Open VPN Server to Client Devices SLOW

Mat1987

Hey all

Im not going to list loads of information but anything else you need let me know.

I am trying to connect a client and a server together. This part works fine i can ping both ways. However when copying a file i cannot seem to get more than 10mb of my 60mb connection and it also fluctuates so much even down to 100kb.

I have tried UDP and TCP but cannot get any better. Any help would be great.

Thanks

Mat

jimp

Mind your B's and b's (B for Bytes, b for bits)

How are you testing and what is the exact readout given by the software reporting the speed?

And what is your CPU usage while transferring the file? And what shows in "top -aSH" output during the transfer?

Mat1987

Sorry for late reply

I am just copying a 5gb file. i just upgraded my broadband to 120mb/120mb but copying a file over SMB will not go over 30mb

cpu does not go over 38%

jimp

How many cores on the firewall? What does it look like in "top -aSH" or on Diagnostics > System Activity?

If it's a quad core firewall, OpenVPN could be maxing out one core but the overall CPU would only show 25%, for example.

Mat1987

Its a VM but it has 2 logical processors.

PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND
11 root 155 ki31 0K 32K RUN 1 91.5H 92.97% [idle{idle: cpu1}]
11 root 155 ki31 0K 32K CPU0 0 91.3H 80.96% [idle{idle: cpu0}]
4961 root 52 0 262M 32588K piperd 1 0:01 4.98% php-fpm: pool nginx (php-fpm)
0 root -92 - 0K 192K - 0 214:11 0.00% [kernel{em1 taskq}]
12 root -72 - 0K 240K WAIT 1 153:21 0.00% [intr{swi1: netisr 1}]
0 root -92 - 0K 192K - 0 146:20 0.00% [kernel{em0 taskq}]
12 root -60 - 0K 240K WAIT 1 13:39 0.00% [intr{swi4: clock}]
15 root -16 - 0K 16K - 0 7:31 0.00% [rand_harvestq]
29484 root 20 0 28896K 7040K kqread 0 6:07 0.00% nginx: worker process (nginx)
29435 root 20 0 28896K 7048K kqread 0 6:04 0.00% nginx: worker process (nginx)
291 root 20 0 107M 14236K select 0 5:39 0.00% /usr/local/bin/vmtoolsd -c /usr/local/shar
0 root -92 - 0K 192K - 0 5:01 0.00% [kernel{dummynet}]
93147 root 20 0 14512K 2312K select 0 2:06 0.00% /usr/sbin/syslogd -s -c -c -l /var/dhcpd/v
7 root -16 - 0K 16K pftm 1 1:29 0.00% [pf purge]
265 root 52 0 262M 25144K kqread 1 1:27 0.00% php-fpm: master process (/usr/local/lib/ph
21 root 16 - 0K 16K syncer 0 0:34 0.00% [syncer]
57149 root 20 0 15012K 2292K nanslp 0 0:33 0.00% [dpinger{dpinger}]
63602 root 52 20 17000K 2572K wait 1 0:32 0.00% /bin/sh /var/db/rrd/updaterrd.sh

i think it may be my brothers connection. I'm going to test with HTTP download on a few remote pcs at weekend.

Derelict

Also keep in mind all your upload and download speeds. If you are running an OpenVPN server, connect to it, and download, it will be limited by the upload speed of the connection on the server. so on a 100/10 circuit 10 will be the max speed available.

I would change as little from the default as possible. And definitely stick with UDP for the OpenVPN unless you know you have a reason to change it.

Mat1987

my broaband is 120/120mb (Open VPN Server)
my brothers broadband is 100/06mb (Client)

Mat

Mat1987

Also i shouldnt be limited as i have got force all traffic on

Derelict

Huh?

Mat1987

i can upload at 120mb so why cant my brother with his 100mb nearly max my line out. i get 30/40 tops

Mat