Post by Admin on Apr 27, 2018 9:34:39 GMT
You can improve connection speed for PIA PPTP/L2TP/OpenVPN by taking these steps we outlined. Hit www.privateinternetaccess.com/pages/buy-vpn/bry to set up Private Internet Access (PIA) on your router today! Learn more?
Generally connections on routers will be slower than PIA's application running on a computer. This is because, in general, routers lack the hardware necessary to process the complex math associated with encryption in real-time, and causes the connection to lag and slow down, in order to handle it.
That said, here are a few adjustments you can make to try and improve your connection speed.
Please try using the following ports and protocols for your OpenVPN client:
UDP 9201, 1194, 8080, 53
TCP 80, 110, 443
E.G.: change OpenVPN server port this way...
Try using an IP instead of a hostname in the Server Address field, to avoid any DNS resolution issues. To obtain an IP address from our servers, please open Command Prompt or a Terminal Window and type:
nslookup <hostname>
With <hostname> replaced with the hostname of the server you want IPs for (e.g. aus.privateinternetaccess.com).
After you've typed that, hit enter to run the command. You should get a selection of IP addresses for the hostname you put in.
You can also try tweaking the MTU (maximum transmission unit) setting; typically, if you lower it slightly, it makes it easier for the router to handle it, and in fact increases your speeds. Try reducing your MTU to around 1400 or so (pretty much any level between 1350 -1450), and hopefully it will help.
To do so, try the given steps below:
1. Local Area Connection – Properties – Configure – Advanced tab – Jumbo Frame > set 9KB MTU.
For Mac users, System Preferences – Network – Ethernet – Advanced – Ethernet. Select Configure: Manually > MTU:Custom settings.
For more info, plz read blog.jeffcosta.com/2010/12/21/configure-your-os-for-gigabit-ethernet/
2. Log on to your router, edit the value:
That said, here are a few adjustments you can make to try and improve your connection speed.
Please try using the following ports and protocols for your OpenVPN client:
UDP 9201, 1194, 8080, 53
TCP 80, 110, 443
E.G.: change OpenVPN server port this way...
Try using an IP instead of a hostname in the Server Address field, to avoid any DNS resolution issues. To obtain an IP address from our servers, please open Command Prompt or a Terminal Window and type:
nslookup <hostname>
With <hostname> replaced with the hostname of the server you want IPs for (e.g. aus.privateinternetaccess.com).
After you've typed that, hit enter to run the command. You should get a selection of IP addresses for the hostname you put in.
You can also try tweaking the MTU (maximum transmission unit) setting; typically, if you lower it slightly, it makes it easier for the router to handle it, and in fact increases your speeds. Try reducing your MTU to around 1400 or so (pretty much any level between 1350 -1450), and hopefully it will help.
To do so, try the given steps below:
1. Local Area Connection – Properties – Configure – Advanced tab – Jumbo Frame > set 9KB MTU.
For Mac users, System Preferences – Network – Ethernet – Advanced – Ethernet. Select Configure: Manually > MTU:Custom settings.
For more info, plz read blog.jeffcosta.com/2010/12/21/configure-your-os-for-gigabit-ethernet/
2. Log on to your router, edit the value: