@mathais said in pfsense+ NordVPN slow speed:
Here are the characteristics of my machine:
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This is what matters :
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@mathais said in pfsense+ NordVPN slow speed:
the speeds are excellent (800Mbps download and 600Mbps upload)
I presume PC using cable over 1 Gbits/sec network - Wifi : why not, but 800 Mbits/sec wifi is .... wow 👍
I also presume that when you used your "my phone or on my computer" that the traffic generated went through your router, pfSense.
If so, then its tend to be true that your pfSense is cables of passing traffic, but less in 'generating' it.
Still, if your 'phone' is capable of passing and generating 800 Mbits/sec, but not pfSense, then swap processors phone <> pfSense ;)
An unknown factor stays : what type of encryption is the phone app using ? And what is used by pfSense ? The first is always optimized, as we know who made the app. But is it the same 'encryption' as what you've set up with pfSense ?
@mathais said in pfsense+ NordVPN slow speed:
I didn't use NordVPN because a YouTuber told me to... I use NordVPN to secure my network infrastructure.
Yeah, that was what the guy told you.
If you have a globe somewhere (or a dish if your are more a flat earther) and draw two points on it.
Call them "Nord" and "Me".
Draw a line between them.
I guess we all agree on this : between "Nord" and "Me", the traffic is completely gibberish. No one can make anything out if it. And with no one I mean no human or computer on the planet.
I guess we're still ok with the fact that you do not use only the web site of Nord, but that you also visit other locations on the Internet. Draw ten spots on your globe, and draw 10 lines from spot called "Nord" to these ten spots. Are we ok then traffic between the spot "Nord" and these 10 spots is not encrypted (by the VPN) ?
So, consider : the fact that a part of the entire trip of your traffic uses a VPN has not much influence on the security of your network.
The overall security of your network is mostly determined by the users (the humans :) that use your network, for example : they can still download and execute that ransomware that takes down your network. It boils down to : what they load (get) from the Internet. The fact that the traffic is secured or double secured doesn't change a byte.
Double secured, as most of your traffic already secured : you are aware that all traffic between your phone or PC to and from the Internet is mostly already using https, or more generic : TLS = encrypted ? Using a VPN can make it saver for you, like yeah : lets encrypt the already encrypted traffic, thats more safe.
Your ISP can see where you go - it couldn't see what you are doing.
What a VPN adds : the '10' points you connect to don't see your WAN ISP, but the "Nord"'s IP.
Btw : I'm using a 4100.
I've never used Nord, I use, ones in a while, another one. xprssvpn, to not name the name.
The max speed I saw was about 380 Mbits/sec when I was using a very nearby VPN server, at 04 AM of course - forget about that speed around 8 PM, it more like 180 Mbits/sec.
Btw : on pfSense, with a OpenVPN client setup, the speed is a bit better. My phones uses 5G, and caps out at 600 Mbits/sec (I'm standing nearby the 5G antenna).
My pfSense ISP connection is 1 Gbits/sec advertised, the reality is more like 0,9 Gbits/sec. When th VPN is activated : I lose more then half.
Your pfSense CPU is a bit better then mine : I heavily suspect, without any proof, : Nord gives you what they have available for you.