when not connected, i get 400mbps. connected to mullvad, i only get 150mbps
the server isnt very far from me physically (sub 100miles) and says it can support 1gbps. any way to fix or is this just an inherent flaw with vpns? using wireguard
on windows 11
- PeachMan ( @PeachMan@lemmy.one ) English24•1 year ago
Very standard with any VPN, I’d say 150Mbps is quite good compared to the competition. You’re sending your network traffic through a tunnel to another location, then they’re relaying it to other places. There are several bottlenecks along the way.
- ollie ( @ollie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English11•1 year ago
400 to 150… to the speedtest server?
my bad that wording was fucked
when not connected, i get 400mbps. connected to mullvad, i only get 150mbps
what
it drops from 400mbps to 150mbps when using a speed test
- diskmaster23 ( @diskmaster23@lemmy.one ) English9•1 year ago
WireGuard will get you the best through put, IPSEC is a close second. OpenVPN has a lot of overhead.
- jet ( @jet@hackertalks.com ) English6•1 year ago
The mullvad server might have a gigabit connection, but that shared across all their users.
- Kuro ( @Kuro@lemm.ee ) English4•1 year ago
Are you using the same server between the two speed tests?
- flatbield ( @furrowsofar@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
How much speed do you need? That is still a lot of bandwidth. This is from someone with 8 mbps up/ 60 mbps down. So your still way better then I am. I am envious. Well no so much as this is enough for me.
Other thing to keep in mind is that bandwidth is only half of performance, latency is the other. So check that too.
yea latency was like 30ms so good enough. 150mbps is usually plenty, I’ll just be turning it off when downloading a game for example
- Dark Arc ( @Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg ) English1•1 year ago
I don’t know the limits of the mullvad client but you might want to look into split tunneling and just allow steam (or whatever program) to avoid the VPN… the privacy benefits are going to be marginal, the latency and download speed penalties will be blatantly obvious.
- MajesticFlame ( @MajesticFlame@lemmy.one ) English1•1 year ago
As dark ark say, the official mullvad app allows split tunneling. I have split tunneling enabled for things where I am logged in with my real identity. No point hiding my IP from steam when they have my credit card number with my name.
- giacomo ( @giacomo@lemm.ee ) English3•1 year ago
What protocol?