w4rh4mm3r 0 Posted ... First of all, I'm a bit new to VPN's (tried several clients) and RT-AC68U (2nd day @ home), so be patient. Also english it's not my mother tongue, so be more patient :-D The question is as follows: If I connect through Eddie it runs flawlessly, get awesome download speeds (only a ~3%-5% loss relative to download without VPN). Upload speeds are also great. Then I shut down Eddie and configure the VPN router based (following the AsusWRT How-to). But when I try to configure my brand new RT-AC68U with latest Merlin firmware flashed, I'm getting a ~85% loss of speed. I also tried alternative ports, etc. One thing that I left untouched is DNS resolving in WAN settings because if I put DNS's suggested in the How-to I usually get failed connections and routing errors. The point is, with Eddie AWESOME. With AsusWRT EPIC FAIL. Anyone can guide me through the world of VPN madness? It's a known issue and should search better? Any help is welcome Quote Share this post Link to post
go558a83nk 364 Posted ... What speeds are you getting with the AC68? 50 mbit/s is the max you can expect, even if you overclock it to 1200mhz. Quote Share this post Link to post
w4rh4mm3r 0 Posted ... So I get the point. VPN through router is limited by router's CPU, so I can't achieve the speeds that Eddie (through PC's stronger CPU) is able to get. I managed to overclock the router to 1400/800 mhz and got 32Mbit/s, getting connection drops every few minutes. So it's time to leave the stock firmware and return the router to Amazon. Pity. Quote Share this post Link to post
go558a83nk 364 Posted ... So I get the point. VPN through router is limited by router's CPU, so I can't achieve the speeds that Eddie (through PC's stronger CPU) is able to get. I managed to overclock the router to 1400/800 mhz and got 32Mbit/s, getting connection drops every few minutes. So it's time to leave the stock firmware and return the router to Amazon. Pity. it's still a good wifi router but won't get you the speeds you're looking for. look to build your own pfsense box with a CPU that supports AES-NI, follow the guide in this forum for setting up pfsense with openvpn, and use the AC68 for a wifi access point. Quote Share this post Link to post