Yes the VPN will be slower, esp. if you use a weak (CPU- or RAM-wise) router. But it doesn't really matter. Let the router create a VPN tunnel to friends/family stateside, and put the LMS and players on this network at your place. Keep the usual router function and LAN for your other devices, for full service speed.
Keep in mind the VPN you are going to setup needs to set the default route through the VPN. All traffic will go up and then down the tunnel. If your friends/family are using an asymmetric link to the internet, with bandwidth mostly dedicated to download, the amount of upload you will request (that is: what the players/LMS will download on your side) may choke their connection. When the upload link is full, download stalls (TCP acks are not sent anymore.) So it is better to keep a minimal number of devices on this specific network. Hopefully, the time difference will minimize any potential issue. 4 SB 3 iPeng (iPhone + iPad) SqueezeLite Squeezebox Server 7.8.1 (Debian 7.5) with plugins: CD Player, WaveInput by bpa IRBlaster by Gwendesign (Felix) Server Power Control by Gordon Harris Smart Mix by Michael Herger PowerSave by Jason Holtzapple Song Info, Song Lyrics by Erland Isaksson WeatherTime by Martin Rehfeld ShairTunes by StuartUSA Local Player, BBC iPlayer, SwitchPlayer by Triode Auto Dim Display, SaverSwitcher, ContextMenu by Peter Watkins. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ epoch1970's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16711 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103730
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