Speeding up the VPN Connection

StUffz

Hello everyone,

im using shibbys Tomato usb v.1.28 on my Asus RT-N66U.
Most of the time im using a openVPN connection from my companys LAN to bypass the proxy and access my private NAS Shares at home.

Even so the VPN works very well, I'm now facing an annoying problem.
If I'm managing my music library over VPN, tagging of the files and sometimes also "seeking" through a song takes quite a long time to complete.

So my question is: Are there ways to speed up the connection a bit without compromising any security aspects?
Most of the files I need when connected via VPN are between 3.5MB to 150MB.

Here's my current config:

remote URL 18696
client
dev tap21
proto udp
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
float
ca ca.crt
cert EC-UB-001.crt
key EC-UB-001.key
ns-cert-type server
#cipher AES-128-CBC
#comp-lzo
#verb 7

maikcat

the only thing you can do is switch to tun....

but i dont know if you see much difference,
are you sure that this is bandwidth related?

Michael.

Traffic

StUffz wroteIf I'm managing my music library over VPN, tagging of the files and sometimes also "seeking" through a song takes quite a long time to complete.

StUffz wroteMost of the files I need when connected via VPN are between 3.5MB to 150MB.

Connect to remote desktop and then manage your media .. otherwise you are limited by your internet upload speed to edit the files ..

StUffz

I dont think that it is bandwidth related. I have an minimum upload speed of 1.5MB/s
RDP would require that I have at least one PC running or that I start the PC via WOL. That is something I would like to avoid.

If I switch to tun, can I still access my network? By creating Routes maybe?

maikcat

I have an minimum upload speed of 1.5MB/s

thats megabytes or megabits? just want to be sure...

If I switch to tun, can I still access my network? By creating Routes maybe?

your current tap setup is not for bridging, you have a lot of posibilities to work out of the box...

Michael.

StUffz

thats megabytes or megabits? just want to be sure...

It's Megabyte.

your current tap setup is not for bridging, you have a lot of possibilities to work out of the box...

what do you mean with that?
I recently added a route and push command to another subnet in my network. So that's not included in the screenshot of the advanced configuration.
Accessing devices in this subnet is also possible, but with the same speed 'limitations'.

Are there other options I have to consider for tap bridging?

sorry for the noobish questions. I don't have that much knowledge if it comes to networking and openVPN :-)

StUffz

During the holidays I tried to switch to another Port and the TCP protocol.
Still no changes.

with an active VPN session I also SSHed on the router to monitor RAM and CPU usage while transferring some data. But it has all been well under 20%.

Now I really don't know what to do next.

Traffic

Do what I said ..

RDP Protocol is better choice than up and down loading 100mb file ..

Good grief charlie brown :roll: