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Mullvad halves my internet speeds — is there a fix? (beehaw.org)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Typically, my ISP provides ~500mbps down, but Mullvad seems to struggle to get above 220mbps. Is this typical?

I want to route all network traffic through it on the router, but don't want to miss out on the download speeds I'm paying for.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes, a slight speed decrease is expected even with good proxy services at common residential speeds. Given that yours is far above the average, a greater decrease can be expected. It shouldn't be this much though.

If this is installed on a common "router" SOHO gateway appliance, it's likely that its hardware is simply not able to keep up with the tunnelling workload (encryption, package handling). For troubleshooting, try the same proxy server on a more powerful machine while disabling the proxy on the gateway. If it's faster, that's likely your issue.

Also try a different proxy server. That particular one might simply not have enough capacity to serve you more than that.