Windows 8 Slower Connection Speed

[maverickneo]

Hey guys, I've been using BVPN for years now on a W7 pc, been working perfectly. Now I've moved to a W8 pc and noticed that the connection speed, regarding the speed it takes to establish a connection to the proxied server, not the transfer speed, is much slower than it was in W7.

It normally took around 7-10 to connect to the servers in W7, now it takes 30-35 seconds in the W8 rig. Is anyone else facing the same issue?

[Chris]

Is this every time you connect to a server in W8, or just the first time you connected to one?

[maverickneo]

Every time. Even if the GUI is running and I switch between servers, it still take substantially longer compared to W7.

[Reuben]

Which version of the GUI are you using?

There's a new one at http://www.bolehvpn.net/downloads/BolehVPNV2013.exe

Though i have to say that recently Streamyx has been pretty shit

[maverickneo]

Yup, I'm using the new one.

[iamnotanumber]

Hey maverickneo, I have the same issue... it takes forever to connect on Win 8 pro 64bit. Sometimes up to a minute.

You should also check that your IP address actually changes! Although mine says it is connected... when I go to whats my IP, it shows that my IP address is still my own one

This only happens 2 out of 5 times maybe... it seems to vary.

[Reuben]

Could you enclose your logs please? And also check using myip.dk ?

some other sites cache data which results in incorrect reporting.

[iamnotanumber]

I could send you a screen print of your actual GUI with a Swedish 'Server IP' and my Public IP address being my usual one!
Even though the GUI says I am connected 100% and fully routed  to Sweden.
I used a couple of web sites and a Chrome plug in to verify that I was not routed at all.

[maverickneo]

Checking installed tap driver...
ROOT\NET\0000                                               : TAP-Win32 Adapter V9
1 matching device(s) found.
Use port 44358 as management port
Tue Dec 04 20:43:05 2012 OpenVPN 2.2.2 Win32-MSVC++ [SSL] [LZO2] [PKCS11] built on Dec 15 2011
Tue Dec 04 20:43:06 2012 NOTE: OpenVPN 2.1 requires '--script-security 2' or higher to call user-defined scripts or executables
Tue Dec 04 20:43:06 2012 Control Channel Authentication: using 'C:/Users/Maverick/AppData/Local/BolehVPN/cfg/OpenVPN/ta.key' as a OpenVPN static key file
Tue Dec 04 20:43:06 2012 LZO compression initialized
Tue Dec 04 20:43:06 2012 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Tue Dec 04 20:43:06 2012 UDPv4 link remote: 141.255.161.236:443
Tue Dec 04 20:43:10 2012 [server] Peer Connection Initiated with 141.255.161.236:443
Tue Dec 04 20:43:12 2012 TAP-WIN32 device [Local Area Connection] opened: \\.\Global\{401FB562-BF05-4846-9BAD-5FCAB392C715}.tap
Tue Dec 04 20:43:12 2012 Notified TAP-Win32 driver to set a DHCP IP/netmask of 10.10.30.62/255.255.255.252 on interface {401FB562-BF05-4846-9BAD-5FCAB392C715} [DHCP-serv: 10.10.30.61, lease-time: 31536000]
Tue Dec 04 20:43:12 2012 Successful ARP Flush on interface [20] {401FB562-BF05-4846-9BAD-5FCAB392C715}
Tue Dec 04 20:43:42 2012 WARNING: potential route subnet conflict between local LAN [192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0] and remote VPN [0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0]
 OK!
OK!
OK!
Tue Dec 04 20:43:42 2012 Initialization Sequence Completed

There you go, my log file. Regarding the issue faced by iamnotanumber, I don't think I've experienced it. Although I've personally never checked my own IP, I mostly just use BVPN for P2P and Hulu. Never had an issue thus far.. except this one, the prolonged connection sequence.

[Reuben]

I could send you a screen print of your actual GUI with a Swedish 'Server IP' and my Public IP address being my usual one!
Even though the GUI says I am connected 100% and fully routed  to Sweden.
I used a couple of web sites and a Chrome plug in to verify that I was not routed at all.

I need the actual log file to see what are the errors posted that's preventing you from being routed. Screenshots won't show the full picture. The BolehVPN-GUI already had an inbuilt log that you can copy paste here.

[Reuben]

Try hit update on your configs.

Found a rare bug in Windows 8 on some systems (compatibility issue with OpenVPN) which our update to configs SHOULD solve.

[iamnotanumber]

Hi, Have now done this... and restarted the client. I am running late for work so have only tried a few connections.
I 'think' it may be better. It is faster at connecting and more frequently connecting correctly.
I am still having failures though... the Switzerland one for example was slow and said connected despite me keeping the same IP. I'll keep you posted as I continue to test.

Thank you!

[Reuben]

If you encounter the issue where your IP does not change, we really need the log

[iamnotanumber]

I'll try next time... though I did post my log earlier. Perhaps in this post or the other one I made. I cant remember. I jumped on this thread due to the slower connection part.
Thanks
I'll catch another log next time it happens.