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On Mon, 31 Jan 2005, JP M wrote: > Hi, list. > I am happily using openvpn + shorewall on a debian > 'testing' box. I am using bridging in the old openvpn > 1.5 way. > Among other uses I have 2 tunnels to connect wireless > machines to my Lan. I normally use UDP tunnels. > Trying to stream data (videolan) over the tunnels, I > come to the conclusion that udp over udp is not > reliable enough, while udp streaming over a tcp tunnel > is the solution. I'm not sure that running video over TCP makes sense because any frame drops/retransmits will kill the real-time experience. That's why people run video (or VoIP) over UDP -- because you would rather lose a few frames and preserve the real-time experience. > Unfortunately, I observe a massive performance hit > (throughput at least divided by 4) with the tcp > tunnels. I tweaked the usual mssfix, but it did not > seem to help much -or not long ??. mssfix doesn't really do anything when the tunnel itself is using TCP as a carrier. James ____________________________________________ Openvpn-users mailing list Openvpn-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openvpn-users |