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VPN vs Proxy for speed? (self.networking)
submitted 10 months ago by LunchEnjoyer to c/[email protected]
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Hiya, quickly wondering if there is a big difference between speeds when using a vpn compared to using a proxy server solution? Anyone got any experience here or good articles to refer to?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yep, just tried this today, and holy hell!

I have older Cisco Linksys WRT160NL running DD-WRT. With OpenVPN I could get 5Mbps capped by CPU struggling at 100%. But today I tried WireGuard, and somehow even while doing 30Mbps, the CPU was just at around 25%.