This OpenVPN setup has gotten really frustrating. I also can't get the OpenVPN 2.5 package exported from pfSense to run as a service on startup on these laptops, so I've had to keep everyone on 2.4.
How much power does it take to run OpenVPN on pfSense like this? Do I need a bigger box? Are the slow connections and connectivity dropouts due to the limitations of the hardware? How big of a box do I need for 10 users and a branch office? Or do you think this is mostly software related? I quickly set up an old PC whitebox with a spare NIC from like 10 years ago and got everyone running again for now. Then the first office's firewall device's SSD fried last week, disconnecting everyone. It especially happens if a user drops by the office and tries to work or the other way around. As a terrible workaround, I gave each user a batch file on their desktop to restart the OpenVPN service, which regains their connection. I've also had problems with their connections becoming unstable. The Internet on those remote laptops slowed a lot, but I figured it was because of the encryption. When COVID hit, 10 users started working offsite, so we bought laptops, and I installed the OpenVPN client on each of their laptops.
At one end, there are only 2 users, but phones and network traffic is tunneled to the first location. Protectli Vault 4 Port, Firewall Micro Appliance/Mini PC - Intel Quad Core, 8GB RAM, 128GB mSATA SSD running pfSense at a location with another one at a branch office, both running OpenVPN for a tunnel between the 2.
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