Mullvad VPN slowing down internet
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
That's normal with VPNs. You are sharing bandwidth with other users when you use it, so you lose speed.
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.
I experience closer to 100mb/s generally. Though this is plenty for me. I'm really just glad my ping stays below 30ms.
understandable, thanks
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.
400 to 150... to the speedtest server?
my bad that wording was fucked
when not connected, i get 400mbps. connected to mullvad, i only get 150mbps
what
it drops from 400mbps to 150mbps when using a speed test
The mullvad server might have a gigabit connection, but that shared across all their users.
WireGuard will get you the best through put, IPSEC is a close second. OpenVPN has a lot of overhead.
Are you using the same server between the two speed tests?
What protocol?
Have you tried different servers (you can select country and city in the app)? Have you tried it on different days of the week at different times?
That would be my starting to find out where the bottle-neck is. Under optimal conditions Mullvad should get very close to your 400mps (the protocol has some overhead, but in a speed test with "full" packages that's only about five percent of your bandwidth). Of course they can't guarantee optimal conditions on all servers all the time, but it's also not rare for them to get close.
The distance to the Mullvad server doesn't matter much when it comes to bandwidth. Hence, unless you're gaming and actually need a short ping, you can try servers that are further away.
If you don't get anything higher than 150Mb/s at any time with any server, we'll indeed have to look for technical issues on your side.
Mullvads no good anymore especially since they removed the ability for choosing a temporary port to open.
so what do I switch to?