# Your VPN Hates Your Video Conferencing. Here's Why

Move the company network out to the users via VPN, break their video conferencing. Didn't know what was a thing? Assumed that all the problems with latency, lag, quality, etc where due to poor home networks, older devices? It might surprise you that its could be how your route your traffic. The corporate VPN.

In the video below I go through the dreaded hairpin, that line in red in the below animation.

![Animated diagram illustrating how VPNs negatively impact video conferencing performance. The animation shows network traffic flowing through a traditional VPN setup, highlighting increased latency and bandwidth consumption due to unnecessary routing of video data through the VPN server. This results in a poor user experience with choppy video and audio. The diagram emphasizes that VPNs, while good for security, are not optimized for real-time applications like video conferencing, as all traffic, including video, is forced through a single, often distant, VPN server. This causes delays and reduces video quality, showcasing why 'Your VPN Hates Your Video Conferencing'.](https://www.agilicus.com/www/963fcde9-vpn-flow_animated.svg)    https://youtu.be/9Ihmqazu4CA