Why is pptp slow

Covered by US Patent. Come for the solution, stay for everything else. Welcome to our community! Hi, Looking for some advice from a network expert. They have no problems, line is clean, firewall vendor has checked out hardware, everything works great on normal internet connections. I have tried a windows and firewall based VPN connection with identical results.

Thanks, Pete. Join our community to see this answer! Unlock 1 Answer and 13 Comments. So the problem must lie somewhere in the linux configurarion.. What about internal to your network with Linux? Run an 'iperf' test if you can. The internal network LAN with linux seems to be alright.

I haven't noticed any major speed differences in linux. However, an iperf test is not a bad idea, so here are the results. I tried the following configurations: 1. Yep, must be somewhere in there. Those iperf speeds look very slow, are those over wifi? Client was wired, server was a 5-year-old laptop over wifi.

However, I still don't get it - pptp vpn is quite easy to configure. I can't imagine what could be wrong with the client configuration Those iperf speeds are ok for a However, it would be just perfect if we could find out the cause of the issues with pptp and ubuntu So there is something in linux that doesn't seem to work very well with my setup You must log in or register to reply here. Thread starter Similar threads Forum Replies Date Question Can I connect 2 parallel lines of mbps to the motherboard and get mbps download and mbpS upload?

Networking 11 Feb 4, Similar threads Question Can I connect 2 parallel lines of mbps to the motherboard and get mbps download and mbpS upload? Post thread. CPUs and Overclocking. Graphics Cards. AnandTech is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. Visit our corporate site. But in this case it is the boss of the company who wants to work from home. It is his own company so no concerns about him stealing data.

So, can I let him use his roaming profile over vpn? Or how does this work? Make a mstsc. I would not use roaming profiles via vpn if You can not make sure they do not grow above 5MB - which You can not. You are free to try it - load your profile via vpn and at logoff write it back. Using UMTS 7. This is the basic system for remote desktop, Citrix is just an additional piece software on top.

With a correct setup you print to your local printer, access your local drives, get audio etc. So full speed, normally GBIT. If you get disconnected, every windows stays open and waits for a reconnect. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Which of the following retains the information it's storing when the system power is turned off? Submit ». Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks. Hi all, We have a small business server with 5 office users.

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