OpenVPN Open Beta

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Re: OpenVPN Open Beta

by mediahound » Thu Sep 24, 2015 7:39 pm

Thanks. My employer recommends using Cloak, but mainly only when on public wifi.

Btw the OpenVPN app does work well with Sonic's vpn via iOS devices fine. I'm on it now to test it.

For me the Sonic VPN seems to eat up a few MB of downstream speed. Wish it was less but I guess that's the trade off.

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by jcarter1 » Fri Sep 25, 2015 5:26 pm

Will using OpenVPN increase or decrease my DL speeds on my Fusion FTTN line?

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by mediahound » Fri Sep 25, 2015 5:28 pm

jcarter1 wrote:Will using OpenVPN increase or decrease my DL speeds on my Fusion FTTN line?

Decrease, not drastically though YMMV.

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by jcarter1 » Fri Sep 25, 2015 5:44 pm

A friend of mine did OpenVPN and his went from 17Mpbs to about 50Mbps. Care to explain anyone?!

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by mediahound » Fri Sep 25, 2015 5:47 pm

jcarter1 wrote:A friend of mine did OpenVPN and his went from 17Mpbs to about 50Mbps. Care to explain anyone?!

It makes speedtest sites report inaccurate speeds. I don't know the technical reason why that is however. Unfortunately, it does not magically give your line more bandwidth or anything like that.

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by jcarter1 » Fri Sep 25, 2015 5:48 pm

Well that's good to know. I'll rain in on his parade. LOL