Morpheus 0 Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 I have a 200mbs connection through Spectrum. I do get in excess of 200mbs with no VPN connected. I as soon as I connect the VPN it drops to 28mbs. Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r36070M konac (5/31/18) Router: Nighthawk R7000 OpenVPN client Tunnel Protocol was set to UDP (getting 20mps). I set to Tunnel Protocol to TCP and now it is 28mbs with the VPN connected. Where could the bottleneck be? Thanks... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 desert 0 Posted May 3, 2020 Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 It's your router. I have the R7000 also. You need a lot of processing power for openvpn. If you are tech friendly I would suggest you build/buy a slim client (ebay) and run Pfsense as a router. You can google "r7000 vpn throughput" for more info on the R7000. As far as a Pfsense client. I did mine for under $50. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 Morpheus 0 Posted May 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2020 I just downloaded Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I ran top from Telnet while it was downloading and the CPU usage never went above 38% in the R7000. It's not maxing out the CPU? If I add the slim client will this replace my R7000? I'm not sure about the process. I'm not familiar with a Slim Client? Do you mean a Thin Client? Will this install after the cable modem and before my R7000? I'm assuming that the Slim client will be running OpenVPN? I'm clueless about doing this Thanks... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0 desert 0 Posted May 4, 2020 Report Share Posted May 4, 2020 Slim/thin client is the same. The thin client would act as your router. Running Pfsense. Modem>Pfsense Router>R7000 Installing Pfsense and running it is simple. Many years ago when I did it they didn't have the easy setup guide they do now. You will need the slim/thin client and a network card for the LAN/WAN.Then install the Pfsense software from a thumb drive. Then you set your WAN/LAN. Then you login from a computer. Requirements: https://www.pfsense.org/products/#requirements You need a client with 1GB of space. Most are way over that. You should read the install guide first: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/install/installing-pfsense.html https://torguard.net/article/254/pfsense-openvpn.html Read this article for info on VPN over the R7000 https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/VPN-through-R7000-but-only-need-2-devices-to-use-the-VPN-how/td-p/1355613 . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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I have a 200mbs connection through Spectrum. I do get in excess of 200mbs with no VPN connected. I as soon as I connect the VPN it drops to 28mbs.
Firmware: DD-WRT v3.0-r36070M konac (5/31/18)
Router: Nighthawk R7000
OpenVPN client
Tunnel Protocol was set to UDP (getting 20mps). I set to Tunnel Protocol to TCP and now it is 28mbs with the VPN connected.
Where could the bottleneck be?
Thanks...
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