http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21110304 en Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:05:47 EDT Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:05:47 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125132 dellsweig : Just jumping in here - I ran a speed test while VPN'd from my laptop (sprint wireless card) into my home network - Actually I am on a moving train while doing this.....

My home router is a WRT54G V4 Runnning DD-WRT V24 SP1 - most current build. My home ISP gives me 12M down 500k up.

My speed test through the VPN tunnel is 446 down, 348kup

I dont see any issues with performance at all. You have to remember that from your Client perspective - the DL speed is limited by the Uplink of your home ISP

It is possible your hotel is dong some traffic shaping - better http and email performance at the expense of your VPN tunnel]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21125132 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:09:10 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21124271 neonhomer : So I would be using the software like I was hardwired to the network.

Lemme read those and see what I come up with.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21124271 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:25:03 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122954 tubbynet : shouldn't need to open the management port on the router. thats part of the reason for the vpn. you should be able to use the ip address of your remote computer, but you will need to make sure that your vpn is in the same subnet as your local network (can't remember what the name of the adapter is in openvpn {tun, tap}).

additionally, google is your friend in finding out how to use the software:

»www.practicallynetworked.com/rev···heck.htm
»reviews.cnet.com/4520-6603_7-5020854-1.html
»www.practicallynetworked.com/sup···ests.htm

q. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122954 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:18:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122920 neonhomer : Now I have to figure out how to use the freakin thing. I have the software installed, but can't connect to my remote computer.

I don't know what addresses to use, or anything. I have been using localhost for endpoint 1, and the IP address of the machine the endpoint software is installed on as endpoint 2. Also not sure what setting/test to use.

I did open the management port up in my router....
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let me know what qcheck spits out.

q.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122867 Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:54 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122832 neonhomer : I downloaded the endpoint for qcheck... waiting for the the link for the console.

The Internet speed I am getting here in this hotel is:



Note: My home server is not in Ft. Lauderdale. That is just the server I used for the speed test.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122832 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:50:27 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122818 tubbynet : do a quick google for ixia qcheck.
this software (needs to be installed on both endpoints) will run "simulated" data through the network and will test for actual throughput of the networked gear. the beauty of this (rather than ftp, smb, rsync, etc.) is that it does not depend on disk read/access times so there is no hardware bottleneck.

qcheck is fairly simple to use and will give you the *actual* throughput capability of the network. if this number is much below what is expected due to the hotel network speed, then we know we have an issue. bear in mind that your 512kbps (kilobits) line translates into roughly 64kBps (kilobytes) transfer rate. you state that the hotel limits your transfer to 100K/s. what exactly do you mean here? is this 100K/s through the public internet? is this kiloBITS or kiloBYTES per second? if you are seeing 100 kiloBYTES per second of throughput through your vpn, something is amiss.
everything will need to be clarified before we can continue.

q.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122818 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:46:40 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122766 neonhomer : not familiar with those tools....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122766 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:36:15 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122736 tubbynet : hmmm...were not fighting issues with memory or cpu over utilization....

while vpn'ed in, run iperf or ixia's qcheck between your rdp computer and your laptop that is connecting to the vpn. this *should* give us a good idea of the limit that we're looking at (in terms of speed).

q.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122736 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:31:07 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122712 neonhomer : Results from cat /proc/loadavg

0.00 0.02 0.00 3/21 24016]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122712 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:27:00 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122669 tubbynet : sorry...get cpuinfo and loadavg confused...

i believe that dd-wrt has /proc/loadavg...

cat that and post.

sorry for the mixup.

q.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122669 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:21:16 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122652 neonhomer : Memory:

Total Available: 12.7MB/16.0MB
Free : 0.5MB/12.7MB
Used : 12.3MB/12.7MB
Buffers : 1.7MB/12.3MB
Cached : 5.0MB/12.3MB
Active : 4.2MB/12.3MB
Inactive : 2.6MB/12.3MB

Results of cat /proc/cpuinfo

System Type : Broadcom BCM4712 chip Rev 1
processor : 0
cpu model : BCM3302 V0.7
BogoMIPS : 215.44
wait instruction : no
microsecond timers : yes
tlb_entries : 32
extra interrupt vector : no
hardware watchpoint : no
VCED exceptions : not available
VCEP exceptions : not available

That is the info from my router. I pulled this info from a Remote Desktop session with my home system, so the VPN was in use.
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q.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21122422 Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:28:37 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21115092 neonhomer : The bad thing is, I am not even reaching my upload limit of the server. It seems to be around dialup speed.....]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21115092 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 18:46:22 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21110342 OZO : I hope you realize that speed of VPN channel is limited to the upload speed of your Internet connection (ISP). While it's could be fine for RDP common tasks, you will noticed slow speed in file transfers (when you upload file from VPN server). To increase speed - upgrade your ISP connection to a symmetrical one.
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Keep it simple, it'll become complex by itself...]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21110342 Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:17:08 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21110304 neonhomer : I set up OpenVPN on my WRT54G router, and have the client on my laptop. I use it mostly from a hotel when I am away, so I can access my network at home.

For some reason, the VPN connection seems to really drag ass for file transfers. If I run Remote Desktop, it is okay for speed, but not the greatest.

Is there any way to speed up VPN, or is it just the nature of the beast?

My home Internet is cable, 8000/512. The hotel limits my connection to around 100K/s. The router is running DD-WRT v24 SP-1 (07/27/08).

One thing... When I bring up my OpenVPN status in my router, it just shows me State/Status/Log... no info...
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