Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of PerformanceTestingOpenVPN

Timestamp:

04/20/20 09:52:32 (4 years ago)

Author:

stipa

Comment:

Added wintun test results

PerformanceTestingOpenVPN

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 * Direct TCP connection without VPN: close to **7Gbit/sec**
+* OpenVPN 3 Windows reference client, using wintun: **904 Mbit/sec**
+* OpenVPN 2 Windows client, using wintun: **737 Mbit/sec**
+* OpenVPN 3 Windows reference client, using tap-windows6: **652 Mbit/sec**
 * OpenVPN 2 Windows client, using tap-windows6: **414 Mbit/sec**
-* OpenVPN 3 reference client, using tap-windows6: **652 Mbit/sec**
 
 = Preparations =
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    * consider installing some normal browser (Chrome / FF) since Edge / IE has horrible user experience
    * download iPerf3 from https://iperf.fr/download/windows/iperf-3.1.3-win64.zip, extract to C:\Temp\iperf3
-   * download and install OpenVPN GUI client from https://swupdate.openvpn.org/community/releases/openvpn-install-2.4.7-I607-Win10.exe
+   * download and install OpenVPN GUI client built from master from http://build.openvpn.net/downloads/snapshots/ ([http://build.openvpn.net/downloads/snapshots/openvpn-install-2.5_git-I900-master-20200419105617-9cf7b492.exe] at the moment of writing)
    * download and install Visual C++ Redistributable https://aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe
 1. create C:\Temp\client.ovpn with the following content:
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 1. download ca.crt, client.crt and client.key from  https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/tree/master/sample/sample-keys to C:\Temp
 1. run OpenVPN GUI, right click on tray icon -> Import file, specify C:\Temp\client.ovpn
-1. download openvpn3 test client from  https://ci.appveyor.com/project/openvpn/openvpn3/builds/25439762/artifacts to C:\Temp\openvpn3
+1. download openvpn3 test client from  https://ci.appveyor.com/project/openvpn/openvpn3/build/artifacts to C:\Temp\openvpn3 (you need libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll, libssl-1_1-x64.dll, lz4.dll, ovpncli.exe)
 
 = Running Performance Tests =
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 Performance results indicates **414 Mbit/sec**
 
+== Performance test - OpenVPN 2 - Windows - wintun ==
+1. on client machine, start OpenVPN 2 GUI, right click on tray icon -> Edit Config
+1. add "windows-driver wintun", save changes and close
+1. right click on OpenVPN GUI tray icon -> Connect
+1. run iperf3
+{{{
+c:\Temp\iperf3>iperf3.exe -c 10.8.0.1 -V -t 60
+iperf 3.1.3
+CYGWIN_NT-10.0 EC2AMAZ-2CS6LA3 2.5.1(0.297/5/3) 2016-04-21 22:14 x86_64
+Time: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 08:52:18 GMT
+Connecting to host 10.8.0.1, port 5201
+      Cookie: EC2AMAZ-2CS6LA3.1587372738.766029.15
+      TCP MSS: 0 (default)
+[  4] local 10.8.0.2 port 49693 connected to 10.8.0.1 port 5201
+Starting Test: protocol: TCP, 1 streams, 131072 byte blocks, omitting 0 seconds, 60 second test
+[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
+[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec  82.4 MBytes   691 Mbits/sec
+[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec  78.4 MBytes   656 Mbits/sec
+[  4]   2.00-3.00   sec  97.2 MBytes   817 Mbits/sec
+<skipped>
+[  4]  56.00-57.00  sec  97.5 MBytes   818 Mbits/sec
+[  4]  57.00-58.00  sec  66.9 MBytes   561 Mbits/sec
+[  4]  58.00-59.00  sec  67.4 MBytes   565 Mbits/sec
+[  4]  59.00-60.01  sec  94.9 MBytes   791 Mbits/sec
+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
+Test Complete. Summary Results:
+[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
+[  4]   0.00-60.01  sec  5.15 GBytes   737 Mbits/sec                  sender
+[  4]   0.00-60.01  sec  5.15 GBytes   737 Mbits/sec                  receiver
+CPU Utilization: local/sender 6.0% (1.3%u/4.7%s), remote/receiver 46.0% (7.1%u/38.9%s)
+}}}
+1. Right click on tray icon -> Disconnect
+
+Performance results indicates **737 Mbit/sec**
+
+== Performance test - OpenVPN 3 - Windows - wintun ==
+1. in administrative command prompt run OpenVPN3 test client:
+{{{
+c:\Temp\openvpn3>ovpncli.exe -w ..\client.ovpn
+}}}
+1. in another command prompt run iperf3:
+{{{
+c:\Temp\iperf3>iperf3.exe -c 10.8.0.1 -V -t 60
+iperf 3.1.3
+CYGWIN_NT-10.0 EC2AMAZ-2CS6LA3 2.5.1(0.297/5/3) 2016-04-21 22:14 x86_64
+Time: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 09:28:01 GMT
+Connecting to host 10.8.0.1, port 5201
+      Cookie: EC2AMAZ-2CS6LA3.1587374881.104704.78
+      TCP MSS: 0 (default)
+[  4] local 10.8.0.2 port 49814 connected to 10.8.0.1 port 5201
+Starting Test: protocol: TCP, 1 streams, 131072 byte blocks, omitting 0 seconds, 60 second test
+[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
+[  4]   0.00-1.00   sec   110 MBytes   919 Mbits/sec
+[  4]   1.00-2.00   sec   110 MBytes   922 Mbits/sec
+<skipped>
+[  4]  58.00-59.00  sec   110 MBytes   924 Mbits/sec
+[  4]  59.00-60.00  sec   111 MBytes   933 Mbits/sec
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+Test Complete. Summary Results:
+[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bandwidth
+[  4]   0.00-60.00  sec  6.31 GBytes   904 Mbits/sec                  sender
+[  4]   0.00-60.00  sec  6.31 GBytes   904 Mbits/sec                  receiver
+CPU Utilization: local/sender 3.0% (1.0%u/2.0%s), remote/receiver 48.7% (7.5%u/41.2%s)
+
+iperf Done.
+}}}
+1. press [F4] to stop test client
+
+Performance results indicates **904 Mbit/sec**
+
+
 == Performance test - OpenVPN 3 - Windows - tap-windows6 ==
 1. in administrative command prompt run OpenVPN3 test client:
 {{{
-c:\Temp\openvpn3>cli.exe ..\client.ovpn
+c:\Temp\openvpn3>ovpncli.exe ..\client.ovpn
 }}}
 1. in another command prompt run iperf3: