How to tell if ISP is blocking by OpenVPN protocol or server IP

[determined_weasel 0]

Hi, so the last few days my internet has been real bad, but now it's working again except I simply cannot connect to AirVPN. I figure my shitty ISP (globe cellular, Philippines) may be blocking something.

 

Is there a (easy/quick!) way to tell if it's an IP block or the entire OpenVPN protocol is blocked? In the case of the latter, I can try other options like the SSL (but being on Linux that may take a while to get working so I don't want to do it if the blocks are IP based and it won't help)

 

Thanks

[corrado 100]

You could try to ping server IPs to see whether those are reachable at all. I don't know if you can ascertain whether your provider blocks OpenVPN generally expect asking directly. I once had the problem that connections were abysmally slow when connected to AirVPN with one provider. I remember that using OpenVPN over SSL solved this issue - some other combination of port+protocol worked, too, I think. Are you using the Eddie client? Then choosing OpenVPN over SSL/SSH is a breeze.