# Plex performance issues across site-to-site VPN

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-performance-issues-across-site-to-site-vpn/652072>\
**Category:** Plex Media Server\
**Tags:** server-windows, networking\
**Created:** [November 10, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-performance-issues-across-site-to-site-vpn/652072 "2020-11-10T03:48:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![cm.mcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@cm.mcnally](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cm.mcnally)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-performance-issues-across-site-to-site-vpn/652072/1 "2020-11-10T03:48:58Z")

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Server Version#: 4.46.2

I have 2 locations that I connected via a VPN so that when I’m remote I can access the devices easily. I’m using OpenVPN and have Ubiquiti USG routers to create the tunnel. When the VPN is up and running I keep getting buffering. The source for my Plex is Gigabit fiber, so there is more than sufficient bandwidth. When I stop the VPN which forces traffic through the public internet I have no issues streaming. I’m currently troubleshooting the VPN performance issues, but I was wondering if there was a way for force PLEX to use the internet and not think my server is local?

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**Author:** ![marksagal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/marksagal/32/207905_2.png) [@marksagal](https://forums.plex.tv/u/marksagal)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 4:05am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-performance-issues-across-site-to-site-vpn/652072/2 "2020-11-10T04:05:34Z")

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From the client side (Android) there’s a `Quality Settings`, set the `Home Streaming` quality same as `Remote streaming`.

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**Author:** ![cm.mcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@cm.mcnally](https://forums.plex.tv/u/cm.mcnally)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-performance-issues-across-site-to-site-vpn/652072/3 "2020-11-10T04:35:42Z")

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I’ve done that already. The problem is that while I can stream original quality, my VPN tunnel is causing slowness in my connection. I don’t want to transcode, especially since I have adequate bandwidth between the sites. No VPN = original quality just fine and plex shows as remote; VPN on and I get buffering, plex shows as local. I know this isn’t specifically a plex problem, but if I could tell plex not to use the VPN tunnel it would solve the problem of having lower performance over the VPN tunnel.

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**Author:** ![CostaHT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/costaht/32/193414_2.png) [@CostaHT](https://forums.plex.tv/u/CostaHT)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-performance-issues-across-site-to-site-vpn/652072/4 "2020-11-10T05:49:35Z")

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Try adding your encryption domains in the settings where it says something like “consider these networks local”

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plex-performance-issues-across-site-to-site-vpn/652072/5 "2021-02-08T05:49:43Z")

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