Hey!
As you can see, this is my first post, but I've been lurking around the forums a while now. I reccently ran into a problem with my router, an ASUS RT56U. It usually works great and the trhoughput maxes my IPs bandwith (100/100).
What I did was add an OpenVPN client on one of my computers on the network. Its connected with the router via an Ethernet for maximum bandwith. The problem is that as soon as I start up the Openvpn client my transfer speeds drop to about a third of the maximum. Sure, some loss is expected, but 2/3s? I disconnected the router and plugged the PC in directly and suddenly it was just 3-5% loss. This led me to believe that its the router interfering.
I updated to the latest firmware (official) and tried again. No change. I did a factory reset, no change. Im not a complete novice regarding computers, but my skills in networking are a bit lacking. It seems to me that the router is the culprit.
Has anyone got any ideas? Should I try a custom firmware like Tomato? Any change in settings that might help?
Have a good one
Z
As you can see, this is my first post, but I've been lurking around the forums a while now. I reccently ran into a problem with my router, an ASUS RT56U. It usually works great and the trhoughput maxes my IPs bandwith (100/100).
What I did was add an OpenVPN client on one of my computers on the network. Its connected with the router via an Ethernet for maximum bandwith. The problem is that as soon as I start up the Openvpn client my transfer speeds drop to about a third of the maximum. Sure, some loss is expected, but 2/3s? I disconnected the router and plugged the PC in directly and suddenly it was just 3-5% loss. This led me to believe that its the router interfering.
I updated to the latest firmware (official) and tried again. No change. I did a factory reset, no change. Im not a complete novice regarding computers, but my skills in networking are a bit lacking. It seems to me that the router is the culprit.
Has anyone got any ideas? Should I try a custom firmware like Tomato? Any change in settings that might help?
Have a good one
Z