- Apr 8, 2012
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I'm hoping someone can help, because the tech support at my VPN hasn't. We have spent an hour going back and forth trying different settings, but nothing worked.
I use TorGuard and after receiving a couple of warnings from my ISP (not sure who is doing what), but I decided it might be best to attach the VPN desktop application (which obviously was't working for some reason), and put it straight on the router so all devices in the home will be secure (to a degree).
I got it all set up on my router, but no matter what settings we choose, the speeds drop 70-80% with the VPN activated. When turned off on the router, I can pull at least 100 down and 20 up. Once I turn on the VPN, I can no more than 10 down and maybe 13 up.
Tech support has had me change from TCP to UDP, change ports, change encipher several different times, and we tried connecting to multiple servers. All had the same results. I'm running Merlin on an Asus RT-AC66R router.
Upon trying speed checks with turning he router vpn off, and only using a device specific desktop vpn client, my speeds return to normal. They had advised it's better for me to utilize a kill app, or bind a specific client (for example, Vuze, etc.) to the VPN desktop application.
They say there's something wrong with my router and it is bottlenecking. Is there anything I can do to resolve this? Does it mean having to get a new router? I should note, that the VPN on the router drop in speed is on both a LAN connection and WiFi. Not sure if that helps? Do I need to buy a different router? Are there solutions available to resolve bottlenecking? It sure would be easier just to install it at the source, rather than to install it on every single device (over 20).
My other concern is that I've heard that when using some clients to download various files or applications, there are often trackers associated with them. Once a VPN is turned off, that tracker can upload itself without anyone knowing and return to the source with all of the ISP provider customer information. Can anyone help? Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to be sure I supplied as much info as possible. Thanks in advance.
John in Charlotte, NC
I use TorGuard and after receiving a couple of warnings from my ISP (not sure who is doing what), but I decided it might be best to attach the VPN desktop application (which obviously was't working for some reason), and put it straight on the router so all devices in the home will be secure (to a degree).
I got it all set up on my router, but no matter what settings we choose, the speeds drop 70-80% with the VPN activated. When turned off on the router, I can pull at least 100 down and 20 up. Once I turn on the VPN, I can no more than 10 down and maybe 13 up.
Tech support has had me change from TCP to UDP, change ports, change encipher several different times, and we tried connecting to multiple servers. All had the same results. I'm running Merlin on an Asus RT-AC66R router.
Upon trying speed checks with turning he router vpn off, and only using a device specific desktop vpn client, my speeds return to normal. They had advised it's better for me to utilize a kill app, or bind a specific client (for example, Vuze, etc.) to the VPN desktop application.
They say there's something wrong with my router and it is bottlenecking. Is there anything I can do to resolve this? Does it mean having to get a new router? I should note, that the VPN on the router drop in speed is on both a LAN connection and WiFi. Not sure if that helps? Do I need to buy a different router? Are there solutions available to resolve bottlenecking? It sure would be easier just to install it at the source, rather than to install it on every single device (over 20).
My other concern is that I've heard that when using some clients to download various files or applications, there are often trackers associated with them. Once a VPN is turned off, that tracker can upload itself without anyone knowing and return to the source with all of the ISP provider customer information. Can anyone help? Sorry for the long post, but I wanted to be sure I supplied as much info as possible. Thanks in advance.
John in Charlotte, NC
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