Staff 10014 Posted ... Hello!We're sorry, we are withdrawing the server. It is unavoidable because the datacenter can't sustain flood attacks, not even moderate ones. We're sorry about this but we could not know it in advance, because the provider assured us that they know very well VPN business and activities. Since moderate flood attacks are very common in "not so small" VPN service, we were convinced that a few Gbit/s for a few minutes could not bring down an entire portion of the dc (and this also tells us that they might have been not completely honest about their bandwidth capacity...). Kind regardsAirVPN Staff 1 go558a83nk reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post
greenclaydog 6 Posted ... Hello!We're sorry, we are withdrawing the server. It is unavoidable because the datacenter can't sustain flood attacks, not even moderate ones. We're sorry about this but we could not know it in advance, because the provider assured us that they know very well VPN business and activities. Since moderate flood attacks are very common in "not so small" VPN service, we were convinced that a few Gbit/s for a few minutes could not bring down an entire portion of the dc (and this also tells us that they might have been not completely honest about their bandwidth capacity...). Kind regardsAirVPN Staff Crux, the first and the last Australian server. Rest in peace, Crux. You will always be remembered. Quote Share this post Link to post
LZ1 673 Posted ... Hello!We're sorry, we are withdrawing the server. It is unavoidable because the datacenter can't sustain flood attacks, not even moderate ones. We're sorry about this but we could not know it in advance, because the provider assured us that they know very well VPN business and activities. Since moderate flood attacks are very common in "not so small" VPN service, we were convinced that a few Gbit/s for a few minutes could not bring down an entire portion of the dc (and this also tells us that they might have been not completely honest about their bandwidth capacity...). Kind regardsAirVPN StaffAhh well, that's the Crux of the problem, isn't it Staff? No worries. But thank you for being so honest and straight up with us about the problem. Fast too. It was probably hard to write that announcement. But to me it just re-affirms that you're committed to finding the best solutions and that's more valuable than any single server. Respect ! Quote Hide LZ1's signature Hide all signatures Hi there, are you new to AirVPN? Many of your questions are already answered in this guide. You may also read the Eddie Android FAQ. Moderators do not speak on behalf of AirVPN. Only the Official Staff account does. Please also do not run Tor Exit Servers behind AirVPN, thank you. Did you make a guide or how-to for something? Then contact me to get it listed in my new user guide's Guides Section, so that the community can find it more easily. Share this post Link to post
flat4 79 Posted ... Well damn Quote Hide flat4's signature Hide all signatures pFsense it works Share this post Link to post
Littlemexican 18 Posted ... This is why I love AIR. Honest and transparant! Maybe a new Singapore server a good alternative? Quote Share this post Link to post
serenacat 83 Posted ... I am not an "industry insider" but some reading of forums etc indicate problems with interconnect between the major backbone wholesalers, worst at evening peak with streaming traffic, perhaps called "peering". Affects CDN and large server effectiveness as throughput/reliability varies between ISPs. A kind of failure of "net neutrality". I have seen complaints of Telstra Wholesale just discarding packets rather than any flow control if any traffic peaks beyond the purchased nominal bandwidth, which forces TCP recovery.So the Crux problems may or may not be just within the chosen datacentre, or even their Internet access provider. But this would cause any Air server in Australia to vary in performance for users depending on which ISP they were using.Please, any better knowledge in Orstaya correct me if wrong.Singapore looks best fallback. My ISP had taken up routing to HK using NTT cable, and so via Sydney-Japan-HK, then back to Sydney-HK cable, but at present a traceroute from Phecda HK to my ISP shows:"Tracing route to xxxover a maximum of 30 hops: 1 346 ms 390 ms 360 ms 10.50.0.1 2 339 ms 361 ms 356 ms 103-16-26-2.hkserverworks.com [103.16.26.2] 3 394 ms 347 ms 368 ms v210.core1.hkg1.he.net [27.50.33.25] 4 650 ms 510 ms 516 ms 100ge8-2.core1.lax2.he.net [184.105.64.125] 5 520 ms 519 ms 513 ms 100ge8-2.core1.pao1.he.net [184.105.81.237] 6 513 ms 519 ms 513 ms 10ge4-1.core1.sjc1.he.net [72.52.92.114] 7 506 ms 529 ms 519 ms vocus.gigabitethernet2-13.core1.sjc1.he.net [64.71.184.46] 8 676 ms 679 ms 679 ms bundle-153.cor02.sjc01.ca.vocus.net [49.255.255.24] 9 668 ms 674 ms 676 ms ten-0-5-0-0.cor01.syd04.nsw.VOCUS.net.au [114.31.199.37] 10 693 ms 684 ms 674 ms ten-0-1-0-0.cor01.bne03.qld.VOCUS.net.au [114.31.194.166] 11 694 ms 674 ms 681 ms ten-1-2-0.bdr01.bne05.qld.vocus.net.au [114.31.194.99]..."so my ISP is using a provider routing traffic HK-Los Angeles-San Jose-Sydney and the Eddie ping times are similar to Alcor Ukraine !So the efficiency of using HK from Australia seems to vary with the "deal of the month" on undersea cable cost, and maybe by time of day. So thats it from "Down Under". Australia used to be attached to Antarctica, but is slowly moving north toward the rest of the world. Quote Share this post Link to post
greenclaydog 6 Posted ... The more I hear about Telstra, the more I begin to think its the worst ISP in the world. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk Quote Share this post Link to post
PWolverine 8 Posted ... I was actually quite surprised to see an Australian server, I have always only heard that we get ripped off on the data end so its never economical enough to put a server here. It was great whilst it lasted. And yeah Telstra is just a rip off all round IMHO. 1 oldfart reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post
aceinhole 1 Posted ... Hello!We're sorry, we are withdrawing the server. It is unavoidable because the datacenter can't sustain flood attacks, not even moderate ones. We're sorry about this but we could not know it in advance, because the provider assured us that they know very well VPN business and activities. Since moderate flood attacks are very common in "not so small" VPN service, we were convinced that a few Gbit/s for a few minutes could not bring down an entire portion of the dc (and this also tells us that they might have been not completely honest about their bandwidth capacity...). Kind regardsAirVPN StaffWill you be purchasing another server from a different provider (with adequate ddos protection)? I have been wanting an AU server for so long! It would be great if you could. 1 stupid are cocksure reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post
altae 22 Posted ... I was actually quite surprised to see an Australian server, I have always only heard that we get ripped off on the data end so its never economical enough to put a server here. It was great whilst it lasted. And yeah Telstra is just a rip off all round IMHO. Yeah, while it lasted. Two days Must have been the shortest active periode of all AirVPN servers ever introduced! 1 Hoopajuta reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post
foDkc4UySz 9 Posted ... Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Philipinnes,Thailand, Vietnam. Quote Share this post Link to post
bnrrteterstnjrsj45 0 Posted ... Something strange is going, I'm having 8-9 Mb/s at downloading, especially, on one of sweden's servers, and I think that is on all sweden's servers. While at uploading speed very low, usually not greater 3-4 Mb/s. Isn't especially 'optimized' algorithm by both of AirVPN and hosters to, say, control and keep bittorrenting uploaders in 'reasonable' ways? I'm watching this for a long time for sure. Quote Share this post Link to post
YLwpLUbcf77U 32 Posted ... I was actually quite surprised to see an Australian server, I have always only heard that we get ripped off on the data end so its never economical enough to put a server here. It was great whilst it lasted. And yeah Telstra is just a rip off all round IMHO. Yeah, while it lasted. Two days Must have been the shortest active periode of all AirVPN servers ever introduced! Air's South Korean server(s) lasted only a few days IIRC. Not sure how useful this would be, but perhaps instead of AU, Air could consider putting a server up in Hawai`i. They have datacenters I think. Quote Share this post Link to post
greenclaydog 6 Posted ... I was actually quite surprised to see an Australian server, I have always only heard that we get ripped off on the data end so its never economical enough to put a server here. It was great whilst it lasted. And yeah Telstra is just a rip off all round IMHO. Yeah, while it lasted. Two days Must have been the shortest active periode of all AirVPN servers ever introduced! Air's South Korean server(s) lasted only a few days IIRC. Not sure how useful this would be, but perhaps instead of AU, Air could consider putting a server up in Hawai`i. They have datacenters I think. This has already been previously answered. There are indeed datacenters in Hawaii, however they are routed through the US west coast, making them ineffective for South East Asia. Users in regions such as China and Australia would actually have an easier time using a server in Los Angeles rather than Honolulu. Quote Share this post Link to post
telemus 16 Posted ... I was actually quite surprised to see an Australian server, I have always only heard that we get ripped off on the data end so its never economical enough to put a server here. It was great whilst it lasted. And yeah Telstra is just a rip off all round IMHO. Yeah, while it lasted. Two days Must have been the shortest active periode of all AirVPN servers ever introduced! Air's South Korean server(s) lasted only a few days IIRC. Not sure how useful this would be, but perhaps instead of AU, Air could consider putting a server up in Hawai`i. They have datacenters I think. This has already been previously answered. There are indeed datacenters in Hawaii, however they are routed through the US west coast, making them ineffective for South East Asia. Users in regions such as China and Australia would actually have an easier time using a server in Los Angeles rather than Honolulu. Hi there.Just my experience.The West Coast US servers as fastest from me when I am in Oz. The Canadian West coast servers drop out, as does Singapore. Netherlands and UK are always stable too. Other EU countries are good, but slow.And yes, the internet in Australia is total rubbish. Thank you, Mad Monk and big business. It's an easy fix - and an election fix, if one or other party had imagination; but like sustainable energy policy, it won't happen. Quote Share this post Link to post
Hoopajuta 0 Posted ... Yeah, while it lasted. Two days Must have been the shortest active periode of all AirVPN servers ever introduced! Just as we like our Prime Ministers — not secure and short-lived. Quote Share this post Link to post
serenacat 83 Posted ... Now we have a prime minister who can pretend he is PM because no one else can pretend at the moment, because the whole federal government has to pretend it is legally a government due to cabinet ministers and representatives being probably not legally elected. 'High Court Chief Justice Susan Kiefel said during the hearing the court accepted the cases had "a high degree of importance" and were matters of urgency – but there was "urgency and urgency".'http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/citizenship-saga-will-not-be-resolved-until-at-least-october-high-court-hears-20170824-gy31ds.html Pass the bong. Quote Share this post Link to post
telemus 16 Posted ... This is likely not the place but the increasing attacks on privacy and liberty in Australia, in the name of .... security and liberty ... are becoming very worrisome. Thank you Airvpn. Quote Share this post Link to post
hayato 0 Posted ... Are there still no plans on adding Australian servers in 2018? Quote Share this post Link to post
telemus 16 Posted ... Love it: the post was on 26 January - Australia Day - Australia's national day (much contested by Australia's indigenous peoples).If things keep going the way they are in Oz, none of us will be permitted to even use a VPN - so the need for an Airvpn server will be moot! Quote Share this post Link to post
telemus 16 Posted ... Now we have a prime minister who can pretend he is PM because no one else can pretend at the moment, because the whole federal government has to pretend it is legally a government due to cabinet ministers and representatives being probably not legally elected. 'High Court Chief Justice Susan Kiefel said during the hearing the court accepted the cases had "a high degree of importance" and were matters of urgency – but there was "urgency and urgency".'http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/citizenship-saga-will-not-be-resolved-until-at-least-october-high-court-hears-20170824-gy31ds.html Pass the bong. This must rank with the former Australian minister (Kep Enderby) who observed sagely that "Traditionally, all imported goods to Australia came from abroad" - or words to that effect.For other readers, unfamiliar with the word "bong", it refers to a water pipe used to smoke cannabis or derivatives. Quote Share this post Link to post