On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 11:27:42PM +0200, roberto wrote:
> date: 26 august 2004
> 
> (I've already posted this on tech-net but with no answer: maybe it was not
> the correct place ...)
> 
> In the process of testing the speed of PPTP VPN on NetBSD, FreeBSD, Linux,
> after several tests I've discovered a strange behaviour on NetBSD 162:
> 
> Here is the configuration:
> 
>    (XP Pro) Client VPN  <--- 100Mbit ----> Server VPN (NetBSD 162+
> poptop-1.1.3)
> 
> Test:
>    1- trying to download with FTP a file (through the VPN) the speed is
> about 80-100KByte/sec
>    2- trying to upload with FTP a file (through the VPN) the speed is
> about 350-400KByte/sec
> 
> On the other server the bandwidth about 1,5 Mbit or more. I changed
> several time the config, and even I've tested on NetBSD 2.0 (200408130000)
> but with the same result.
> 
> I cannot figure out why the transfer rate is so slow :(
> 
> Any ideas?

What speed do you get if you don't get though the VPN ?
While you're downloading, can you run 'top' and see if the CPU usage is
high ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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