I am comparing battery to OpenVPN (typical drop do not pass 10% in same conditions), or without VPN at all - max 7%
During nighttime there is no activity, also i have disabled keep-alives (PersistentKeepalive) - tried with and without - no big difference. Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email. ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Friday, March 1, 2019 11:08 AM, Kalin KOZHUHAROV <me.ka...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 11:03 AM kolargol kolar...@protonmail.com wrote: > > > I am testing WG on varius OSes and devices and I have noted severe battery > > drain on iOS (12.2, iPhone 8). Typically battery drops 40% during > > night-time (that is 7 hours of inactivity on the phone) when WireGuard is > > engaged. > > Compared to how much during night without activated WireGuard? > > > Is this some kind of known issue? I did not had chance to test previous iOS > > version without SIMD ChaCha20 support so i cannot tell if it is becouse of > > the last update. > > Anything i can do to track issue here? > > Is there anything using the interface, or just wg keep-alive? > May be try to change the keep-alive to a longer period. > Also (and I have 0 experience with iOS), a keep-alive packet my wake > up the phone, and let it stay awake for some longer-than-needed > interval (e.g. 5 minutes). > Try to have a look at what actually eats the battery: CPU, radio, screen? > > Cheers, > Kalin. _______________________________________________ WireGuard mailing list WireGuard@lists.zx2c4.com https://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/wireguard