- Surfshark introduced Fastrack, strengthening his advance by emphasizing speed
- Fasttrack is based on the existing Nexus infrastructure of Surfhark, transporting traffic through a network of servers rather than a single VPN tunnel
- Currently available in Seattle, Sydney and Vancouver on MacOS, Surfshark has confirmed plans for new expansion
Surfshark has launched a new road optimization feature called Fastrack which promises VPN connections up to 70% more quickly.
Fasttrack is an intelligent routing system that relies on Nexus, multi-Red-Redgehark technology, to transport traffic through a network of servers rather than a single VPN tunnel to increase internet speeds.
How does Fastrack Surfhark work?
Surfshark Fasttrack optimizes the traffic of the router thanks to the world -scale probes which carry out speed tests, measure the latency and record the results. The probes then determine the most efficient and fastest route for a user located in a specific country that wishes to access a specific VPN location.
Addressing Techradar, Karolis Kaciulis, engineer of the main system at Surfshark, underlines how the The approach to the Nexus Surfhark network allows the FastTrack system to constantly adjust the way to ensure that traffic is always moving along the most optimized and stable tracks and offering better performance to selected locations.
“Latence is the main decision-making metric for the selection of routes, and in our ecosystem, it is directly in correlation with speed improvements,” he explains.
According to Kaciulis, security is maintained during the entire orientation process in real time. “By dynamically reducing user connections to various Nexus network jumps, it becomes much more difficult for a single entity to associate the IP address of an online user,” he notes.
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Fastrack also offers solutions in the event of any routing errors, thanks to its stable Nexus infrastructure. Indeed, a key characteristic of Nexus is to be redundant, explains Kaciulis. For this reason, if there are errors or routing or network problems, controllers inside a server use the administrative NEXUS network to obtain new working paths inside the network towards desired locations.
However, the advantages of the Surfhark approach are deeper, in fact seeking to provide a better managed network than the ISP themselves.
“It is not a secret for anyone that ISPs for residential networks (which are used by the majority of people) are not as stable and robust as they could be,” explains Kaciulis. “Surfshark VPN, on the other hand, operates on a network of data centers, which offers better interconnectivity, without strangulation or limitations.”
It is important to mention, however, that users who are already very physically close to the site of Fastrack will not benefit from the advantage – for example, the inhabitants of Sydney will not see speed gains by connecting to Fastrack de Sydney.
It remains to be seen if there are drawbacks. Could the new feature aggravate long-term surfhark performance, as compromising connections with streaming services? Not according to Kaciulis, who assures us that it is an upward upgrade which “will increase the performance of the network regardless of the activity of the user”.
How to use Surfhark Fastrack
Surfshark Fasttrack is currently available on the supplier Mac VPN applications on three locations: Seattle, Sydney and Vancouver.
To take advantage of boosted speeds, simply go to the list of Surfhark servers in your macOS application and press one of the improved locations in Fastrack, which are marked with a connection road icon.
That said, the company has confirmed that Techradar actively explores opportunities to extend its network more to meet the evolutionary needs of its community.
