when not connected, i get 400mbps. connected to mullvad, i only get 150mbps

the server isnt very far from me physically (sub 100miles) and says it can support 1gbps. any way to fix or is this just an inherent flaw with vpns? using wireguard

on windows 11

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That’s normal with VPNs. You are sharing bandwidth with other users when you use it, so you lose speed.

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In my experience Mullvad is a blazing fast VPN, to me this seems like something else. I never had less than 500mbit speeds using it.

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I experience closer to 100mb/s generally. Though this is plenty for me. I’m really just glad my ping stays below 30ms.

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understandable, thanks

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Very standard with any VPN, I’d say 150Mbps is quite good compared to the competition. You’re sending your network traffic through a tunnel to another location, then they’re relaying it to other places. There are several bottlenecks along the way.

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400 to 150… to the speedtest server?

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my bad that wording was fucked

when not connected, i get 400mbps. connected to mullvad, i only get 150mbps

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what

it drops from 400mbps to 150mbps when using a speed test

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WireGuard will get you the best through put, IPSEC is a close second. OpenVPN has a lot of overhead.

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The mullvad server might have a gigabit connection, but that shared across all their users.

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