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VPN protocols and speed, measured
How VPN protocols differ in speed, battery use and reliability, with the method and the numbers shown so you can check them yourself.
- October 16, 2026 · 16 minutes read
WireGuard vs OpenVPN: measured, then compared
A same-host run of kernel WireGuard and userspace OpenVPN 2.6 with every setting and date, then what each protocol does, where each loses, and which to pick.
- October 29, 2026 · 12 minutes read
WireGuard benchmark on Linux, Oct 2026
Quantum against wireguard-go, kernel WireGuard, boringtun and OpenVPN on Linux lab VMs in October 2026: throughput, CPU, memory, latency and the losses.
- October 29, 2026 · 8 minutes read
WireGuard handshake did not complete: causes
What the 'did not complete after 5 seconds' line means and how each fault looks on both ends in a dated lab run: wrong key, wrong port, dropped UDP, clock.