Just curious as I have not dug into the OpenVPN code... what is it doing that really requires a lot FP operations?
On Fri, May 1, 2015 at 9:45 AM, james wrathall <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been experimenting with using dd-wrt to make a router that has > OpenVPN capabilities. I have had success, and am seeing my precious 30Mbps > bandwidth drop to 16Mbps in one case and to 7Mbps in another case. The CPU > speed differences of the routers in each case exactly corresponded to the > performance differences. I suppose I should be satisfied, but of course, I > am not. Digging deeper, I found out that OpenVPN (or any VPN) requires a > lot of floating point activity, and the Broadcom chips do not have this > capability built into silicon. I am wondering if ARM processors in general > and the ARM9 in particular have built in floating point? I have looked > about, and can't find this info. If it does, there seems to be at least a > few consumer-grade routers that have ARM9, like this one: > http://www.arm.com/markets/enterprise/netgear-rangemax-next-wireless-n-router.php > > I think the Tomato project is working with ARM architecture... > > Thanks... Jim W. > _______________________________________________ > dorkbotpdx-blabber mailing list > [email protected] > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/dorkbotpdx-blabber >
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