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by ericjones

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I am utilizing Linksys VPN Routers (model #befvp41) from two different locations; one location uses Cox home broadband connection, the other uses Qwest DSL Business services.

My problem is related to performance. I can connect to the remote location w/o problem, however, it seems to take too long to open even Word docs. Nevermind that two of the main apps I need to use at home are large databases (one of which is Quickbooks). These both take 10+ minutes to open. In both locations, I have the application installed and I'm just accessing the data thru the VPN.

Is my problem due to the product? Or maybe the providers? I wouldn't imagine that the product is 'supposed' to perform this way, but you never know.

Does anyone have any suggestions or comments?

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by ericjones

I have contacted Linksys and have the latest firmware on both routers. After contacting both ISPs, they gave the same canned answer "We don't support the use of VPN devices."

Again, any help is appreciated!

by madroxxx

Your connection is giving you at most 1.5mbps. On your local network you are getting 100MBS most likely. See the problem? The best way to overcome this is with some sort of remote control utility like PC anywhere or terminal services. A good one that is free is www.realvnc.com
This way you only pass the screen output and mouse/keyboard commands over your slow link rather than trying to push large amounts of data.

by ericjones

Madroxxx, thanks for the tip. We have already been considering the PCanywhere versus the VPN solution. Great point regarding bandwidth; didn't even cross my mind.

Thanks again.

by lynbor

Either of the ISP's listed may be limiting one direction of travel. If you have aDSL from Quest they are likely choking you down to 128k on the upside. Same could be true of Cox. In that case your VPN which has much more back and forth traffic than web browsing does would be slow.

This is also why these companies don't Support VPN. They also typically use Dynamic IP addressing which can foul up your VPN configuration.

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