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    OpenVPN on another server

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    • J
      jonnytabpni
      last edited by

      Hi folks,

      I was trying to set up OpenVPN on another server on my LAN.

      I did the correct port forwarding and static rules etc…

      In terms of connecting and pinging, everything works fine, however if I try and do a file transfer(over http), the downloads will barly start!

      I have tried multiple different openvpn servers (windows, linux, physical and virtual) and all of the are doing the same thing.

      The only thing that seems to work 100% is when I use pfsense as my openvpn server (which works very well!)

      Any ideas what could be happening? The only thing that I can see in common here is that pfsense's port forwarding is breaking the openvpn packets going/coming from the server (but this does sound really far fetched doesn't it?)

      Cheers

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      • Cry HavokC
        Cry Havok
        last edited by

        Are you using TCP or UDP for your OpenVPN server?  TCP over TCP has known performance problems.

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        • J
          jonnytabpni
          last edited by

          I've tried both - still the same

          thanks

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