I'm doing quite the same here, migrating from ipsec to openvpn.At work we are going to setup a site to site VPN connection with two Gentoo machines with OpenVPN. What would be good stress and performance tests, to see if it will perform like we think?
TIA Patrick
A good starting point could be compare the transfers without vpn (ftp, http, add your favorites) with the encripted ones.
Another thing to consider may be the response time or latency. ping, traceroute, tracepath should do this, again with and whitout vpn.
If you are using ancient hardware or have very very fast connection you may want to look at cpu usage during the tests.
some additional notes:
- if you want to connect xp roadwarriors pc use openvpn 2 rc* (still not in portage)
- don't let the dhcp traverse your firewall (udp port 67,68)
- don't assume that it work because it has been up for five minutes.
Only this for the moment, possibly when finished here there will be some more hint.
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