ANSWERED Why is TCP port 80 the only port I have decent speed on?

[Magenof 1]

Hello,

 

I'm quite new to VPN and I've been testing all the ports in the airvpn application to see which gives me the best speed.

With most of the ports (udp and tcp) I cant get over 2MB/s, only on port 80 gives me decent speed (12MB/s).

 

I was wondering if any of you knew what could be the cause of this? Is it my ISP throttling the other ports? 

 

Thanks 

[zhang888 1066]

Most likely your ISP.

[Magenof 1]

Would using port 80 and TCP give me a disadvantage over other ports or should it be all the same?

[LZ1 673]

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[go558a83nk 364]

Hello,

 

I'm quite new to VPN and I've been testing all the ports in the airvpn application to see which gives me the best speed.

With most of the ports (udp and tcp) I cant get over 2MB/s, only on port 80 gives me decent speed (12MB/s).

 

I was wondering if any of you knew what could be the cause of this? Is it my ISP throttling the other ports? 

 

Thanks 

 

Have you tried SSL and SSH tunnels?  How does 12MB/s compare to your ISP speed?

[OpenSourcerer 1441]

Also check your running programs, like antivirus suites with packet filtering modules (firewalls). I've seen some crazy settings in free versions of AVG and Avast.

[LZ1 673]

Would using port 80 and TCP give me a disadvantage over other ports or should it be all the same?

It really depends on your specific situation :]. Some ISPs block certain ports and protocols while others don't. It doesn't hurt to experiment though.

If it was all the same, it wouldn't be included in the client haha. It's to give you options. If you're in a place like China for instance, then SSL Tunnel on port 443 is pretty much required, for instance.

[Magenof 1]

 

Hello,

 

I'm quite new to VPN and I've been testing all the ports in the airvpn application to see which gives me the best speed.

With most of the ports (udp and tcp) I cant get over 2MB/s, only on port 80 gives me decent speed (12MB/s).

 

I was wondering if any of you knew what could be the cause of this? Is it my ISP throttling the other ports? 

 

Thanks 

 

Have you tried SSL and SSH tunnels?  How does 12MB/s compare to your ISP speed?

 

Yes I tried the SSL and SSH tunnels, they all connect and work, just the speed seems to be capped at 2MB/s.

Normally, without VPN I get a max download of around 22MB/s.

 

Strange thing though, when I use the speed test provided by airvpn I get mostly the exact same speeds for each connection, though in real downloads these are a lot different. (torrents, direct downloads, etc)

[zhang888 1066]

Torrents and downloads are a bad indicator for max speed. A better indicator would be speedtest.net with a nearest location to the server you are connecting to.

[Magenof 1]

Torrents and downloads are a bad indicator for max speed. A better indicator would be speedtest.net with a nearest location to the server you are connecting to.

 

Just tried testing all of the ports with speedtest.net on one server and you're right, they mostly about the same speed. My problem must be caused by my shitty testing.

 

Apologies and thanks for the fast help!

[go558a83nk 364]

Torrents and downloads are a bad indicator for max speed. A better indicator would be speedtest.net with a nearest location to the server you are connecting to.

 

I assume you say torrents are bad because to test you have to make sure it's a well seeded torrent?

 

Downloading an ubuntu iso is a great test of max speed I think.