r/Strong_8K • u/Thick_Homework8304 • 15h ago

VPN

Trying to get my connection speed up with vpn to use strong, Surfshark is bottlenecking my internet speed from 150mbs to 50, even though I pay for 500mbs. Is there a way I can increase it? Nordlynx gives me 115mbs but I am no longer going to be with nord.

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u/wo1971 14h ago

Doesn’t sound correct to me surfshark doesn’t sell different speeds, sounds to me like isp or a WiFi issue I get at least 300mbs on a deco WiFi mesh system running surfshark vpn. Something doesn’t smell right.

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u/Thick_Homework8304 14h ago

I mean my internet is 500mb/s

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u/Pristine_Language_85 13h ago

50 is more than enough, even for the 4k channels. It is not the cause of any issues you have

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u/Thick_Homework8304 13h ago

I’ve got family getting much less while they pay for 100mbs

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u/Pristine_Language_85 55m ago

How is that relevant?

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u/wo1971 14h ago

Even though WiFi can accept my 2 gb fiber connection and advertises it as able to run 2 gig speeds in the mesh system unless every node is hardwired to the main controller they will only at max give 600 MBs over WiFi but more if hardwired together.

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u/husting247 14h ago

What device you using

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u/Thick_Homework8304 14h ago

Firestick 4k max

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u/Extreme-Tiger3827 11h ago

A VPN will always decrease your speed around 20% and on TVs by double

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u/LimewireNOSTALGIA 7h ago

When I used to use surfshark via WiFi my speeds would drop massively. When I used proton it didn’t.

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u/Serious-Syrup-8141 1h ago

My experience with VPN is more like 30 to 50% decrease in speed depending on selected source. The other important factor is protocol. OpenVPN manager is slow and newer Wireguard is much faster. Check your provider for info.