[vpn-help] Windows 7 64bit Slow VPN

Mark A. DeMichele demi at intellipro.com
Tue Feb 14 19:21:14 CST 2012


Yes, that's the mode I'm using.

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Grooms [mailto:mgrooms at shrew.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:22 PM
To: Mark A. DeMichele
Cc: vpn-help at lists.shrew.net
Subject: Re: [vpn-help] Windows 7 64bit Slow VPN

On 2/14/2012 6:04 PM, Mark A. DeMichele wrote:
> How do I tell if I'm running in "direct adapter mode"?
>

Ahh, sorry. Direct adapter mode is when you select the "Use an existing
adapter ... " option under "Adapter Mode" in the General settings page
of the site configuration. I should have been more clear.

-Matthew

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vpn-help-bounces at lists.shrew.net 
> [mailto:vpn-help-bounces at lists.shrew.net] On Behalf Of Matthew Grooms
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 6:53 PM
> To: vpn-help at lists.shrew.net
> Subject: Re: [vpn-help] Windows 7 64bit Slow VPN
>
> On 1/19/2012 8:25 AM, Mark A. DeMichele wrote:
>> I don't believe  you for being skeptical.  I'm a programmer and I 
>> understand where you're coming from.
>>
>> I just did as you requested and was very methodical about it.  Here's

>> what I did.
>>
>> 1. Using the 2.2beta2 version, I uploaded using a VPN address and 
>> then
>
>> again with a public address outside the VPN.
>> 	VPN Upload Speed: ~450KB/sec.
>> 	Non-VPN Upload Speed: ~550KB/sec
>>
>> 2. I uninstalled 2.2beta version and installed 2.1.7.  I used the 
>> same
>
>> profile  (it's nice it remembers all that between uninstalls and 
>> installs BTW). Same urls and same files to upload.
>> 	VPN Upload Speed: ~12KB/sec.
>> 	Non-VPN Upload Speed: ~550KB/sec.
>>
>> The higher rates vary a lot +/- 50KB/sec., but the slow VPN rate is 
>> just pretty slow.
>>
>> I had tried 2.1.6 the other day with the same result.  I hadn't gone 
>> back any further since the 2.2 fixed the problem.  Also both of my 
>> Windows 7 64 bit machines seem to have this problem. Maybe it's 
>> router
>
>> related?
>>
>> I have a Belkin N600HD router.
>>
>
> Are you running in a direct adapter mode? I fixed a problem related to

> hardware task offload but I can't remember if that was in 2.2.x or the
> 2.1.7 branch.
>
> -Matthew
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