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    VPN tunnels massively slows down if high network traffic

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      paoloest
      last edited by

      Auto correct did the synโ€œcโ€œ ;)

      This isp Router cannot tweak anything ...

      Unfortunately today there are no good modems (stand alone) are available. So another Router where no router is really needed

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      • GrimsonG
        Grimson Banned @paoloest
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        @paoloest said in VPN tunnels massively slows down if high network traffic:

        Unfortunately today there are no good modems (stand alone) are available. So another Router where no router is really needed

        Sure there are, for (V)DSL you can use the Draytek Vigor 165 for example. For cable it depends on your provider.

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          paoloest
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          @grimson said in VPN tunnels massively slows down if high network traffic:

          Draytek Vigor 165

          thanks a lot. have seen this, but it costs more then the fritzbox 7530 - the pros of the fritzbox for me were that the modem (with the same specs) is build in and I can have one more security layer. (and with the fritzbox I can fine tune the parameters)

          would you choose the modem over the router?

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          • GrimsonG
            Grimson Banned @paoloest
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            @paoloest said in VPN tunnels massively slows down if high network traffic:

            would you choose the modem over the router?

            When using pfSense, always. Double-NAT just adds useless complexity and the pfSense devs are a lot faster in fixing security issues than the AVM devs.

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              paoloest
              last edited by

              And beyond the pfsense there is a Sophos utm for one subnet and an xg for Another.

              So maybe no bad idea to leave one layer of complexity ;)

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              • stephenw10S
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                You guys actually have VDSL2+? No jealousy here! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                Otherwise the V130 would likely be cheaper.

                Steve

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                  paoloest @stephenw10
                  last edited by paoloest

                  @stephenw10
                  Sounds like another +1 for the vigor

                  Vdsl2+ - 3 weeks to go

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                  • GrimsonG
                    Grimson Banned @stephenw10
                    last edited by Grimson

                    @stephenw10 said in VPN tunnels massively slows down if high network traffic:

                    You guys actually have VDSL2+? No jealousy here! ๐Ÿ˜‰

                    0_1551882900757_VDSL2.jpg

                    Not to bad for a little village in the hills. Real fiber would be nicer, but that's not going to happen anytime soon here.

                    Edit: this is with a current link uptime of 6 weeks.

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      Nice! ๐Ÿ˜€

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                        paoloest
                        last edited by paoloest

                        Today the vigor will arrive and I am prepared to set it up ;)

                        One question: if it runs as a modem via pppoe and the connection is initiated by the pfsense. How can you dial in the webinterface of the modem? (The wan Interface has no ip in subnet of modem)

                        Do you have one vlan (7) as Gateway vlan and another as a Management vlan with static ip in the vigor subnet?

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                        • DerelictD
                          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
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                          One method:

                          https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/interfaces/accessing-modem-from-inside-firewall.html

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