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Openvpn server AND client...

That's odd, are you trying to access them by Name or IP? If by name, you would probably need to enable the respond to DNS as well on the server side.

Ok appearantly a reboot of router was required. Think it is working. When i now connect over 4G to the VPN on router and check on "whatsmyip.org" i see the home WAN adress instead of the public adres i get from my mobile provider.
 
Same problem as Tuneboy here.........Using the policies under VPN clients works for me as well but I've seen my bandwidth going down by as low as 16 mbps (I usually get 40 with no policies). Also, If I ''whats my ip'' my desktop using the policies, then I get my ISP ip instead of the PureVPN server ip. Finally, still can't connect to my router VPN server (with my cell phone using 4G network) if the router VPN client is connected to PureVPN. If the router VPN client isn't connected, then my cell phone can connect to my router VPN server. Oh, and I tried to remove Route-Delay & Explicit-Exit then reboot. Nothing has changed. So, don't be surprised if its still on the screenshots. Got rid of policies as well as it didn't provide me with decent bandwidth.

Thanks!

VPN Status

http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=714960VPNStatus.jpg

Router VPN Server

http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=324036RouterVPNServer.jpg

Router VPN Client (Connected to PureVPN server)

http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=488158RouterVPNClient.jpg
 
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Without the policies configured the router is routing all traffic to the VPN service provider which include the access the Server ports.
Your encryption setting are pretty high so you're going to take a hit there when testing via your cell phone. I've got similar settings on my router, the cellphone maxes out around 8mbps on LTE with my iPhone6. With the laptop connected to wifi I can max out the download and upload speeds I get from my ISP (35/5).
 
Just for the record. I a getting higher speeds when i use the connection on TCP then on UDP.
Athoug my vpn provider sais to me that for better performance i should use UDP. With UDP i get speeds around 16Mbits in tunnel while on TCP i get speeds around 22Mbits in tunnel. Very strange it should be the opposite according to my VPN provider. Are there any disadvantages wehn using TCP?

Regards
 
I use TCP as well. UDP should in theory be faster, but it might require more tweaks to get its full potential (quick tests were also faster for me with TCP than UDP).

There are no disadvantage in using TCP, quite the contrary, as TCP has better handling for unstable connections.
 
Ok my CPU of my router is hitting 90% during speedtest so with 22Mbits in tunnel i am almost on top the routers capability. Will have to crank up the speeds (CPU of router) to gain more speed. :)
 
I use TCP as well. UDP should in theory be faster, but it might require more tweaks to get its full potential (quick tests were also faster for me with TCP than UDP).

There are no disadvantage in using TCP, quite the contrary, as TCP has better handling for unstable connections.
Correct me if I am wrong but the reason why you get better banwidth using a desktop/laptop as a client instead of the router as a client is the fact that the desktop/laptop has a better/faster cpu than the cpu in a router. That said, by using a desktop cpu, it encrypts/decrypts faster which results in a better bandwidth. The plan with my ISP is a 40 down / 10 up. With no VPN, I get 43 down / 11 up. With VPN client on the desktop, 41 down / 10 up. With the VPN client on the router, 16 down / 9 up (UDP).
 
Correct me if I am wrong but the reason why you get better banwidth using a desktop/laptop as a client instead of the router as a client is the fact that the desktop/laptop has a better/faster cpu than the cpu in a router. That said, by using a desktop cpu, it encrypts/decrypts faster which results in a better bandwidth. The plan with my ISP is a 40 down / 10 up. With no VPN, I get 43 down / 11 up. With VPN client on the desktop, 41 down / 10 up. With the VPN client on the router, 16 down / 9 up (UDP).
Correct.
 
Correct me if I am wrong but the reason why you get better banwidth using a desktop/laptop as a client instead of the router as a client is the fact that the desktop/laptop has a better/faster cpu than the cpu in a router. That said, by using a desktop cpu, it encrypts/decrypts faster which results in a better bandwidth. The plan with my ISP is a 40 down / 10 up. With no VPN, I get 43 down / 11 up. With VPN client on the desktop, 41 down / 10 up. With the VPN client on the router, 16 down / 9 up (UDP).

The client is on a desktop, but the server is on my router. Also, I wasn't comparing router vs desktop performance, I was comparing UDP vs TCP performance.
 
I dont run any client on my desktop. My desktop is making a normal LAN connection (non VPN) to my router. From there it goes in the tunnel. If i use the desktop as a client i get also 42Mbit VPN speed wich is normal but i already knew that and that was not the thing i wanted. Now i am getting 24 Mbit tunnel speed calculated just by router CPU speed. That is why my CPU of router is almost hittig the ceiling.
 

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