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    WLAN / tunneling data traffic from clients till pfSense-box possible?

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    • J
      john99
      last edited by

      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

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

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          john99
          last edited by

          @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

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          • Cry HavokC
            Cry Havok
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            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.

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