One Router, Multiple VPN connections

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Looking to know if there's a solution if it's possible to have one router, that is connected to my VPN service, which allows 10 simultaneous connections. Each of those servers that the VPN is connected to can be assigned to specific PC or Laptop at once.

I have been looking around and it sounds like VPN cascading is what I want? But can it handle doing 5 or 10+ connections simultaneously?

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Hello,

In firmware v4.8, multiple VPN tunnels are supported, and the specified clients are allocated to specific tunnel according to the MAC.

I think up to 5 tunnels can be supported:

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(This is not your needs, only refer to the ability to build 5 tunnels, allocate clients according to your needs)

That is not VPN cascading, but multi-VPN tunnel feature.

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If you're looking for 10 tunnels you're going to want to flash 'pure'/'vanilla' OpenWrt & start setting up Stangri's luci-app-pbr. It's not compatible with the stock GL.iNet firmware. The beefier the CPU in the router, the better. The Flint v2 would be a sold choice if Wi-Fi is required. See below for more related details.

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Thank you for the replies! Would the flint 2 or 3 be better at running 10 to 20+ concurrent VPN connections to specific devices all enabled at once? I don’t mind flashing the firmware etc etc just not sure of the limitations of the hardware.

Cheers :slight_smile:

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The Flint v2's MediaTek SOC is supported by OWRT. MediaTek has a better reputation with F/OSS & Linux than most. The Flint v3 relies on Qualcomm's proprietary SDK for its performance. The Slate AX & Slate 7, both travel routers, also uses QSDK with GL stock firmware. It took roughly more than 2 years for OpenWrt devs to get it to a point a OWRT SNAPSHOT is now able to run on the Slate AX. The Beryl AX, another travel router but with a MediaTek SOC, had support long before that.

:warning: If/when you flash pure OWRT on a GL device it is critical you only use the sysupgrade tagged releases. Other versions put you at risk of bricking it.

I would say it depends on your urgency but if I needed something ASAP with onboard AP/Wi-Fi it'd be the Flint v2. I'm never going to waste time on QSDK-based devices again.

Regarding Stangri's PBR & pure OWRT performance you should read this thread... closely. It'll answer questions I'm sure you don't even know you have:

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