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Version 2.19.5 (Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:22:24 +0000) [bugfix] Minor bugfixes [bugfix] Occasionally wrong order in DNS restoring [change] OpenVPN 2.5.0 - Hummingbird 1.1.0 [change] Minor changes The primary objective of this version is OpenVPN 2.5.0. Other issues are still under investigation, thx. AUR (Arch repository) will be updated ASAP.

Hello! We're very glad to announce all VPN servers progressive upgrade to Data Channel CHACHA20-POLY1305 cipher and TLS 1.3 support. UPDATE 18-Nov-2020: upgrade has been completed successfully on all AirVPN servers. The upgrade requires restarting OpenVPN daemons and some other service. Users connected to servers will be disconnected and servers during upgrade will remain unavailable for two minutes approximately. In order to prevent massive, simultaneous disconnections, we have scheduled a progressive upgrade in 15 days, starting from tomorrow 5 Nov 2020. Please see the exact schedule at the bottom of this post, in the attached PDF file. Servers marked as "OK" have been already upgraded and you can use CHACHA20-POLY1305 with them right now. When should I use CHACHA20-POLY1305 cipher on OpenVPN Data Channel? In general, you should prefer CHACHA20 over AES on those systems which do not support AES-NI (AES New Instructions). CHACHA20 is computationally less onerous, but not less secure, than AES for CPUs that can't rely on AES New Instructions. If you have an AES-NI supporting CPU and system, on the contrary you should prefer AES for higher performance. How can I use CHACHA20-POLY1305 on AirVPN? CHACHA20-POLY1035 on Data Channel is supported by OpenVPN 2.5 or higher versions and OpenVPN3-AirVPN library. In Eddie Android edition, open "Settings" > "AirVPN" > "Encryption algorithm" and select CHACHA20-POLY1305. Eddie Android edition will then filter and connect to VPN servers supporting CHACHA20-POLY1305 and will use the cipher both on Control and Data channels. In our web site Configuration Generator, after you have ticked "Advanced Mode", you can pick OpenVPN version >=2.5, and also select "Prefer CHACHA20-POLY1305 cipher if available". If you're generating a configuration file for Hummingbird, select OpenVPN3-AirVPN: the configuration file needs to be different, because some new directives of OpenVPN 2.5 are not supported in OpenVPN3, and Hummingbird is based on OpenVPN3-AirVPN. In Eddie desktop edition, upgrade to 2.19.6 version first. Then select the above mentioned option. However, most desktop computers support AES-NI, so make sure to check first, because using CHACHA20-POLY1305 on such systems will cause performance harm when you go above 300 Mbit/s (if you stay below that performance, probably you will not notice any difference). Also note that if your system does not have OpenVPN 2.5 or higher version you will not be able to use CHACHA20-POLY1305. If you wish to manually edit your OpenVPN 2.5 profile to prefer CHACHA20 on Data Channel when available: delete directive cipher add the following directive: data-ciphers CHACHA20-POLY1305:AES-256-GCM Pending Upgrade Server Schedule Kind regards and datalove AirVPN Staff

No worries, it happens many times many go for the 68 and find out afterwards. The 86u with merlin firmware is a god send for ease of use. I have disabled the AI protection on it since it can choke up the ram on the 86u (make sure you put strong long hard router passwords and good AV/firewall on PC) otherwise it's great you can Add any devices you want to use VPN or normal Internet (WAN) at a flick of a switch, so I added things like the V6 Cable box to WAN (needs wan only) or PC to VPN etc. To make mine extra secure I added a blanket rule under: Rules for routing client traffic through the tunnel description: All devices source ip: 192.168.1.0/24 destination :0.0.0.0 interface : VPN This way any new item that connects to my Virgin broadband be if wifi device or Ethernet say a new TV or new family guest member, any device will always be forced to use VPN (air) regardless if I added the device in or not on the list. The 86u should be good for 320-380Mb I believe hopefully with the newer openvpn 2.5 and chacha encryption we may hit faster speeds.

I use the Manchester servers. Pretty happy with the speeds I get from those.

Thanks for the update. Pleased to see them back to normal.

You can try to install the Wintun driver from the thread instructions in one of the headers in the list but doubt you will get much better to be honest, d/l speed with a VPN seems to give around 50-70% of whatever package you have depending on connecting to a good server. Before I installed the Wintun driver, on my old 200Mbps Virgin package I would only get between 15 - 35Mbps afterwards I would get between 85 - 110Mbps. Yeah, this matches my experience. I'm on the 500Mbps package and I get around 350Mbps. Which while it isn't the full whack it's literally 10x better than what I previously got with BT.

You can try to install the Wintun driver from the thread instructions in one of the headers in the list but doubt you will get much better to be honest, d/l speed with a VPN seems to give around 50-70% of whatever package you have depending on connecting to a good server. Before I installed the Wintun driver, on my old 200Mbps Virgin package I would only get between 15 - 35Mbps afterwards I would get between 85 - 110Mbps. PS: For some reason when I clicked on the star in the thread header instead of taking me to the latest post it took me to the final post on page 1 which was yours and I answered it thinking it was the newest. Anyway sorry for the very late reply. 😎