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Thank you Pgoodwin1. I have an ulterior motive for asking. I believe that my employer is using a terrible connection/service & think that if I can convince them to switch services to one with more bandwidth it would help all of us. As it stands, they encourage us to telework but everyone complains about the slow speeds.

Don't look to me as someone who knows what they are talking about, but I can tell you this. You can get a speed test through a VPN. I have done it multiple times. And, I can assure you, the server is secure. I think it just has to do with what traffic is allowed through the VPN. For example, some sites I cannot go to but others I can. Also, some speed test sites don't work because they use java or flash which apparently aren't allowed on out VPN. Don't know if it helps or not but that's my 2 cents.

I am curious what someone may be able to tell me about these results. I work from home with my work & home computers being on the same network etc. However, my work computer has to go through a VPN. Now, I am not sure if I am correct in this, but I am assuming that all the traffic from my work computer goes to my office (or wherever the server is) then goes out to the Internet and then reverses this course for incoming. My thought then is that the network speed/connection at my office is the primary culprit for the slow speeds, etc. Again, I am ignorant about most of this and would appreciate any input you may have. Thank you. Computer 1 Computer 2 On a VPN Not on VPN Windows 7 Professional Windows 10 Pro HP Probook 6450b desktop Intel Core i5 2.40 GHz AMD Athlon 64 x2 2.30 Ghz 4 GB memory 8 GB memory 32 bit OS 64 bit OS Test 1 Download Error 3600 ms Latency 99.87 Mbps Test site 1 Upload 77.71 Mbps Latency 10 ms Test 2 Download 7.6 Mbps 71.3 Mbps Test site 2 Upload 5.6 Mbps 26.3 Mbps Test 3 Download After 3 minutes gave up & re-started 58.5 Mbps Upload 16.9 Mbps Test 4 Download 12.8 Mbps (1.6 MB packet) 53.3 Mbps (6.7MB packet) Upload 3.4 Mbps (427 kb packet) 21.3 Mbps (2.7 MB packet)