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Test network speed and reliability while connected to VPN gateways #561

Open peterroth opened 5 years ago

peterroth commented 5 years ago

This test aims to discover slowness while connected to gateways. The bandwidth should be tested while having the below configuration:

Test network speed while disconnected and connected to gateway/s.

androidacy-user commented 5 years ago

Screenshot_20191106-090301_Speedcheck_Simple Alright showing a 5-10x decrease in performance with VPN

Test results are listed bottom to top:

androidacy-user commented 5 years ago

Btw all tests done on key York gateway; however that one is the fastest for me (in the USA)

peterroth commented 5 years ago

Did you happen to test with the native WireGuard client as well? That can help to narrow down if Blokada has an effect (which we can fix) on the network speed or the WireGuard cuts off the speed.

androidacy-user commented 5 years ago

@peterroth native WireGuard client? Do you mean the WireGuard app?

peterroth commented 5 years ago

Yes, exactly

androidacy-user commented 5 years ago

@peterroth I'll check tonight when I get home

androidacy-user commented 5 years ago

However I'll need to find a WireGuard tunnel to set up with....

peterroth commented 5 years ago

You can use the http://app.blokada.org site to generate the config file that you can set in the WG app

androidacy-user commented 5 years ago

Screenshot_20191107-080339_Speedcheck_Simple @peterroth Top result using blokada VPN, but with WireGuard app

Still a >2x decrease in performance vs standard LTE but ~3x increase in performance over the blokada app