Softether VPN

    Not sure if this is the right place to leave this sugestion... indeed... if don't just move it to the right place

    Since LibreELEC it's mostly used for media (player, streaming, etc...) i think thats a good idea to start thinking about a Openvpn alternative.

    Softether is newer and much faster for this kind of stuff (streaming) so maybe someone can develop it to LibreELEC or add it as add-on.

    Thanks

    That would be nice. I personally using both SoftEther server/client a few years, and I can say I am happy user - its multi-protocol, so I am using softether protocol on win-clients, L2TP/IPsec and OpenVPN for android clients. So I think it worth considering

    Edited once, last by JimmySmith (May 17, 2016 at 11:17 PM).

    Quote from JimmySmith


    That would be nice. I personally using both SoftEther server/client a few years, and I can say I am happy user - its multi-protocol, so I am using softether protocol on win-clients, L2TP/IPsec and OpenVPN for android clients. So I think it worth considering

    glad to ear there's one more interested :P

    Quote from vpeter


    So it is a matter of setting some compression settings? Softether seems it uses better one.

    no matter witch settings you use on openvpn softether will be always much faster... some of vpn providers are adding softether to its supported protocols just because of that... its really really fast!

    Quote from estimadarocha


    yes i have... i can do some more tests... but i loose like 1/3 of my bandwitch with openvpn and 1/5 on softether...

    its really really fast

    And where are these detailed benchmarks posted? Are we just going to take your word for it being faster?

    If you're talking about compressed data channel, that should not be used for streaming purposes anyways. I'd like to see it beat OpenVPN with compression turned off.

    OpenVPN supports LZO, LZ4 and Snappy compression. I have no idea what you are using with Softether, you simply claim it's "much faster". Much faster at what exactly? OpenVPN has 69 bytes overhead pr packet with UDP which is not a whole lot, encryption necessarily needs a few bytes.

    Location Latency [ms] Download Speed [kbps] Speed Index
    UK - Maidenhead 50 7 479 kbps 734
    France - Paris - 2 50 5 943 kbps 582
    UK - Kent 53 5 389 kbps 492
    UK - Berkshire - 2 53 10 570 kbps 965
    Netherlands - Rotterdam 56 5 655 kbps 492
    UK - East London 61 10 738 kbps 862
    UK - London 62 7 993 kbps 633
    Netherlands - Amsterdam 65 1 176 kbps 88
    UK - Chessington 67 1 645 kbps 119
    Germany - Dusseldorf 69 6 945 kbps 493
    Switzerland 69 6 394 kbps 451
    Netherlands - Amsterdam - 2 70 1 117 kbps 78
    Germany - Frankfurt - 1 70 7 383 kbps 518
    India (via UK) 72 10 728 kbps 728
    Slovakia 75 1 496 kbps 97
    Portugal 79 22 791 kbps 1415
    Germany - Frankfurt - 2 85 823 kbps 47
    France - Paris - 1 86 883 kbps 50
    Hungary 89 5 747 kbps 314
    Serbia 91 2 148 kbps 115
    Croatia 94 4 743 kbps 246
    Moldova 94 3 128 kbps 161
    Ukraine 100 5 438 kbps 265
    Sweden 101 5 806 kbps 281
    Latvia 103 2 672 kbps 126
    Albania 103 4 177 kbps 198
    Slovenia 106 4 469 kbps 205
    Belgium 112 7 105 kbps 310
    Ireland 113 9 245 kbps 400
    Bulgaria 113 2 824 kbps 122
    Romania 114 5 832 kbps 250
    USA - New Jersey - 1 114 4 195 kbps 179
    Bahamas 117 2 776 kbps 116
    Finland 118 171 kbps 7
    Russia 120 4 754 kbps 193
    Norway 121 4 933 kbps 198
    USA - New York 122 4 025 kbps 161
    USA - Atlanta 123 4 170 kbps 165
    Luxembourg 125 214 kbps 8
    Italy - Milan 126 6 538 kbps 252
    Cyprus 128 3 386 kbps 128
    USA - Washington DC 129 537 kbps 20
    Spain 131 14 402 kbps 537
    USA - New Jersey - 2 132 506 kbps 18
    Czech Republic 134 6 277 kbps 229
    USA - New Jersey - 3 137 4 467 kbps 159
    Denmark 142 5 001 kbps 172
    Egypt 142 4 383 kbps 150
    USA - Las Vegas 143 2 313 kbps 79
    Azerbaijan 143 3 528 kbps 120
    USA - Chicago 143 4 298 kbps 146
    Panama 143 1 098 kbps 37
    USA - Tampa - 1 145 3 680 kbps 123
    Georgia 148 3 481 kbps 114
    USA - Miami 149 3 386 kbps 110
    Estonia 152 4 822 kbps 154
    Poland 155 6 233 kbps 196
    USA - Dallas - 2 158 468 kbps 14
    USA - Washington DC - 2 158 362 kbps 11
    Mexico 161 265 kbps 8
    USA - Dallas 163 3 382 kbps 101
    Guatemala 164 1 482 kbps 44
    Peru 164 failed n/a
    Venezuela 164 2 407 kbps 71
    Canada - Montreal - 2 167 475 kbps 13
    USA - Denver 169 3 366 kbps 97
    Iceland 171 5 640 kbps 160
    Uzbekistan 173 62 kbps 1
    India - Mumbai - 1 180 2 228 kbps 60
    Turkey 181 5 257 kbps 142
    USA - Los Angeles 183 2 932 kbps 78
    Colombia 189 2 475 kbps 63
    Canada - Toronto - 2 190 290 kbps 7
    Kazakhstan 192 2 727 kbps 69
    Germany - Darmstadt 192 7 245 kbps 183
    Ecuador 196 542 kbps 13
    Canada - Vancouver 197 2 740 kbps 67
    Italy - Cosenza 198 6 109 kbps 151
    Canada - Toronto 201 3 029 kbps 73
    USA - Santa Clara 202 2 315 kbps 55
    Greece 203 2 082 kbps 50
    India - Chennai 207 265 kbps 6
    USA - San Francisco 208 1 864 kbps 43
    USA - Los Angeles - 2 213 2 405 kbps 55
    USA - Seattle 216 2 700 kbps 61
    USA - Los Angeles - 3 226 2 393 kbps 51
    Philippines (via Singapore) 227 474 kbps 10
    USA - San Jose 229 2 299 kbps 49
    Costa Rica 234 1 631 kbps 34
    Singapore - Jurong 239 280 kbps 5
    Lithuania 241 5 337 kbps 108
    Israel 245 4 031 kbps 80
    Australia - Melbourne 245 193 kbps 3
    USA - Los Angeles - 1 253 2 289 kbps 44
    South Africa 253 2 109 kbps 40
    Mongolia 254 3 227 kbps 62
    Kenya 256 n/a n/a
    Austria 258 2 101 kbps 39
    Japan - Tokyo - 1 272 1 450 kbps 26
    Cambodia 279 1 466 kbps 25
    Hong Kong - 2 282 1 890 kbps 32
    Kyrgyzstan 284 3 034 kbps 52
    Japan - Tokyo - 2 284 1 686 kbps 28
    Hong Kong - 1 290 165 kbps 2
    Brazil - 2 292 220 kbps 3
    Taiwan - 3 310 1 850 kbps 29
    Vietnam 317 n/a n/a
    Taiwan - 1 318 1 526 kbps 23
    Hong Kong - 3 318 521 kbps 8
    Argentina 336 419 kbps 6
    Brazil 337 282 kbps 4
    Indonesia 354 1 480 kbps 20
    Singapore - CBD 357 1 552 kbps 21
    New Zealand 360 1 095 kbps 14
    Singapore - Marina Bay 361 141 kbps 1
    Australia - Sydney - 2 366 178 kbps 2
    South Korea 375 1 195 kbps 15
    Australia - Sydney 390 1 403 kbps 17
    Thailand 415 1 119 kbps 13
    Malaysia 445 1 177 kbps 12
    Macau 493 816 kbps 8
    Algeria failed failed n/a
    Chile failed 1 559 kbps failed
    Malta failed failed n/a
    Uruguay failed failed n/a

    Quote from escalade


    OpenVPN supports LZO, LZ4 and Snappy compression. I have no idea what you are using with Softether, you simply claim it's "much faster". Much faster at what exactly? OpenVPN has 69 bytes overhead pr packet with UDP which is not a whole lot, encryption necessarily needs a few bytes.

    those results i posted just a second ago are the results i get with expressvpn...

    my conection is 200/200 fiber so i guess openvpn "is stoling" a lot... i installed softether on 2 or 3 vps and if i use it i got better results...

    I get 20 MB/s throughput with OpenVPN on my router, so clearly the bottleneck is with your provider and not the software itself. Also, the fact that you have a 200/200 line means nothing if not all the hops inbetween can match the speed.

    Edited once, last by escalade (May 19, 2016 at 12:45 PM).