Forum Discussion
VPN issues
All devices and home network are good. Signal strength is 2 bars (weak, but functional). Spouse needs to set up VPN to work from home, but even IT from the office could not get VPN to work via T-Mob...
VPN issues via SurfShark (SS) are quite different this am.
Automatic type of connection, SS, IKEv2 or OpenVPN TCP, etc is now connecting via IKEv2. However this is disabling all ipv6's. WireGuard is not working this am. TCP does work, but disables all ipv6's. Static IP vs (typical) dynamic IP does not seem to matter with regard to speed, Windows 10 laptop. Speeds around 30s for ping (up to 100 for Seattle and Chicago, from DC), 15-20 1.5-8, DL UL. I did not google "what is my ip" to make sure it matches with my VPN.
Proton free VPN, US 3, was fine today and ping was only 41 - not the 200s; 15, 4 DL, UL.
I will assume that ipv4 vs ipv6 is of no importance for most of us (
As an aside - the enormous variability of speeds without or with VPNs is again noted. Local DC area SS VPN locale had speeds of only 3 for a while, then up to 8, vs Seattle and Chicago, along with NYC static IP at 20 DL. Ten minutes later, the speeds were different again, with local DC SS VPN locale up to 20.
