sleeps1007
Regular Contributor
I was trying to run the speed test implemented in merlin and it fails while connected to VPN. Is there a known issue or is there a setting to allow the test to run with VPN?
Sorry about that. It's the RT-AC5300 and has 386.1 installed and I use airvpn which is configured in openvpn on the router.What router? What specific firmware? What VPN?
Any other details you can provide about how your router is configured and used will be helpful.
What dns did you change to? Do you have "dns over tls" enabled?This is interesting I changed my DNS to a different DNS server and now the speedtest works.
I connected to Google DNS and OpenDNS. Tested with both and had no issues plus I was able to get increased speeds since they are faster than my ISP DNS. I found this tool called namebench which finds the fastest DNS servers try that.What dns did you change to? Do you have "dns over tls" enabled?
The speedtest worked a few times for me when I first installed 386.1 and did a factory reset but not since then.
I am not connected to a vpn but I disconnected my ovpn server to see if it helped and no luck.
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