silajim
I've recently created an openvpn server, and I founded out that the vpn cuts some download speed (it cuts 400-300kB/s aprox.) its that normal? or I did something wrong?
The server has 279Mbps upload, and 315Mbps.
If it's needed i will post it.
brendan
encryption overhead in the protocol reduces how much data can be sent, thereby decreasing the bandwidth.
think of it like a PVC pipe. if the outside diameter of the pipe is 4 inches, and the walls of the pipe are thin (3/8ths of an inch), you can put a lot of water through the pipe. if the walls are thicker (2 inches thick), you cant fit as much water through the same pipe that is 4 inches in outside diameter. the thickness of the walls is like the overhead in plain ethernet (3/8ths thick walls) vs encrypted tunneling (2 inch thick walls).
