Danny80916 Posted April 10, 2019 Posted April 10, 2019 I am extremely new to vpns and when i was looking at purevpn it gave me a deal i could not pass up. so i went and made my account went into hybrid vpn signed in added my computer picked the sever closest to me set my computer to be one of the devices . I pay for 250 download speed and get 300 after setting up vpn i have ping of 500ms and download of 5mbs did i do something wrong ?
Danny80916 Posted April 10, 2019 Author Posted April 10, 2019 So the best I can get for this vpn changing severs and country's is ping 39ms and download speed of 5mbs when I contacted there support team they said that is normal . Does that sound normal to you guys ?
crunkjuice1 Posted April 10, 2019 Posted April 10, 2019 Majority of VPN cripple your bandwidth. I would VPN your pc and leave consoles off the list. Unless your pc is your console. Aside from that gaming in general doesn't use alot of bandwidth.
Netduma Staff Netduma Jack Posted April 10, 2019 Netduma Staff Posted April 10, 2019 8 hours ago, Danny80916 said: So the best I can get for this vpn changing severs and country's is ping 39ms and download speed of 5mbs when I contacted there support team they said that is normal . Does that sound normal to you guys ? Sounds normal to me. As Crunk said above, VPN's strip you of the majority of your bandwidth and will always increase your ping. It's only worth using one if you need protection against DDoS attacks, or you're using it for something specific. Hybrid VPN lets you exclude devices or applications from the VPN, so you can reach your full speeds / get a normal ping on those. Take your gaming devices off the VPN and you'll be fine
Danny80916 Posted April 10, 2019 Author Posted April 10, 2019 Aright it was just throwing me off because on there reviews people had pictures of 100mbs down with ping of 25 . I guess I am happy I got a really really good deal tho It was like 22$ for a year .
BIG__DOG Posted April 10, 2019 Posted April 10, 2019 4 hours ago, Danny80916 said: Aright it was just throwing me off because on there reviews people had pictures of 100mbs down with ping of 25 . I guess I am happy I got a really really good deal tho It was like 22$ for a year . I think it is PPTP or L2TP that give you a lot higher speeds, but the caveat is that it is far less secure and is the weakest form of VPN encryption.
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted April 10, 2019 Administrators Posted April 10, 2019 58 minutes ago, Danny80916 said: so PureVPN is pretty secure ? I've only heard good things about PureVPN so I would say so yes
Danny80916 Posted April 11, 2019 Author Posted April 11, 2019 I was wondering is it normal with VPN turned on not to be able to access my modems interface (192.168.100.1) ?
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted April 11, 2019 Administrators Posted April 11, 2019 How have you got the VPN setup for your device?
Danny80916 Posted April 11, 2019 Author Posted April 11, 2019 Just the hybrid vpn setup did not change anything.
Administrators Netduma Admin Posted April 15, 2019 Administrators Posted April 15, 2019 That's definitely odd, you can still access if via another device that's not going through the VPN? And if you turn the VPN off, you can access the modem again? What's the make and model of the modem?
Danny80916 Posted April 15, 2019 Author Posted April 15, 2019 Yes I can access it if i turn off vpn and yes i can access from another device sb8200 arris
Administrators Netduma Admin Posted April 16, 2019 Administrators Posted April 16, 2019 That's odd, don't really know why this could be caused, so best to turn it off when you need to get to your modem (or use another device).
Ease Posted July 28, 2020 Posted July 28, 2020 im having the same issue the VPN is connecting correctly just not being applied to any of the devices ive added to the devise list. any updates on fixes for this yet? hopefully beta fw will fix it
ND Steve Posted July 28, 2020 Posted July 28, 2020 12 hours ago, Ease said: im having the same issue the VPN is connecting correctly just not being applied to any of the devices ive added to the devise list. any updates on fixes for this yet? hopefully beta fw will fix it Hello and welcome to the forum. Perhaps you can try the advice given in the previous post which is to turn off VPN when you need to get to the modem, as this was suggested. If you issue is not exactly the same, but similar, could you take a screenshot please of your VPN setup within DumaOS? Thanks, Steve
Ease Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 18 hours ago, Netduma Steve said: Hello and welcome to the forum. Perhaps you can try the advice given in the previous post which is to turn off VPN when you need to get to the modem, as this was suggested. If you issue is not exactly the same, but similar, could you take a screenshot please of your VPN setup within DumaOS? Thanks, Steve yes and i mean the VPN isnt being applied to the device at all. in my case my public external IP is still visible on the console.(even with vpn selected)
ND Steve Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 Thanks for the screenshots. Perhaps you can remove the xbox one device, and try adding it again, and if this doesn't work, you can follow the guide for Hybrid VPN setup for Nighthawk Pro Gaming routers.https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Pro-Gaming-Routers/Hybrid-VPN-Setup-Guide/td-p/1695383 Try these options, and let us know how you get on, thank you. Regards, Steve
Ease Posted July 29, 2020 Posted July 29, 2020 7 hours ago, Netduma Steve said: Thanks for the screenshots. Perhaps you can remove the xbox one device, and try adding it again, and if this doesn't work, you can follow the guide for Hybrid VPN setup for Nighthawk Pro Gaming routers.https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-Pro-Gaming-Routers/Hybrid-VPN-Setup-Guide/td-p/1695383 Try these options, and let us know how you get on, thank you. Regards, Steve @Netduma Steve i have done that already, its not working with any devices. to be clear setting up vpn and adding to the list would do all traffic on said device if the device is a console right?
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted July 29, 2020 Administrators Posted July 29, 2020 Yes with the selection you have made there it would apply to the entire device. How are you testing the IP on the device? If you put the VPN server IP in the DNS section in Internet Setup and retest the IP does it change?
Ease Posted July 30, 2020 Posted July 30, 2020 10 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said: Yes with the selection you have made there it would apply to the entire device. How are you testing the IP on the device? If you put the VPN server IP in the DNS section in Internet Setup and retest the IP does it change? in internet setup in the dumaos? i never changed any of my internet setup in dumaos let the router and my modem fill in everything, just assigned my own mac. and i just was doing it quickly through the call of duty servers if you go to account it allows you to see your external ip and geo location. also hard rebooted console after every test.
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted July 30, 2020 Administrators Posted July 30, 2020 Yes in Settings > Internet Setup change the DNS to the VPN server IP address and see if that works please.
Ease Posted August 1, 2020 Posted August 1, 2020 @Netduma Fraser i tried that and it wasn't changing.
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted August 2, 2020 Administrators Posted August 2, 2020 On 8/1/2020 at 5:54 AM, Ease said: @Netduma Fraser i tried that and it wasn't changing. Enable the option, block traffic if VPN disconnects and then disable the VPN - does the console lose connection completely? Just want to check it is actually working in some way.
Ease Posted August 3, 2020 Posted August 3, 2020 17 hours ago, Netduma Fraser said: Enable the option, block traffic if VPN disconnects and then disable the VPN - does the console lose connection completely? Just want to check it is actually working in some way. it did 0 to the console.
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