How to fix slow shared drives vpn?

Asked By Jamin Ywain 60 points N/A Posted on - 09/20/2012

Hi,

How to fix slow shared drives vpn?

I am using vpn, and it is really slowing down what is the best solution for this problem.

Is this has to do with my operating system or internet connection?

I am using windows XP.

Thank you

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Answered By Odom Vemus 0 points N/A #145887

How to fix slow shared drives vpn?

VPN slow issues.

 

Symptom 1: You experience extreme slow while access in to remote resources over the VPN.

 

Cause: This could be the MTU issue.

 

Suggestion: How to determine the optimal MTU

 

How to determine the optimal MTU. In a case you may need to modify the MTU size and wonder how to determine the optimal MTU for your system.

 

Symptom 2: When running an application overt he VPN, it takes over 10 minutes to open it.

 

Causes:

 

1. The application is written for a LAN no for a WAN.
2. The   VPN client run the application using name instead of IP.

 

Symptom 3: Browsing the shared folders of remote computers is very slow, for example changing one folder to another it takes around 5 minutes.

 

Cause: Computer browser is involved NetBIOS and name resolution.

 

Suggestion: 1. Use IP instead of host name.

 

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