VPN issues

Hola:

First day with Gray tower Nokia device: model: 5G21-12W-A, Versión de software:

1.2003.03.0168. It arrived at lunchtime.

I found that my speeds were variably slow even without VPN. Usually in the teens-20s for downloads. Uploads were very variable from 0.3 to 25 !  When testing locations around the planet via SurfShark VPN from 5-8pm, there were huge differences. Ping tended to be higher with farther distance from 30-200. Speeds even from the same cities varied by 300%. Never got over 42 mbps.

Via RCN in the DC area: ping 11 ms, 52 / 11 mbps,  jitter 4.8 and 0.35% packet loss via speedtest multi. Loss was zero via single connection.

Why the VPN – in case of doing any banking, like paying bills and helps to keep things more secure.

Proton VPN, free version, worked fine, but ping was in the 200s.

SurfShark VPN initially did not work. Read the prior postings here. Did the items noted below. Someplace along the way I had to change IKE2 protocol to OpenVPN TCP or WIreGuard. Used WireGuard. This was all done in the SS windows 10 software. Ping went from 52 to 54 when using SS VPN. Speeds were a bit slower 27 to 26 and 5 to 2.

First, I did the reboot via the T Mobile ISP website: http://192.168.12.1/. No luck.

Did not do the 45 second reset.

Then I found the posting about the ipv6s and unticked the ipv6 boxes for Proton, SS, and in 1 or 2 other devices.

Still had problems with SS VPN.

Hooked up the T Mobile cylinder to my TP Link wireless device via ethernet and then ethernet from TP L to laptop, then wireless to laptop. It worked. 

Then found that the T Mobile ISP Grey tower worked with SS VPN, but after I killed the ipv6.

Then I tried turning ipv6 back on, took a while to figure out how to do this. I had to turn of SS, Then checked a website Test your IPv6. (test-ipv6.com) after making sure that all 9 network adapters had ipv6 box with a check mark in them ! Had to repeat this process several times. Also turned wireless on and off a few times too (airplane mode).

Best guess, maybe the reset and the IKE2 to TCP or WireGuard did the trick, not killing ipv6.

By 11pm I checked on the work laptop and the government VPN for NIH. It simply worked without any tweaking. Lucky I guess. Fastest speeds via T Mobile and the required gvt VPN 51 40 40 (ping, DL, Upload). Was 21 52 10 via RCN and TP L wireless router.

Also did the wireguard on the SS iphone app. Speeds were wildly variable from 22-40 DL and 1-38 upload on the iphone.

I wasted a whole day on this. I really hope my long posting here helps somebody else.

Cheers…..