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VPN over DSL for Video streaming. Is it possible?

Got a customer that wants to use DSL at two different places to get two offices connected to the internet. Then, they want to be able to use a VPN for one to connect to the other, and then stream video from one office to the other. I don't have high hopes of it working. Does anyone have any insight into this?

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Rob Williams

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DrDamnit

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That's what I am thinking. What kind of an upload speed would they have to have to do this do you think? T1 or higher?

Rob Williams

Afraid graphics, media and such are not my specialty, afraid I don't know the minimum specs. I sure there will be others along who will be well aware of requirements. Curious myself.

Rob Williams

A little surfing indicated at a couple of sites that 500kbps is recommended. You would need a little more to allow for encryption, but that is achievable with a DSL/Cable connection. They also point out two other factors; can the media server support it, and of course multiple users reduce the overall bandwidth. Don't accept this information as gospel, but was curious as mentioned ,so I did a little reading. Lets see what others say.
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DrDamnit

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The problem is that the users on either end will not be power users, and won't understand why they can't browse to videos over the VPN and play them all in different offices at different times. I have the feeling they'll eat the bandwidth and crash the connection.

Thanks everyone!

Rob Williams

Thanks DrDamnit. Good luck with it.
Cheers !
--Rob