pptp vpn connection slow, mikrotik router is my main router

Hi,

I have a mikrotik router setup as my main router, I have a secondary ddwrt router running a pptp connection, when I use the vpn my speed is 3mbps/1mbps. When I connect normally to the internet I get my true speed of 15mbps/3mpbs… whats slowing down this connection?

my router is Mikrotik RB951G-2HND 5-Port Gigabit Wireless AP 1000mW with the latest software…

Hello,

I had the same problem.
Got it fixed by finding out what my max MTU settings where should be.

Setting the MTU to high it will degrade the speeds.

Lowered my MTU to 1372, a bit higher and i got fragged packets.

I opened the command line: (windows)
ping -f -l 1372 172.16.1.2
note that 1372 is MTU

When i had a normal ping response i used the btester to test these settings, the speeds multiplied for me.

Hopefully this is usefull