffic-from-clients-till-pfsense-box-possibleRSS for NodeSun, 15 Mar 2026 05:58:33 GMTWed, 05 Jan 2011 17:02:48 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to WLAN / tunneling data traffic from clients till pfSense-box possible? on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:35:36 GMT]]>No, it means that when you run a VPN (encrypted tunnel) you need higher specification hardware to handle the bandwidth - regardless of your choice of platform. A box that can handle 50 Mb/s of unencrypted traffic may have problems with 10 Mb/s of encrypted traffic. A lot will depend on what VPN technology you use, what level of encryption you decide upon etc.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/259605https://forum.netgate.com/post/259605Thu, 06 Jan 2011 23:35:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WLAN / tunneling data traffic from clients till pfSense-box possible? on Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:50:46 GMT]]>@Cry:

Yes, just keep in mind that you'll need much higher specification hardware to tunnel all traffic.

Thank's a lot Cry Havok for the feedback! Does that mean pfSense is not the choice for such tasks?

Thank you!

John

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/259572https://forum.netgate.com/post/259572Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:50:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WLAN / tunneling data traffic from clients till pfSense-box possible? on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:18:15 GMT]]>Yes, just keep in mind that you'll need much higher specification hardware to tunnel all traffic.

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