#Macos server vpn on macstadium install#

#Macos server vpn on macstadium install#

For this particular test, it's actually pretty simple:Īt each end-point in your VPN, install the iPerf utility (it's just a single executable binary file) There is an excellent (cross platform including Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS, etc.) utility called iPerf that can measure file transfer speeds between points. What happens after it leaves your ISPs networks is the critical part of the equation. This doesn't mean that there is a low latency, gig pipe between your two sites, it just means there's a gig pipe from/to you and your Internet providers. What can I do to improve my transfer performance (for large files, not large folders with lots of small files)?īoth machines are connected to Gigabit Internet (1Gbps up and down)īut are located thousands of miles apart. Is this low speed normal for a VPN (factoring in overhead)? Even with the VPN’s overhead, I was hoping to get a higher speed than, at most, 10% of the rated speed. However, I can never get higher than that.

If I’m moving files the other way (server to client), but transfers all initiated on the client machine), I can get as high as 10 MBps (80Mbps) sustained transfer. However, the highest speed I can get is 5 MBps (40 Mbps) sustained transfer, with a max peak of 12 MBps. I regularly shuttle large files and folders to the server from the client. I connect my client to the server VPN (L2TP) and then file share over AFP. The disk read/write speeds on both ends are above 100 MBps (800Mbps). Both machines are connected to Gigabit Internet (1Gbps up and down) but are located thousands of miles apart. The “server” machine is running macOS Server running VPN and file sharing.

Both are running the newest builds of macOS Sierra 10.12.6. I have two Apple machines: a server and a client.