Ive successfully setup a tunnel between my home ubuntu desktop(Japan) and my remote server(UK) using openvpn. Ive set it so that i can have the server fetch pages for me hiding my desktop ip to bypass geo restrictions (tv, radio etc) whilst im abroad.
Sometimes the playback is very choppy and i want to pinpoint why. Is it my configs? is the location of the server? Is it just that the webpage being accessed is very busy at that time of day? Would switching the server location to london instead of maidenhead make a difference?
Im wondering how best to go about this? Any ideas? Tools tips etc? I am a server newb but not to stuff like programming so not afraid of console etc.
Best Answer
most probably it's the network latency between the two ends of the tunnel; if you feel artistic, use some graphical tools (cacti, for example, if not plain rrdtool) to keep track of various issues - latency, traffic, etc