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# sk177125 - Traffic bandwidth/download speed is very low when Endpoint Clients are connected to VPN

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk177125 |
| Date Created | 2022-01-04 |
| Last Modified | 2022-01-12 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- * Traffic download speed is significantly low in Endpoint clients, regardless of version.
* There is no connectivity issue with the site.
* Traffic slowness is observed both when connecting to the internet or to internal resources through VPN.
* Once an EndPoint client is disconnected from VPN, the internet traffic speed issue is resolved.
* Bandwidth is significantly impacted. For example, in a 40Mbps connection, client enjoys only a 5-10 Mbps download speed during speed test.

## Cause

In an Endpoint client, logging level is set to "Extended", which significantly impacts performance.

## Solution

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