How Do I Optimize VPN Performance?

Last modified: June 11, 2021

Many of today’s VPN products emphasize security and interoperability, with performance a lower priority—and rightly so. A VPN is usually set up with security as one of the primary goals, and in many cases, VPNs need to be able to interoperate among different vendors, so interoperability is also a key factor. However, performance is becoming more important as VPNs become more prevalent on corporate networks. hide.me always prefer to provide the best speed and unbreakable security altogether. Here are some tips to boost the speed and performance of a VPN.

Some Key Factors that Affect VPN Performance

If your VPN seems slow, or you just want to know how efficient it really is, you have a number of options for improving its performance. Let’s look at some of the factors involved.

Your Internet Connection

Before you take any step, we recommend you to check your internet speed. Do this by connecting the VPN and testing on a recommended speedtest server, then disconnect the VPN connected on that same server. This will clarify whether your Internet is slow or the VPN is.

Protocols

Different Internet Service Providers support different protocols. If you are experiencing slow speed, switch between the protocols. e.g. WireGuard, SoftEther, IKEv2, SSTP and OpenVPN. Switching between the protocols also resolves the disconnection issue.

Turn Off Firewalls

Some Routers and 3^rd party firewalls also cause speed and disconnection issues. Disable the Router / 3^rdparty / Windows Firewall and check the connection stability and speed.

Select the Nearest VPN Servers

Sometimes selecting a VPN server located at far distance may also cause slow speed and bad performance. But, this is not the case with hide.me VPN. We have highly-optimized servers that offer same fastest speed weather connected from next door or far-away land.

Encryption

Speed is directly related to the Protocol you select. Whenever the user increases encryption level it decreases the speed. However, SoftEther may give you high encryption with good speed. More information about VPN protocols can be found here.

We suggest you to try hide.me VPN for free and see for yourself that every promise we make to offer fastest speed is 100% true.