Slow speed tests, brand new user

[brtennis 5]

I just signed up for AirVPN, and of the half dozen or so servers that I have tested, my download speeds haven't gotten above 900 Kb/s (and most were around 200-300 Kb/s). Without VPN, I am consistently getting ~6600 Kb/s right now. I am using Tunnelblick on a Mac, UDP, port 443, no proxy, router is Netgear WNDR4500.

As a newbie, I figure I must be overlooking something important. Any suggestions?

[brtennis 5]

New tests while wired into the router (~9000 Kb/s without VPN):

- ~1600 Kb/s using Velorum (DE)

- ~1600 Kb/s using Orionis (NL)

- ~8800 Kb/s using Andromedae (US)

Obviously, things are going swimmingly with Andromedae while wired into, but not while wireless. Is there a configuration on my router that could be slowing things down?

The other two servers, while much better are still quite slow (17% of original speed). Is that just how things are since those exit points are geographically further from me than Andromedae?

[Staff 9771]

New tests while wired into the router (~9000 Kb/s without VPN):

- ~1600 Kb/s using Velorum (DE)

- ~1600 Kb/s using Orionis (NL)

- ~8800 Kb/s using Andromedae (US)

Obviously, things are going swimmingly with Andromedae while wired into, but not while wireless. Is there a configuration on my router that could be slowing things down?

Hello!

Apparently it's the wireless connection that impairs the performance. This is not uncommon: WiFi limitations typically cause effective throughput degradation.

The other two servers, while much better are still quite slow (17% of original speed). Is that just how things are since those exit points are geographically further from me than Andromedae?

Yes, please see here as well:

https://airvpn.org/faq#speed

Kind regards