Hypothetical setup

nixa

Hiya! Hoping that someone might be able to shed some light on a possible setup I'm contemplating. At the moment I have a NAS running a openvpn server (qnap) and it is working well, use it mainly to access my network when not at home and secure surfing on wireless networks. It is connected to a openvpn supporting router along with other computers in the network.

My thought is to start using an external vpn service for increased privacy and to connect to it with the router, this service would be able to provide a static ip. Would it then be possible to run my own vpn server just like I am now, but to connect to it through the new static ip I am assigned? Or would this be impossible? The best scenario would be having this new static ip from the service show up for all my devices when surfing the web and alike, but still be able to access my LAN from anywhere I might be. If my solution is not possible then is there another way to accomplish this?

One limiting factor is that my server is only able to run an openvpn server, not act as a client. Thanks for any thoughts!

Traffic

nixa wroteWould it then be possible to run my own vpn server just like I am now, but to connect to it through the new static ip I am assigned?

Do you mean:

Connect to public VPN Service (eg. vpnbook)
Via that VPN connect to your own VPN server at home

nixa

Forgot completely about this topic sorry! I was able to accomplish what I wanted, but the problem was that my router is only able to handle around 10mbit due to the encryption so I'm not sure I will keep using it. I also got a openvpn client working on my nas but same problem there, cpu load goes into the roof and I get around 10mbit.

I am kind of looking for a more permanent and satisfactory solution. Basically I want at least 100mbit behind the vpn (the service I use already supplies this) but I suspect I need better hardware. I was looking at routers but I doubt they will make a huge difference since the one I use is already quite high end.

There is no way to increase the throughput of my existing hardware? Running tomato 1.28 on a Wndr3700 and a Qnap 219 nas with marvell 1.2 ghz processor. I was really surprised that I only got 10mbit on the nas.. The vpn service i use provides AES 256 CBC encryption.