8/30/2023 0 Comments Set up nordvpn on asus router![]() I got bounced around a lot towards the end of the support chat, but the guy that I worked with last seemed like he really didn't want to be bothered to dig-in and provide any real support. ![]() But in reality, with VPN enabled I'm getting 67Mbit Down and 60Mbit Up. Originally I was told that I could expect a 30% drop in bandwidth, and I'm fine with that. I am very lucky to have access to 1G Fiber, so I usually get 930Mbit Down & 900Mbit Up under normal circumstances (non-VPN). I just set up NordVPN on my RT-AC5300, and worked with their support folks on tweaking some aspects of the configuration, and finally got everything working except the bandwidth. Although out of favor these days (and for good reason), PPTP suffers from the same problems as OpenVPN. And that's because the PC architecture, even the old stuff, can handle the ring changes with relative ease. ![]() Even though the specs are pitiful for a PC by today's standards (circa 2013), it blows the pants off even the best, modern consumer router. This is one of the reasons I moved my own OpenVPN client off the router (RT-AC68U, 800MHz, so even worse) and over to a small form-factor PC running dd-wrt x86. I always tell ppl at least 1.4GHz ( which according to wikidevi is the case for your RT-AC5300), but more is always better. The only solution for OpenVPN on the router is just more raw horsepower. That's why you can take the exact same hardware, install firmware w/ Wireguard support (which does run in the kernel), and get triple the performance, AES-NI or no AES-NI. Assisted encryption might improve matters 5-15% (hard to be exact), but the real culprit is the fact that OpenVPN has to run in user-space and NOT the kernel! As such, it's subject to constant ring changes to manage the tunnel. Yes, having AES-NI assist helps, but its effects are relatively marginal (ppl routinely overstate its impact). Honestly, much of his response is correct, *except* the reason performance is so poor w/ these consumer routers is NOT due primarily to encryption. ![]()
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