UPDATE: FYI i am connected to the Comcast router via the WAN port on the Slate however i was on 2.4Ghz, I connected to the 5Ghz SSID and the Wifi Speed is now 425mbps down, 18mbps up, much closer to my Comcast router. However, the WireGuard speed is still low which makes sense since I didnt make any changes to that…
I assume the WG Client is connecting to the closest VPN server location, of course. It’s worth noting GL advertises those speeds based on ‘hard lining’ the links. Take Wi-Fi out of the equation.
i think i figured it out! the issue may have been my phone? I set up the VPN client router, made sure i set the button toggle on and can see the bandwidth being used and the speed I get is 190mbps down and 5mbps up on wifi. my only concern is that both the client and server on on the same network, literally both plugged into my Comcast router but this shouldnt matter for testing purposes right? i imagine not becase in just 5min of testing this is the bandwidth that the client is showing as used
924.70 MB down
32.34 MB up
Alright i was wrong. i’m still extremely disappointed with Slate’s marketing and I’ll tell you all why.
I have the server hardwired at my home which gets 500mbps on wifi alone. I have the client now hardwired at my friends which gets 250mbps on wifi alone, yet when I hardwire my laptop to the Slate to use the VPN, i’m only at 35 down and 2 up. I’m literally doing the best case scenario with hardwiring and I am NOWHERE near the advertised speed. very disappointed in the product. Are others getting hire speeds when hardwired?
Yeah, I would be too if hard lining didn’t solve it… & presuming the PC used is also capable of processing at least 600 Mbps (there’s also garbage GbE chipsets, too).
That is not right. Geezus; does the latptop hit 550/20 when directly connected to the modem, naked (ie: no WG)? It smells like there’s a MTU bottleneck somewhere.
I couldn’t tell you in my case; my Slate AX doesn’t come close to using even 300 Mbps; my ISP package isn’t that high.