On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 6:46 PM, Chris Buechler <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Bruce B <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> I am looking to connect all my pfsense boxes to one single box for better
>> administration and ease of access. I am looking to have every client pfsense
>> do an openvpn tunnel into my main pfSense box. I am using all Alix hardware.
>> However, the client pfsense boxes are sometimes not very good with bandwidth
>> and I don't want to spend the client bandwidth on OpenVPN specially when
>> it's idel.
>> I understand that even in idle mode there is traffic in between to keep the
>> connection solid. Can someone tell exactly how much bandwidth is wasted or
>> consumed if I keep a 24/7 connection?
>
> Virtually nothing, 4 bytes every 10 seconds. Not enough to even be a
> consideration.
>

Sorry, that doesn't include the IP and UDP headers, 44 bytes total.
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