Open VPN speed BE88u

[Denny_m]

Hello.

I am currently using an Asus Rt Ax86u and would like to swap it for an RT BE88u. The Ax86u has a permanent VPN connection for my WLAN clients. Here I get about 150 MBit via Open VPN. The new BE86u has a new 4 core 2.6 GHz CPU. Does anyone know roughly how high the VPN speed is with the BE88u?

 

[CaptainSTX]

Hello.

I am currently using an Asus Rt Ax86u and would like to swap it for an RT BE88u. The Ax86u has a permanent VPN connection for my WLAN clients. Here I get about 150 MBit via Open VPN. The new BE86u has a new 4 core 2.6 GHz CPU. Does anyone know roughly how high the VPN speed is with the BE88u?

I have an AX88 Pro four cores 2000 Mhz. With an OpenVPN client running on the router the speed I get is in the range 160-220 downloads. If you want higher speeds then you will need to run a WireGuard client on the router. Using WG my download speeds range 450-550.

 

[Tech9]

Does anyone know roughly how high the VPN speed is with the BE88u?

OpenVPN is single threaded, the CPU cores are similar type ARMv8, performance will scale proportionally with the CPU clock frequency. RT-AX86U can reach 180-200Mbps in ideal conditions, expect 250-280Mbps with RT-BE88U. OpenVPN was faster with older versions actually, but security comes before speed. I used to get 270Mbps with RT-AC86U in 384 firmware. Explore WireGuard options.

 

[RMerlin]

(Not sure why upload is so low, might be a VPN provider issue with that instance):

 

[sfx2000]

(Not sure why upload is so low, might be a VPN provider issue with that instance):

Depends on upstream - if MTU size is lower than average - let's say 1492 per PPPoE, if OpenVPN is using TCP as a transport...

Nothing new here, to be honest for OVPN...

As others mention - WG might be a better approach - on 2GHz ARMV8A Cortex-A53's - 900 Gbit/Sec perhaps is a good target...