Is it just me or is the VPN insanely slow ?
I am trying to watch crunchyroll from Japan trough a VPN in Europe but no matter which Server I try I only get about 1mbit at best when doing a speed test while being connected to any of the European servers ....
The Asian ones are like 20mbit which would be sufficient but don't work with crunchyroll.
its the only thing I need the VPN for but like this I can not even watch 360p -.-V
Also doesn't matter if I use the freedom vpn or the total security and vpn :/
Accepted Answer
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Hello,
We have successfully identified the root cause of the issue. It appears that the recent updates to all Chromium-based browsers, including Edge, Chrome, and Brave, to version 124, have introduced a new feature called "TLS 1.3 hybridized Kyber support." This feature seems to be causing difficulties with our VPN service. We are currently conducting further investigation into this matter.
In the interim, as a workaround, we recommend disabling this feature in your browser settings. You can do this by accessing chrome://flags or edge://flags. We appreciate your understanding and patience as we work to resolve this issue.
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Answers
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Hello @Youkai
Welcome to the F-Secure Community. We thank you for your post. We are currently working on fixing this issue. Regardless of the subscription being free or paid the connection speeds should be as you are currently experiencing.
When attempting to browse the internet, please could you try using the Firefox browser and let us know if there is any eleviation of the current issue.
Please bear with us as we are currently working on a fix for this issue.
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I use Chrome and Firefox on my laptop and chrome on my phone but its all the same ...
If there is an issue on your side it wouldn't make sense it it was only with a specific browser oO
The VPN tunnel just seems super slow, guess either your servers have some trouble or your ISP doesn't give you enough upload speed for all your users...
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As mentioned by @marmab earlier, our team is actively investigating the issue. In the meantime, we recommend using Firefox as an alternative browser.
To assist us further in diagnosing the issue, we kindly ask you to run some diagnostic commands while the VPN is connected and the issue is ongoing. Here are the commands to run:
curl -v -6 https://www.f-secure.com/fi -o NUL curl -v -4 https://www.f-secure.com/fi -o NUL nslookup yle.fi 2001:4860:4860::8888 nslookup google.se 8.8.8.8 tracert -4 google.com tracert -6 google.com
And report what those commands print.
Additionally, you can try disabling IPv6 temporarily to gather more information. Here's how to do it:
- Open the admin command prompt and enter:
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters" /v DisabledComponents /t reg_dword /d 255 /f
2. Reboot your computer.
3. Check if the browsing issue persists on Chrome or Edge. Please note that this may slow down OpenVPN connection establishment, but it should not affect IKEv2 connections. We'd appreciate your feedback on whether this helps resolve the issue or not.
If you need to re-enable IPv6, use the following command and reboot your computer:
reg add "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters" /v DisabledComponents /t reg_dword /d 0 /f
Thank you for your cooperation and patience as we work to resolve this issue. We look forward to receiving your feedback. Have a great day.
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In situations like this, it would be nice if the investigation and its status could be monitored and checked
a) following the entire announcement queue (new option in
community)
b) https://status.f-secure.com/ by following the status window -
No idea what you did ... for a second I was worried that I am an idiot user talking crap BUT actually on my Laptop there is only Firefox installed and no chrome at all, on the phone I used chrome yes.
But before on m laptop even using firefox the speed was ridiculous now I get 45mbit down and 15mbit up which is more then enough to watch my series.
Kinda doubt that it had anything to do with chrome as it was definitely 100% the same in Firefox before.
Anyways it seems to work well again so whatever :/
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@Rockyrider did you try disabling "TLS 1.3 hybridized Kyber support" as mentioned in the Accepted Answer above?
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VPN is still very slow. Occasionally it's better, but most of the time I have to switch it off.
Speednet results:
- VPN off: 766/60 Mbps
- VPN on: 345/56 Mbps
With VPN download is 50% slower. Not acceptable. Chrome and TLS 1.3 hybridized Kyber support disabled. If it was only speed I could live with this, but connecting to sites takes too long and get http errors.
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Wow how do you even get that speed.... using firefox I get ~1mbit if I am lucky ... also ping of 400 using firefox.
Might be because of my Location in Japan connecting to Europe ?
also admittedly even without the vpn I only get like 10-20mbit in my flat :/
But I also have to turn it off to watch videos as well if I want more than 360p, luckily it does work on crunchyroll on the website (doesn't work with the app as the stream stops when disconnecting the vpn)
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Welp, this is a prime example of sofware companies taking a reliable working product (freedome vpn) which had all the features i needed, can't talk for everyone but it suited my needs, and replacing it with something that is quite cumbersome to use and breaks all chrome based browsers and no further comments from any of the mods/devs regarding an eta of a fix.
For that reason i have cancelled my automatic subscription and will be seeking out a new vpn after my subscription ends.
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Disabling TLS 1.3 hybridized Kyber for Edge, still seems to be the case. Webpages pretty much load instantaneously, compared to it being set on default.
F-Secure Total v19.6 on 4 Windows PC's and Android. Also, using the free version of Glasswire, just to monitor any apps. 1st outbound connection.