Managed Switch Config Issues

[Zim]

Anyone have any experience with this managed switch?

I got it configured and running. VLANs are passing through, getting fast speeds, but running into one issue.

ANY device, whether running via an AP to the switch or connected directly to the switch is getting full over gig speeds, but when I turn on a VPN software, like NordVPN, on any of the clients, that clients' speed seems to be capped at 150Mbps. I've tried tagged/untagged/trunk/access/hybrid port setting, but no improvements.

The VLANs are configured, the ports are configured, is there something else that I need to configure? First time running with managed switches.

 

[ColinTaylor]

Are you sure this isn't a problem with the VPN server or client software? If a client is connected directly to the router does it suffer the same problem? As far as the switch is concerned it's just passing ethernet packets. It doesn't know what those packets are used for.

The only other thing that comes to mind is that the VPN traffic is probably UDP. That might cause packet fragmentation on your switch so you could try lowering the VPN MTU. Alternatively you could use one of NordVPN's TCP servers.

 

[Zim]

@ColinTaylor yes, no issues with the VPN server or the client software - this speed capping only happens when connected through the switch. When connected directly through the router, no issue.

Oddly though, I also get this same issue when I remove the switch from the equation and have an Asus router connected to the pfSense as an AP (AXE16000). When I connect the PC to any of the LAN ports on the AP, I get full speed ONLY when the port is set to "Default (All)". When I switch to Access or Trunk the speed capping happens.

I'm using the NoryLynx (their Wireguard equivalent) - switching to TCP, I think the speed will be capped.