Hi Guys.
any idea how to increase the speed of data transfer through openvpn i have a 10mb line but upload and download over vpn is like below 100kpbs
What is the CPU usage during transfers?
Which device is running OpenVPN?
How many hops are you adding to the path when you connect to the VPN server?
OpenVPN server is the local device trendy
DPINoob786 as already stated on different places on this same question, have a look to WireGuard as it has better performance compare to OpenVPN
Yes, but which device? Is it an RPi? A RockPi? Something else?
following the other conservations it’s a Raspberry Pi, but not sure on the model
hi all it is a raspberry pi 3 b +
That should have enough cpu cycles to handle more than 100kbps.
Answer the rest of the questions as well.
Hi could you please tell me how to find the answers to those questions what are the commands for finding out :
What is the CPU usage during transfers?
Which device is running OpenVPN?
i think the answer to this is the raspberry pi b3 +
How many hops are you adding to the path when you connect to the VPN server?
i am not sure if this will help but this is the status of the vpn also is there a way i could contact you for assistance other than this forum ?
root@HomeNET:~# /etc/init.d/openvpn status
● openvpn.service - OpenVPN service
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/openvpn.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (exited) since Sun 2021-03-07 18:17:05 CAT; 1 day 2h ago
Process: 356 ExecStart=/bin/true (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 356 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Vul 07 18:17:05 HomeNET systemd[1]: Starting OpenVPN service…
Vul 07 18:17:05 HomeNET systemd[1]: Started OpenVPN service.
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Do a traceroute or mtr to the destination without VPN and then with VPN.
would the destination be the ip address of my client or what destination am i tracerouting so sorry to be silly i am very new to this i am a baker but i am interested in IT stuff
thank you i will try
I don’t think it is useful to measure the hops. Because the RPi is the VPN Server. Means this test would need to be done from client side and it will be always same, with and without VPN.
hmmmm ok thank you but may i ask what is the best way to increase transfer off data upload or download through openvpn cause i feel more comfortable working with this than others
try WireGuard
I didn’t notice that the OpenVPN is acting as server. 
Anyway, try to transfer something with just a simple port forward directly on the router and compare the speed with the scenario where you download over VPN.
In both cases keep an eye on the cpu utilization.