Answer by mgjk for What's the difference between VPN over TCP vs UDP?
UDP is perferred for VPNs, the overhead is lower. This discussion about unreliability of UDP is moot. Since we're tunelling, there's no difference between a TCP datagram lost on the open internet and a...
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This is really the same as TCP and UDP normally are. TCP is a system where by every packet is guaranteed to arrive in order. If a packet is received out of order, it is stored and if a packet doesn't...
View ArticleAnswer by GdD for What's the difference between VPN over TCP vs UDP?
Actual physical point to point distance means nothing in the internet world, it all depends on ISP inter-connections. One time I pinged a server in the rack next to me and it had a 300ms delay because...
View ArticleAnswer by Thomas Pornin for What's the difference between VPN over TCP vs UDP?
A VPN is for wrapping raw IP packets into some kind of "tunnel" between two sites (one of the site being possibly reduced to one computer, i.e. yours). TCP is a protocol which sits on top of IP, and...
View ArticleAnswer by NULLZ for What's the difference between VPN over TCP vs UDP?
You could try downloading a file via either method and seeing if the download speeds are drastically different. The trade-offs between TCP and UDP (regardless of VPN usage) is always the same: You...
View ArticleWhat's the difference between VPN over TCP vs UDP?
My VPN provider gives me the option between using UDP and TCP for connections. According to this site UDP is faster over short distances. I'm on the same continent as my server, is that considered...
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