New RT-AC86U owner VPN Client tab issue

[jdjuggler]

Hello all.
Thanks to all that recommended the RT-AC86U as a fix to VPN speed issues. Very fast. I seem to be getting "full speed" (85-90Mbps) which seems odd. I know I can check my IP (and I have) - I just seems oddly fast.

I seem to have an issue when selecting the VPN option in the GUI. It takes about 30 seconds for the VPN status page to show the status. Worse is when I click on the VPN client tab - it takes over a minute for the page to show. Anyone else see this symtom?
Thanks,
JD

 

[mferraro]

Hello all.
Thanks to all that recommended the RT-AC86U as a fix to VPN speed issues. Very fast. I seem to be getting "full speed" (85-90Mbps) which seems odd. I know I can check my IP (and I have) - I just seems oddly fast.

I just upgraded to the 86U from an old N-router. Was inconsistently getting VPN speeds between 40-60Mbps down on the old N-router with 100Mbps service. Now, consistently getting VPN speeds at 100Mbps with the 86U. (I also had to check my IP and DNS multiple times before I believed it.)

I seem to have an issue when selecting the VPN option in the GUI. It takes about 30 seconds for the VPN status page to show the status. Worse is when I click on the VPN client tab - it takes over a minute for the page to show. Anyone else see this symtom?
Thanks,
JD

How many VPN clients do you have configured? Are you running more than one at a time? I was configuring multiple VPN clients as backups in case my primary was unavailable and accidentally turned a second client on. This caused some extreme lag and sometimes timeouts when trying to get to various pages on the router console. From one of the other threads, I think that this was due to the fact that I had the same policy rules (associated with the same network) for both clients, which may have caused route conflicts with both active. Other than that, everything has been super fast and responsive. (I'm on Merlin F/W v384.4_2.)

 

[Xentrk]

Do you use Policy Rules? Sounds similar to issue I describe here and here.

For more info refer to https://x3mtek.com/torguard-openvpn-2-4-client-setup-for-asuswrt-merlin-firmware/. Even if you use another provider, it still may apply to your Configuration.

 

[jdjuggler]

After using policy rules to allow only 5-6 clients through the VPN, I have no access issues to the VPN page now.
Although today my ping times went up to 150ms and speed was greatly reduced. Tried another server, same results. Restarted router, no change. I also went through the guide in the last post.
Frustrated after only a couple of days....
JD

 

[Xentrk]

After using policy rules to allow only 5-6 clients through the VPN, I have no access issues to the VPN page now.
Although today my ping times went up to 150ms and speed was greatly reduced. Tried another server, same results. Restarted router, no change. I also went through the guide in the last post.
Frustrated after only a couple of days....
JD

I too was never able to achieve the improved speeds on the AC86u others reported. On my pfSense, I see mega improvements when using ethernet but not WiFi. @sfx2000 told me this is because WiFi can not support jumbo frames.