Anyone did VPN speed test on Slate AX？

panpan · 2022-05-17T06:30:17.492Z

Please share the max. OpenVPN and WireGuard VPN speeds you got here.

bOcy · 2022-05-17T07:34:34.068Z

my wireguard connection can go up to 50mbps, which is the upload limit of my fibre broadband

vvv · 2022-05-17T07:35:18.896Z

Probably better to test internally on your network.

panpan · 2022-05-17T23:52:13.442Z

Our lab test shows up to 120Mbps for OpenVPN, and up to 600Mbps for WireGuard. We want to know whether they are achievable.

lostdog · 2022-05-18T01:30:19.488Z

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This was it acting as a repeater to my phone (Oneplus 8T+5G) hotspot, connecting to a wireguard server at my home.

Computer → LAN connection → Slate AX (repeater mode with wireguard client on) connecting to phone hotspot.

lostdog · 2022-05-18T01:31:46.582Z

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Same setup as above but using OpenVPN to my router.

lostdog · 2022-05-18T01:32:32.711Z

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No VPN connection.

panpan · 2022-05-18T02:40:37.803Z

Can you test again with wired connection?

vvv · 2022-05-18T04:57:25.799Z

Those ping speeds seem to indicate that the server is far away from you. Both your VPN server and your testing server for speedtest.

lostdog · 2022-05-18T05:14:01.120Z

Yeah, the funny thing is, they are in my house where I did the testing (remember this was a phone hotspot). T-Mobile seems to have some strange routing.

lostdog · 2022-05-18T05:14:49.242Z

panpan:

Can you test again with wired connection?

By wired do you mean USB tethering?

EddieA · 2022-05-18T22:01:41.762Z

panpan:

Our lab test shows up to 120Mbps for OpenVPN, and up to 600Mbps for WireGuard. We want to know whether they are achievable.

I posted some results here: VPN Speed Test report - #9 by EddieA

Got really close to your estimates.

Cheers.

wcs2228 · 2022-05-19T00:07:16.321Z

I got ~180Mbps with OpenVPN and ~550Mbps with WireGuard (may be limited by my Internet speed).

VPN Speed Test report - #7 by wcs2228

Very impressive!

I do not work for and I do not have formal association with GL.iNet

panpan · 2022-05-19T04:17:54.077Z

OpenVPN speed is much faster than our test result! I guess we can update this information.

jdub · 2022-07-10T01:27:43.466Z

I will second @wcs2228 's results. I got 220mbps bursts on OpenVPN (AES-128-GCM, over TCP), though sustained was closer to 180-200mbps. Wireguard was close to 500mbps. This was real world download tests from a CDN routed through my private VPN (dedicated bare metal in a datacenter ~700 miles away).

LupusE · 2022-07-13T22:36:45.730Z

I don’t have an OpenVPN Server, right now. But I do testing against my WireGuard Server in LAN.

Setup: Internet - Fritz!Box 7590 - LAN - Proxmox Host (with Wireguard Container) - Switch - LAN - Switch - LAN - [Testing Device] - Laptop (Lenovo X200s)
no WLAN tests, here.

Device	VPN	Download Mbit/s	Upload Mbit/s	Ping ms	Temp ′C
X200s	off	158.8	46.6	3	40.1
Beryl	off	102.2	46.0	3	35.2
Beryl	WG	78.8	46.5	5	34.1
Slate AX	off	140.8	46.4	3	47.2
Slate AX	WG	98.4	45.9	4	49.0

Source: Google speedtest
Please note, that the singe core X200s is a reliable work laptop, but not high performance!

The Beryl passes 65% of the maximum bandwidth and 50% over Wireguard. The Slate AX passes 89% and 62% with Wireguard. I would say a nice improvement!
But for a price. It has a higher power consumption and produces a lot more heat.