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desert
Tutor
Jan 18, 2016
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R7000 VPN

    I have been searching for for a few weeks. I am frustrated so hopefully someone can answer this for me once and for all. If I am running a VPN (OpenVpn) with the R7000 - what kind of speeds ...
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  • TheEther's avatar
    TheEther
    Jan 20, 2016

    Yup.

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TheEther
Guru
Jan 18, 2016

I didn't find any consistent numbers doing a Google search, but smallnetbuilder.com measured about 43 Mbps using a Windows file transfer (link).  I kinda expected higher numbers but OpenVPN is a CPU intensive activity.  If you have QoS enabled, try disabling it.  QoS is another CPU intensive feature.

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    desert
    Tutor
    Jan 18, 2016

    Thank you for your response.

     

    I already disabled QoS. I am just trying to get a baseline of what it should be or how to improve VPN performance.

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      TheEther
      Guru
      Jan 19, 2016

      You could always try 3rd party firmware, like DD-WRT, Asuswrt-Merlin, or any of the Tomato releases.  They should all support OpenVPN server mode and, maybe, are faster than stock.

      • desert's avatar
        desert
        Tutor
        Jan 19, 2016

         

         

        I am running DD-WRT (Kong) already. I am at a loss what to do at this point.