Experiencing limited and heavily flucuating bandwidth when connectet to PIA

Without the VPN being active i reliably get my advertised internet speeds with 440 Mb/s download and 20 Mb/s upload.

As soon as i activate the VPN it flucuates between 100 - 300 Mb/s download, never hitting my normal speeds.
My upload rate stays the same.

I already tried to play around with the settings, tried different servers and ports and applied the recommended settings from PIA for the fastest possible setup.
So far nothing about my bandwidth changed.

I already did some quick research and read about Windows having issues with VPN bandwidth that apparantly dont occur on Linux VMs but nothing specific.

Disclaimer: I have no clue about different encryption methods, messing around with ports or what "Handshake" even means in VPN terms.
I just want a working VPN with no bandwidht limitations (like PIA advertises) and the awesome privacy settings PIA is offering...

I hope you guys can help me in any way...

Comments

  • Are you on a Windows computer? You may be hitting TAP limitations. You do not get this on Linux, Mac and pfSense on a powerful router.
  • Yes I am using Windows 10. Can there be anything done against a "TAP-Limitation" in terms of software?
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