Speed through Eddie is OK, but not through Router (RT-AC68U)

[w4rh4mm3r 0]

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

 

 

[go558a83nk 352]

What speeds are you getting with the AC68?  50 mbit/s is the max you can expect, even if you overclock it to 1200mhz. 

[w4rh4mm3r 0]

124 Mbit/s without touching anything.

[w4rh4mm3r 0]

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.

[go558a83nk 352]

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.