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Hello! We're very glad to inform you that two new 10 Gbit/s full duplex servers located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, are available: Taiyangshou and Vindemiatrix. The AirVPN client will show automatically the new servers; if you use any other OpenVPN or WireGuard client you can generate all the files to access them through our configuration/certificates/key generator (menu "Client Area"->"Config generator"). The servers accept connections on ports 53, 80, 443, 1194, 2018 UDP and TCP for OpenVPN and ports 1637, 47107 and 51820 UDP for WireGuard. They support OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over SSH, TLS 1.3, OpenVPN tls-crypt and WireGuard. Full IPv6 support is included as well. As usual no traffic limits, no logs, no discrimination on protocols and hardened security against various attacks with separate entry and exit-IP addresses. You can check the status as usual in our real time servers monitor : https://airvpn.org/servers/Taiyangshou https://airvpn.org/servers/Vindemiatrix Do not hesitate to contact us for any information or issue. Kind regards & datalove AirVPN Staff

Hello! We're very glad to inform you that a new 1 Gbit/s full duplex server located in Auckland (NZ) is available: Mothallah. The AirVPN client will show automatically the new server. If you use any other OpenVPN or WireGuard client you can generate all the files to access it through our configuration/certificates/key generator (menu "Client Area"->"Config generator"). The server accepts OpenVPN connections on ports 53, 80, 443, 1194, 2018 UDP and TCP, and WireGuard connections on ports 1637, 47107 and 51820. Just like every other Air server, Mothallah supports OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over SSH, TLS 1.3, tls-crypt and WireGuard. Full IPv6 support is included as well. As usual no traffic limits, no logs, no discrimination on protocols and hardened security against various attacks with separate entry and exit-IP addresses. You can check the server status as usual in our real time servers monitor: https://airvpn.org/servers/Mothallah Do not hesitate to contact us for any information or issue. Kind regards and datalove AirVPN Team 

Hello! We're very glad to inform you that a new 1 Gbit/s full duplex server located in Singapore is available: Azelfafage. The AirVPN client will show automatically the new server. If you use any other OpenVPN or WireGuard client you can generate all the files to access it through our configuration/certificates/key generator (menu "Client Area"->"Config generator"). The server accepts OpenVPN connections on ports 53, 80, 443, 1194, 2018 UDP and TCP, and WireGuard connections on ports 1637, 47107 and 51820. Just like every other Air server, Azelfafage supports OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over SSH, TLS 1.3, tls-crypt and WireGuard. Full IPv6 support is included as well. As usual no traffic limits, no logs, no discrimination on protocols and hardened security against various attacks with separate entry and exit-IP addresses. You can check the server status as usual in our real time servers monitor: https://airvpn.org/servers/Azelfafage Do not hesitate to contact us for any information or issue. Kind regards and datalove AirVPN Team 

Man im tempted to buy more time but I think im covered

We have kept the OP message to show the pervasiveness of the PRC's propaganda lackeys. We consider Taiwan (Republic of China) to be independent and autonomous from the PRC (People's Republic of China), as it is in fact. ipleak uses MaxMind and IANA databases to display results, and we are pleased that these are aligned with an anti-imperialist and democratic vision that is clearly unpalatable to the dictatorial regime of the PRC, which sees it as an obstacle to its expansionist ambitions.

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First of all, it's Michigan, a state in the US, not some country, and second, the article also goes into that, stating that the ISPs lack tech to reliably identify VPNs without invasive DPI, which might be a violation of the 4th Amendment. Also, it's a proposed bill, if I read it right, so the statement "will ban vpns soon" is not exactly correct as of today. Relax and calm down first. Anyway, OpenVPN over SSH or SSL or AmneziaWG would probably bypass any of these restrictions, and these have been live for years now.

@Ptwifty Hello! This is a regrettable attempt to irritate AirVPN customers as retaliation by Eddie for not granting him certain benefits after almost 15 years of service. We will have to suppress these attempts at rebellion with a firm and unyielding hand. Joking aside, it seems that you have defined Sheratan as the only server to which Eddie can connect. From your description, you say that you have defined a blacklist with a single server, but in reality you have defined a whitelist with that single server. Please re-check your lists in the "Servers" window. Kind regards

The implementation tunnels WireGuard UDP traffic through HTTP/3 using the QUIC protocol, making encrypted VPN traffic look identical to regular web browsing.SQUIC started as Google's project to accelerate web traffic and became HTTP/3 in June 2022. The protocol uses UDP instead of TCP, eliminating handshake delays. Mullvad exploits the MASQUE tunneling spec (RFC 9298) to proxy UDP through HTTP servers. State censors (China etc.) see HTTPS web traffic while the VPN tunnel hides inside that envelopetate censors see HTTPS web traffic while the VPN tunnel hides inside that envelope. Can we get this? taken from:

I love the fact that existing customers always get to take advantage of the same offers new users get, thank you!

You're either a troll or completely unhelpful. Next time read the post. This isn't a problem particular to AirVPN, and since I have tried literally everything I can think of and spent several hundred dollars in the process of doing so, I am seeking help on the possible causes. Preferably from people who know what they are talking about. I'll take your style advice in consideration 🙄

Ich hatte noch nicht mal Zeit, mich da voll reizufuchsen. Egal wird schon hinhauen😎 2 Jahre.

The logic becomes sound once you take into account everything else I wrote before that sentence, and I sincerely hope that everyone reads posts for the purpose of understanding the gist of them, not for the sake of rebuking every line written. The gender is, and I reiterate, a more or less unimportant piece of information around here, here being the forums dedicated to AirVPN products and everything related to them or the wider area of topics related to VPNs. Plus, as written, this piece of info is invisible to the whole community when set. When the purpose of that info is for the user to be referred to correctly, it doesn't help that user here if it's not seen by anyone. So the choice of whether I set it to "Non-binary" or "Not telling" doesn't matter in the context of these forums if the outcome – no one will see it, anyway – is the same. If we talked about a context outside of the current environment, then yes, of course, having more choices is a valid request. But as the software does not provide that option, Not telling seems to be the closest thing to Non-binary. The other choices are binary, after all.

I can confirm this works on Homatics Dune HD Homatics Box R 4K Plus. It needs to be done through real USB connection. ADB TV was not working for me.

Specs, section Assigned IPs: For the entry IPs, use a DNS query: $ dig a in +short de3.all.vpn.airdns.org 141.98.102.245 141.98.102.189 141.98.102.181 185.189.112.21 37.46.199.68 141.98.102.237 37.46.199.52 185.189.112.29 83.143.245.53 37.120.217.245 141.98.102.229 37.46.199.84 185.104.184.45 185.189.112.13 $ dig aaaa in +short de3.all.vpn.airdns.org 2001:ac8:20:98:ba0a:dabc:45a8:c67c 2a00:dd0:aaaa:7:e021:9b15:8027:f809 2001:ac8:36:3:2935:d57f:fc05:83e0 2001:ac8:20:96:226a:3a84:c3d8:dba8 2001:ac8:20:2b:d428:2f9d:4c0a:77b8 2001:ac8:20:225:1b06:18f:a622:b2af 2001:ac8:20:97:dad1:f205:28f1:bff5 2001:ac8:20:2a:818d:602e:cf31:f199 2001:ac8:20:99:fbf6:b62a:86df:b560 2001:ac8:20:2c:8efe:ed7:7e97:6f97 2001:ac8:20:5:623e:50fc:8023:a65 2a00:dd0:aaaa:9:2a94:d040:418f:de4a 2001:ac8:20:9a:13e6:576a:41cb:a5f 2a00:dd0:aaaa:8:486b:fb23:5878:32ea .

On the Download page, click the Other versions button and select 2.21.8.

But you'd be supporting a good cause.

You shouldn't, please read the announcement, thanks! 😋 Kind regards

I also extended my subscription for one year. Easily the best VPN on the market and no other competitor gets even close. Thanks AirVPN staff!

Another year added. Thanks!

I think you will find after some more experimentation that, if you type in www.reddit.com, the HTTP code you get back is actually 302, a redirect to HTTPS. Which is correct and corresponds with best practices for HTTPS redirects. Typing in https://www.reddit.com instead will yield the correct result. It doesn't help that the route checker deems those redirects as errors, too, and so colors the cell's background red, so I agree in so far as one of two things could happen to remedy this: The background color should be yellow to indicate a redirect which doesn't have to be a block. But that tool is actually there to tell you "yep, works" or "nope, not from here" at a glance. Yellow as in "meh, maybe, check yourself" is beyond unhelpful. If a web server returns a 301 or 302, follow the Location header once to cater to the common case of a HTTPS redirect and print the result for that new URL. But this could produce false positive results: If a website viewed from the server returns a 302 to a webpage basically saying "sorry, you've been blocked", that webpage will of course have a green 200 return code. What a sweet dream. Check out OneDrive/Outlook, Netflix, Hulu, BBC iPlayer, etc. and maybe all those sites sitting behind a Sucuri WAF. What you could do is to keep track of the Blocked websites warning forum and update your list with every new thread and post. It'd be a help, but would demand work from you alone, continuously even. But if effective, such as thread could be pinned in this forum for visibility and be a boon for the community, I'm sure.

One more year for me! Thanks AirVPN and keep up the good work

Even when logged into reddit.com, i now get a "You've been blocked by network security" message. Furthermore, the route checking tool shows that reddit.com is inaccessible from all AirVPN servers (HTTP 403). i don't know if the 403 is because the route checking tool can't be logged into Reddit while checking, or if something has changed recently.

I wish I knew myself. Don't really know how to troubleshoot this, either. Might be comparable, but probably not better. From the roadmap I surmise that OpenVPN 2 will still be a single-core application as multithreading is not found in the feature list, so this bottleneck will persist. Conclusive tests must be done once 2.7 is stable and rolled out to some test servers. For now, I lost interest in finding out why DCO <> non-DCO doesn't work as my OpenVPN setup is now DCO <> DCO. Still using Wireguard primarily, though.

Hello! We're very glad to inform you that Eddie Android edition 3.3.0 has been released. Eddie Android edition is a fully integrated with AirVPN, free and open source WireGuard and OpenVPN GUI client. It is based on official WireGuard library and latest OpenVPN3-AirVPN library (free and open source software library by AirVPN), allowing comfortable connections to both OpenVPN and WireGuard servers. Source code is available on GitLab: https://gitlab.com/AirVPN/EddieAndroid Eddie Android edition 3.3.0 is linked against updated libraries. It is compatible with Android 5.1 and higher versions, up to Android 16, and features revamped ergonomics and important new features. What's new full compatibility with Android 15 and 16 compatible with Android 5.1 and higher versions new, remarkably improved NetworkMonitor improvements in ergonomics for faster and more comfortable use updated OpenSSL, OpenVPN3-AirVPN and WireGuard libraries ability to start and connect during the device bootstrap on all supported Android TV and Android versions, with or without "Always on VPN" opt in ability to auto connect when the app is launched through the new option Settings > AirVPN > Start quick VPN connection at application startup. It requires an account that had logged in with "Remember me" checked updated code, SDK 16 100% compliant see the complete changelog here: https://gitlab.com/AirVPN/EddieAndroid/-/blob/master/ChangeLog.txt Main features WireGuard and OpenVPN support Battery-conscious application, with low RAM footprint Ergonomic and friendly interface Ability to start and connect the application at device bootstrap and/or at app launch, with or without "Always on VPN" GPS spoofing Traffic splitting and reverse traffic splitting on an application basis. You can define which apps must have traffic inside or outside the VPN tunnel through white and black list Localization in simplified and traditional Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish Full integration with AirVPN Quick tile button Enhanced security thanks to locally stored encrypted data through optional master password (warning: this option prevents the app from automatically connecting during the startup) Quick one-tap connection and smart, fully automated server selection Smart server selection with custom settings  Manual server selection  Full Android TV compatibility including D-Pad support. Mouse emulation is not required.  Ability to generate configuration files based on the user settings for both OpenVPN and WireGuard Increased accessibility for visually impaired persons  Download link Eddie Android edition 3.3.0 APK can be downloaded here: https://airvpn.org/android/eddie A quick start guide is available at the same above linked page. Quick link to the APK: https://airvpn.org/tv Eddie Android edition is also available on the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.airvpn.eddie and on the Amazon App Store: https://www.amazon.com/Eddie-AirVPN-official-OpenVPN-GUI/dp/B07KTD6DH9 Eddie Android edition is the only VPN application developed by AirVPN for Android. Beware of imitations on the Play Store with very similar names that conceal potential scams. How to sideload Eddie Android edition on Android TV and FireOS devices https://airvpn.org/android/eddie/apk/tv/ Kind regards & datalove AirVPN Staff

Ah, yes, it's the DDoS protection mechanism. I analyzed it a little once:This part really needs JavaScript, otherwise you're a bot to the software. I see. I might check that out later myself.

Hello! We have asked twice Wurren's datacenter support for investigations and interventions on intermittent Wurren malfunctions. Techies always claimed they found nothing, but we could clearly observe repeatedly a specific bandwidth choke on various (not all) IP addresses. Although the problem seems resolved and did not re-appear in the last week, we are waiting for delivery of 3 new servers in the same Kornephoros' datacenter to power up our presence in Toronto. They are currently at Canada custom, so it's likely that we will have them connected before the end of November. They feature powerful hardware and they will be connected to 10 Gbit/s full duplex lines. We are considering to decommission Wurren after the three new servers are operational. Kind regards

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Added another 3 years, now 5 and half years as today Hope administration will add more powerful connections on eastern europe states like Romania, Serbia etc or maybe freshly new ones as Moldova,Albania, Hungary etc Cheers

i like that airvpn has forums, the vpn works well but a lot of services lack those nowadays!

While I love that you continue to support OpenVPN would you please reconsider a few WireGuard‑only 10–20 Gbit servers to quantify the uplift for users who prioritize raw speed and low latency? It’s my understanding that OpenVPN server processes are single‑threaded and CPU‑intensive. Co‑hosting OpenVPN and WireGuard on the same high‑capacity host (10–20 Gbit) can constrain aggregate throughput under load because per‑core bottlenecks caps per‑host headroom when many OpenVPN clients are active. In cities where you have multiple 20 Gbit servers like New York dedicating one to Wireguard doesn't seem unreasonable? Thank you for your consideration.

Your grumpy response is amusing, but perhaps not quite the spirit of helpfulness I am seeking. But I shall persist, Alex; you and I probably share a vision of an internet that is nudged into being VPN-friendly. We don't also need to be warring with each other on top of that. When I asked whether AirVPN could do something about it, what I actually meant was that AirVPN should do something about it. Specifically, if there are shared blocklists†, as I suspect, they could work with abuse teams to remove the blacklisting. I used to do some spam-fighting many years ago, with honeypots and the like, and that's exactly the kind of arms race that we had there. Reporters would report spam using the SMTP headers, it would influence various interconnected blocklists in subtle ways, and good service providers would be thus encouraged to terminate abusive accounts. I just contacted the admins of a large site, and I've mentioned their infra is emitting a high number of 429 responses, starting in the last few months, even though I've used them for many years. I've given them an example IP; I'm hopeful they'll come back to me with a concrete reason for their site's behaviour. Interestingly it makes no odds whether I am signed in, so I wonder if there could be some kind of WAF in the way. † Or they could be sharing the same large edge provider e.g. Cloudflare.

The main reason why I use Airvpn is because it has no what I call 'vpn lag', where even with low ping and bandwidth load, performance feels like you're walking through water. This is my 3rd-4th year, and I've noticed this lag on SG servers for at least the last 6 months, so much so I'd rather connect to Japan or the new Taiwan server than use SG servers. Yes, I'm getting better internet surfing performance in higher ping JP/TW Servers than lower ping SG Servers, even when load is low. Then for the the last 1 week, the load on SG and JP servers have been close to max for almost all of them. This is disappointing. Are there plans to upgrade to 10Gbit servers for this region soon?

I do understand that technical problems are incredibly frustrating. I feel your pain, and I try to help others get past this hurdle. I'm going to ask you to just trust the next couple points: Judging from the emotion in your post, you need a break. Just walk away from this project for 24-48 hours and give your mind and body a rest. Do something that you enjoy. When you come back to these problems with a fresh and rested mind you will be able to try again and succeed. A fresh brain is an AMAZING thing. Know that AirVPN is not the cause of these issues; you are in the right place. You are posting among torrenting LEGENDS who could use any VPN they desire, and they chose to be here. Trust that there is a good reason for that and that you made a great decision to be here. Assuming that you are now well rested, please start again by looking at my stack. This stack configuration has literally torrented hundreds of terabytes; it works! Then, check your AirVPN profile to ensure you set everything up properly and did not rush over or skip a step: When you go to the devices screen have you set up a device? In the ports screen is that device linked to the port (in the dropdown)? When making your config file did you select that device? When working correctly, the sessions screen should list your device at the top of the card when connected; does it? If you accomplish all these things and still have an issue, post again with the current status of things and I'll take another look.

Dark mode on this site would be nice. Strange that there is no dark theme aleready? I use a huge screen and its like flood-lights when i open this page lol opening airvpn.org:

Hello all, This is collection from different tutorials which I will refer here, but usually changed since some things changed. Setting up VPN on Synology is modified neolefort tutorial from here and reconnect script if from sundi which you can find here, which probably modified this script, plus my iptables for blocking Synology on router level when VPN fails. Other contributions: foobar666 - you no longer need to enter variables manually _sinnerman_ - fixed script for DS 6.1 I'm doing this mostly because I usually forget things I managed to solve after year or two, so this is way to have constant reminder how it was solved and also help others. 1. Get your certificates from AirVPN. Go to the https://airvpn.org/generator/ page to generate the configuration file. (1) SELECT the Advanced Mode (under "Config generator" title ) (2) SELECT LINUX OS (3) Under "Protocols" section select one with protocol UDP, port 443 and tls-auth in the right column (at the time of writing, it was in middle of the list). You can choose any combination of protocol/port, but then also change iptables accordingly if you are using failsafe script. Don't choose any combination which has tls-crypt in the right column. (4) Under "Advanced - OpenVPN only" section (right part of page), toggle "Separate keys/certs from .ovpn file" button and change/leave OpenVPN version to 2.5 (This works in DSM 7.2.1. For older versions you will maybe have to select OpenVPN version 2.4). (5) SELECT 1 SERVER (refer to section "by single servers") OR COUNTRY OR ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT In original tutorial, neolefort said to choose 1 server, because in that case you will get IP instead of xxx.airvpn.org domain. Choosing 1 server is safe because it doesn't need working DNS when you want to connect to VPN. If you choose anything else, you need working DNS on your router when establishing VPN connection. (6) Click "GENERATE" at the bottom. (7) Page will reload with links on top to your files, save them to you computer. Following files will be generated: -AirVPN_XXXXX_UDP-443.ovpn -ca.crt -user.crt -user.key -ta.key 2. Setup AirVPN on Synology. - Login as admin or with user from Administrator group. - Open Control panel. - Go "Network" and click on tab "Network Interface" - Click on button "Create" - "Create VPN profile" - Choose "OpenVPN (via importing .ovpn file)" - Click "Advanced options" so it shows all options - Profile name: anything you want, but please keep is short and if you can without spaces " ", for example "AirVPN". - User name: LEAVE EMPTY (for DSM 7+ just put anything here) - Password: LEAVE EMPTY (for DSM 7+ just put anything here) - Import .ovpn file: click button and import your AirVPN_XXXXX_UDP-443.ovpn - CA certificate: click button and import your ca.crt - Client certificate: click button and import your user.crt - Client key: click button and import your user.key - Certificate revocation: LEAVE EMPTY - TLS-auth key: click button and import your ta.key - Click "Next" - Select all options and click "Done" Now you have working OpenVPN link on your Synology. You just need to start it from "Control panel" - "Network" - "Network Interface". If you want to make your connection faster, you can remove some ciphers. Look for this line in .ovpn file: data-ciphers AES-256-GCM:AES-256-CBC:AES-192-GCM:AES-192-CBC:AES-128-GCM:AES-128-CBC And change it to this: data-ciphers AES-128-GCM Then save file and create new connection with it. After some testing I found out AES-128-GCM is fastest from all other mentioned in settings. You can also test other ciphers your self and leave one you find fastest. EXTRAS!!! 3. Setting up external access to your Synology. First what you will notice is, "I CAN'T ACCESS MY SYNOLOGY FROM OUTSIDE OF MY LAN!!!!!!! OMG OMG OMG!!!!" I will not explain port fowards on your router here, if you don't know how to make one, learn! (1) You can port forward trough AirVPN webpage and access your Syno via VPN exit IP. This sometimes works, most of times it doesn't since Syno has some ports you cannot change. Anyway, change your default HTTP / HTTPS port on Syno to your forwarded AirVPN port and you should be fine. But forget about Cloudstation and similliar things. (2) If you want to access Syno via you ISP IP (WAN), then problem is, your Syno is receiving your connection, but it's replying trough VPN. That's a security risk and those connections get droped. But there is solution! - Access "Control panel" - "Network" - "General" - Click "Advanced Settings" button - Mark "Enable multiple gateways" and click "OK" and then "Apply" You're done! It's working now (if you forwarded good ports on your router). 4. Prevent leaks when VPN connection on Synology fails. There will be time, when you VPN will fail, drop, disconnect, and your ISP IP will become visible to world. This is one of ways you can prevent it, on router level. For this you need Tomato, Merlin, DD-WRT or OpenWRT firmware on your router. I will tell you steps for Tomato router. If you are using different firmware, then you need to learn alone how to input this code into your router. Since Shibby version 129 for ARM routers, syntax of iptables changed and depending on which version of iptables you are using, apply that code. - Login to your router (usually just by entering 192.168.1.1 into your browser, if your IP is different, find out which is your gateway IP). - Click on "Administration" - Click on "Scripts" - Choose tab "Firewall" For Shibby v129 for ARM and later (iptables 1.4.x) us this: #Use this order of commands because it executes in reverse order. #This command will execute last, it kills all UDP requests. iptables -I FORWARD -p udp -s 192.168.1.100 -j REJECT #This command will execute second and will block all TCP source ports except those needed for web access or services iptables -I FORWARD -p tcp -s 192.168.1.100 -m multiport ! --sports 5000,5001,6690 -j REJECT #This command will execute first and will ACCEPT connection to your VPN on destination port 443 UDP iptables -I FORWARD -p udp -s 192.168.1.100 -m multiport --dports 443 -j ACCEPT For earlier Shibby versions and later for MIPS routers: #Use this order of commands because it executes in reverse order. #This command will execute last, it kills all UDP requests. iptables -I FORWARD -p udp -s 192.168.1.100 -j REJECT #This command will execute second and will block all TCP source ports except those needed for web access or services iptables -I FORWARD -p tcp -s 192.168.1.100 -m multiport --sports ! 5000,5001,6690 -j REJECT #This command will execute first and will ACCEPT connection to your VPN on destination port 443 UDP iptables -I FORWARD -p udp -s 192.168.1.100 -m multiport --dports 443 -j ACCEPT Port TCP 5000 = HTTP for for Synology web access (change to your if it's not default) Port TCP 5001 = HTTPS for for Synology web access (change to your it's not default) Port TCP 6690 = Cloud Station port Port UDP 443 = AirVPN connection port which you defined in step 1 of this tutorial. If you are using TCP port, then you need to change "-p udp" to "-p tcp" in that line. If you need more ports, just add them separated by comma ",". If you want port range, for example 123,124,125,126,127, you can add it like this 123:127. Change IP 192.168.1.100 to your Synology LAN IP. Be careful NOT TO assign those ports to your Download Station on Synology. This isn't perfect, you can still leak your IP through UDP 443, but since torrent uses mostly TCP, those chances are minimal. If you use TCP port for VPN, then those chances increase. If you really want to be sure nothing leaks even on UDP 443 (or your custom port), you need to choose 1 (ONE) AirVPN server. You need to find that server entry IP and change last IPTABLES rule to something like this: iptables -I FORWARD -p udp -s 192.168.1.100 -d 123.456.789.123 -m multiport --dports 443 -j ACCEPT Where 123.456.789.123 is AirVPN server entry IP. This will allow UDP 443 only for that server, rest will be rejected by router. These are all my opinions, from my very limited knowledge, which may be right and may be wrong. 5. Auto reconnection when VPN is down. Since when you made your VPN connection on your Synology, you checked "Reconnect" option, Syno will try to reconnect automaticly when connection fails. But in some cases, your network will be offline long enough and Syno will stop trying to reconnect, or will hang with VPN connection established, but not working. In those cases you can use this auto reconnect script. This is reconnect script. Just select all script text and copy it. #VPN Check script modified Sep 11, 2016 #Script checks if VPN is up, and if it is, it checks if it's working or not. It provides details like VPN is up since, data #received/sent, VPN IP & WAN IP. #If VPN is not up it will report it in the log file and start it #Change LogFile path to your own location. #Save this script to file of your choosing (for example "synovpn_reconnect"). Store it in one of your Synology shared folders and chmod it: "chmod +x /volume1/shared_folder_name/your_path/synovpn_reconnect" #Edit "/etc/crontab" and add this line without quotes for starting script every 10 minutes: "*/10 * * * * root /volume1/shared_folder_name/your_path/synovpn_reconnect" #After that restart cron with: "/usr/syno/sbin/synoservicectl --restart crond" #!/bin/sh DATE=$(date +"%F") TIME=$(date +"%T") VPNID=$(grep "\[.*\]" /usr/syno/etc/synovpnclient/openvpn/ovpnclient.conf | cut -f 2 -d "[" | cut -f 1 -d "]") VPNNAME=$(grep conf_name /usr/syno/etc/synovpnclient/openvpn/ovpnclient.conf | cut -f 2 -d "=") LogFile="/volume1/filmovi/Backup/airvpn/check_airvpn_$DATE.log" PUBIP=$(curl -s -m 5 icanhazip.com) #PUBIP=$(curl -s -m 5 ipinfo.io/ip) #PUBIP=$(curl -s -m 5 ifconfig.me) CHECKIP=$(echo $PUBIP | grep -c ".") start_vpn() { echo "VPN is down. Attempting to (re)start now." >> $LogFile # /usr/syno/bin/synovpnc kill_client --protocol=openvpn --name=$VPNNAME /usr/syno/bin/synovpnc kill_client /bin/kill `cat /var/run/ovpn_client.pid` 2>/dev/null sleep 35 echo 1 > /usr/syno/etc/synovpnclient/vpnc_connecting echo conf_id=$VPNID > /usr/syno/etc/synovpnclient/vpnc_connecting echo conf_name=$VPNNAME >> /usr/syno/etc/synovpnclient/vpnc_connecting echo proto=openvpn >> /usr/syno/etc/synovpnclient/vpnc_connecting /usr/syno/bin/synovpnc reconnect --protocol=openvpn --name=$VPNNAME >> $LogFile } sleep 6 echo "======================================" >> $LogFile echo "$DATE $TIME" >> $LogFile if ifconfig tun0 | grep -q "00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00" then if [ "$CHECKIP" == 1 ] then IPADDR=$(/sbin/ifconfig tun0 | grep 'inet addr' | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{print $1}') RXDATA=$(/sbin/ifconfig tun0 | grep "bytes:" | cut -d: -f2 | awk '{print $1,$2,$3}') TXDATA=$(/sbin/ifconfig tun0 | grep "bytes:" | cut -d: -f3 | awk '{print $1,$2,$3}') UPTIME=$(cat /var/log/messages | grep "$IPADDR" | awk '{print $1}' | tail -1) UPTIME=$(date -d"$UPTIME" +"%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S") echo "VPN is up since: $UPTIME" >> $LogFile echo "Session Data RX: $RXDATA" >> $LogFile echo "Session Data TX: $TXDATA" >> $LogFile echo "VPN IP is: $IPADDR" >> $LogFile echo "WAN IP is: $PUBIP" >> $LogFile else start_vpn fi else start_vpn fi exit 0 (1) Login to you Synology DSM web interface as admin. - As admin go to "Control panel" - "Task Scheduler" (you need to enable advanced mode in top right corner of control panel for this) - Click "Create" button near top of page, then select "Scheduled Task" and then "User-defined script" (2) New popup window will open. - under "Task:" enter task name - under "User:" select "root" if it's not already selected - switch to "Schedule" tab and select how often you want this task to run, my settings are: - "Run of following days" - "Daily" - "First run time" - 00:00 - "Frequency" - "Every 10 minutes" - "Last run time" - 23:50 - switch to "Task settings" tab - paste script you copied into empty box under "User-defined script" title - press OK and you're done I tested this on DSM 6.2.2 and it works without problems for now. Still, I'm keeping old instructions in next post, if someone wants to do it like that. Tip: If you don't want logfile, you can comment out those lines, or remove ">> $LogFile" code from whole script. That's all. If you entered everything correctly, you should be fine and ready to go! Comments are welcome. If you find mistakes, please correct me.

Hey there, Taiwan is a provincial administrative region of China, an inalienable part of China’s territory. But when I checked my IP on ipleak.net, I saw Taiwan was shown with those outdated flags, which is totally wrong. These flags don’t reflect the fact that Taiwan belongs to China. Using them misrepresents Taiwan’s status and goes against the One - China principle. It’s really important to fix this mistake. Please correct the display and stop using such wrong flags. Let’s make sure the info about Taiwan is right, in line with the One - China principle. Thanks for handling this!

Hello! We're very glad to announce that AirVPN Suite 2.0.0 Release is available. Special thanks to the outstanding community beta testers whose continued support in over a year and a half has been invaluable and decisive to find out and address several, insidious bugs. AirVPN Suite 2.0.0 introduces AirVPN's exclusive per app traffic splitting system, bug fixes, revised code, WireGuard support, and the latest OpenVPN3-AirVPN 3.12 library. Please see the respective changelogs for a complete list of changes for each component of the suite. The 2.0.0 Suite includes: Bluetit: lightweight, ultra-fast D-Bus controlled system daemon providing full connectivity and integration to AirVPN servers, or generic OpenVPN and WireGuard servers. Bluetit can also enforce Network Lock and/or connect the system to AirVPN during the bootstrap Goldcrest: Bluetit client, allowing full integration with AirVPN servers, users, keys, profiles as well as generic OpenVPN and WireGuard servers Hummingbird: lightweight and standalone binary for generic OpenVPN and WireGuard server connections Cuckoo: traffic split manager, granting full access and functionality to AirVPN's traffic split infrastructure airsu: a "run and forget" tool to automatically set and enable the user environment for the X.Org or Wayland based ecosystem without any user input WireGuard support WireGuard support is now available in Bluetit and Hummingbird. OpenVPN or WireGuard selection is controlled by Bluetit run control file option airvpntype or by Goldcrest option -f (short for --air-vpn-type). Possible values: openvpn, wireguard. New 2.0.0 default: wireguard. Bluetit run control file (/etc/airvpn/bluetit.rc) option: airvpntype: (string) VPN type to be used for AirVPN connections. Possible values: wireguard, openvpn. Default: wireguard Goldcrest option: --air-vpn-type, -f : VPN type for AirVPN connection <wireguard|openvpn> Suspend and resume services for systemd based systems For your comfort, the installation script can create suspend and resume services in systemd based systems, according to your preferences. allowing a more proper management of VPN connections when the system is suspended and resumed. The network connection detection code has also been rewritten to provide more appropriate behavior. Asynchronous mode A new asynchronous mode (off by default) is supported by Bluetit and Goldcrest, allowing asynchronous connections. Network Lock can be used accordingly in asynchronous connections. Please consult the readme.md file included in every tarball for more information and details. Word completion on bash and zsh Auto completion is now available by pressing the TAB key when entering any Goldcrest or Hummingbird option and filename on a bash or zsh interpreter. Auto completion files are installed automatically by the installation script. AirVPN's VPN traffic splitting AirVPN Suite version 2.0.0 introduces traffic splitting by using a dedicated network namespace. The VPN traffic is carried out in the default (main) namespace, ensuring all system data and traffic to be encrypted into the VPN tunnel by default. No clear and unencrypted data are allowed to pass through the default namespace. Any non-tunneled network traffic must be explicitly requested by an authorized user with the right to run cuckoo, the AirVPN traffic split manager tool. AirVPN's traffic splitting is managed by Bluetit and configured through run control directives. The system has been created in order to minimize any tedious or extensive configuration, even to the minimal point of telling Bluetit to enable traffic splitting with no other setting. In order to enable and control AirVPN's traffic splitting, the below new run control directives for /etc/airvpn/bluetit.rc have been implemented: allowtrafficsplitting: (on/off) enable or disable traffic splitting. Default: off trafficsplitnamespace: (string) name of Linux network namespace dedicated to traffic splitting. Default: aircuckoo trafficsplitinterface: (string) name of the physical network interface to be used for traffic splitting. All the unencrypted and out of the tunnel data will pass through the specified network device/interface. In case this directive is not used and unspecified, Bluetit will automatically use the main network interface of the system and connected to the default gateway. Default: unspecified trafficsplitnamespaceinterface: (string) name of the virtual network interface to be associated to the Linux network namespace dedicated to traffic splitting. Default: ckveth0 trafficsplitipv4: (IPv4 address|auto) IPv4 address of the virtual network interface used for traffic splitting. In case it is set to 'auto', Bluetit will try to automatically assign an unused IPv4 address belonging to the system's host sub-network (/24) Default: auto trafficsplitipv6: (IPv6 address|auto) IPv6 address of the virtual network interface used for traffic splitting. In case it is set to 'auto', Bluetit will try to automatically assign an unused IPv6 address belonging to the system's host sub-network (/64) Default: auto trafficsplitfirewall: (on/off) enable or disable the firewall in Linux network namespace dedicated to traffic splitting. The firewall is set up with a minimal rule set for a very basic security model. Default: off AirVPN's traffic splitting is designed in order to minimize any further configuration from the system administrator. To actually enable traffic splitting, it is just needed to set "allowtrafficsplitting" directive to "on" and Bluetit will configure the traffic split namespace with the default options as explained above. When needed, the system administrator can finely tune the traffic splitting service by using the above directives. Power and limitations The adopted solution offers a remarkable security bonus in terms of isolation. For example, it gets rid of the dangerous DNS "leaks in" typical of cgroups based traffic splitting solutions. However, the dedicated namespace needs an exclusive IP address. If the system is behind a NAT (connected to a home router for example) this is not a problem, but if the system is not behind any NAT, i.e. it is assigned directly a public IP address, you will need another public IP address for the network namespace dedicated to traffic splitting. You will need to manually set the other public IP address on the trafficsplitipv4 or trafficsplitipv6 directive as the guessing abilities of Bluetit may work only within a private subnet. Please keep this limitation in mind especially if you want to run the Suite with per app traffic splitting on a dedicated or virtual server in some datacenter, as they are most of the times NOT behind any NAT. Introducing Cuckoo, the AirVPN traffic splitting manager tool To generate out of the tunnel traffic, any application software must be run inside the "traffic split" namespace by using the dedicated traffic split tool cuckoo which can be run by users belonging to the airvpn group only. It cannot be used by the superuser. The usage is documented in the manual and on the inline help. The traffic split namespace uses its own routing, network channels and system DNS. It will not interfere or communicate in any way with the default namespace using its own encrypted tunnel. Programs started with cuckoo are regular Linux processes and, as such, can be managed (stopped, interrupted, paused, terminated and killed) by using the usual process control tools. The programs started by cuckoo are assigned to the user who started cuckoo. As a final note, in order to work properly, the following permissions must be granted to cuckoo and they are always checked at each run. Owner: root Group: airvpn Permissions: -rwsr-xr-x (owner can read, write, execute and setuid; group can read and execute, others can read and execute) Special note for snap packages users Snap is a controversial, locking-in package management system developed by Canonical and praised by Microsoft. It packages applications as snaps, which are self-contained units that include all necessary dependencies and run in a sandboxed environment in its default namespace. Therefore, "snap" applications will bypass the order by the system via Cuckoo to have an application running in one specific namespace created for reverse traffic splitting. As a result, snap applications will jettison the Suite's reverse traffic splitting feature. Currently, you must avoid snap packages of those applications whose traffic must flow outside the VPN tunnel. The issue is particularly relevant ever since Ubuntu migrated certain packages exclusively to Snap, such as Chromium and Firefox. At the moment it is still possible to eradicate snap from various distributions, including Ubuntu, quickly. Special note for firewalld users Please read here, it's very important: https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/70164-linux-network-lock-and-firewalld/ AirVPN Switch User Tool Airsu Running an application in a graphical environment requires a user having a local environment properly set, in particular variables and access to specific sockets or cookies. They are usually set at the moment of graphical login, while they may not be properly set in case a user logged in by using the system tool su. In this specific case the user will not probably be allowed to access the graphical environment, so any GUI application will not start. AirVPN’s airsu is used for this specific purpose and configures the user environment to the current X.Org (X11) or Wayland based manager, thus allowing access to GUI applications when run through cuckoo. Note on GUI software and Web Browsers Complete compatibility with both X11 and Wayland based environments has been implemented. Because of the specific Linux architecture and namespaces, some applications may need to specify the graphical environment in order to start and use the currently selected window manager on an X.Org (X11) or Wayland based habitat. Cuckoo can automatically do this by “injecting” predefined options to some preset applications, in particular those based on the chromium engines, most of them being web browsers. To see the list of predefined applications, please start cuckoo with --list-preset-apps option. When running an application with cuckoo, the user should make sure to actually start a new instance. This is usually granted by starting an application from the command line (such as running it with cuckoo). By starting an application from the desktop environment this may not happen. Download AirVPN Suite 2.0.0 The Suite is available in various flavors: ARM 64 bit, ARM 64 bit legacy, ARM 32 bit, ARM 32 bit legacy, x86-64 and x86-64 legacy. Download page: https://airvpn.org/linux/suite/ Changelog and source code Changelog for each component is available inside each package and on GitLab. Source code is available on GitLab: https://gitlab.com/AirVPN/AirVPN-Suite Kind regards and datalove AirVPN Staff

Hello I would like to give my personal recommendations to help with network censorship in Russia. I may not have time to write a authoritative, proper guide, but wanted to share this. Everything "clicked" once I read a comment how the DPI works to determine a new connection. Preface IP and subnet blocks came first. They completely blackhole all traffic to blocked IP addresses. The only thing you can try is IPv6 in place of IPv4. Some Air servers are blocked by IP. The Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) is a required installation for residential ISPs and (as of late) industrial networks like data centers. It works to dynamically block known protocol traffic, anything "forbidden" that's not yet in IP blocklists from above. This system was put in law many years ago. Nevertheless, the networks across the country are at various stages of rollout and their capabilities will differ. Real example: residential ISP did not block OpenVPN->Air, yet the mobile carrier did. Yet in 2024 the residential ISP upgraded their DPI system and started blocking OpenVPN too. Common methods of circumvention Mangle traffic locally to fool the DPI systems. It will allow you to connect to servers not blocked by IP (TLS SNI name detection). Proxy/VPN server: A prerequisite is an outside server, it must not have been blocked by IP. If it's a private server and OpenVPN or Wireguard work - you're lucky. However be prepared to still get blocked by DPI any day for using a VPN protocol. There are many proxy tools, especially developed to combat the Great Firewall of China. They don't run directly on Air, so this is something for self-hosting or other services to provide. We're talking about Air, so let's get that VPN working. Everything below requires you to find a reachable Air server (no direct IP blocks). The configuration server used by Eddie is IP blocked, so it won't work at all. I suggest you to generate all server configs in advance and see which are reachable from Russian networks. Airvpn.org seems to be reachable though. OpenVPN over SSH to Air It is possible to set this up on mobile, however the connection is reset after 10-30 seconds due to a lot of traffic being pushed. I used ConnectBot and it didn't restart the SSH connection properly, anyhow OpenVPN and ConnectBot had to be reconnected manually each time --> unusable. Since both apps are easily downloadable from app stores/F-Droid, this can be enough to generate and download configs from AirVPN's website in a dire situation. This connection type works like this: SSH connects to Air server, forwards a local port -> Air (internal_ip:internal_port) OpenVPN connects to local_ip:local_port and SSH sends the packets to Air's OpenVPN endpoint inside this tunnel Once the connection is established, it works like a regular OpenVPN on your system OpenVPN over stunnel to Air I haven't tried, desktop only? OpenVPN (TCP) over Tor to Air While connecting to Tor will be another adventure, do you really need a VPN if you get Tor working for browsing? If yes, I suppose it could work. I haven't tried. OpenVPN (TCP) to Air May start working after hours on Android, if the connection was established initially. Until then you'll see a lot of outgoing traffic but almost zero incoming traffic (NOT ZERO though!) It is unclear to me whether this is because Android keeps reconnecting after sleeping or sometimes it pushes so little traffic over the established connection that DPI forgets or clears the block for this connection only. OpenVPN (UDP) to Air Doesn't work. Wireguard to Air Doesn't work, it's always UDP and very easily detected. AmneziaWG client to connect to standard Wireguard Air servers This worked for me almost flawlessly. The trick of AmneziaWG is to send random trash packets before starting the connection sequence. This is what the new parameters are and some of them are compatible with standard Wireguard servers. The DPI only checks traffic within the initial traffic size window of the connection. If it doesn't find VPN connection signatures (and it doesn't due to random data) then it whitelists the connection. Wireguard then sends its connection packets and connects to Air. Full speed ahead, no throttling. The VPN connection works! What's the catch? The AmneziaWG packet configuration must be right. This worked for me across all networks I encountered: MTU: 1320 (safe value, higher MTU will give better bandwidth, if it works at all and doesn't begin to fragment packets) Junk Packet count (Jc): 31 Junk Packet minimum size (Jmin): 20 Junk Packet maximum size (Jmax): 40 Init packet junk size (S1): none (afaik only with AmneziaWG server; delete from config or try to set 0) Response packet junk size (S2): none (afaik only with AmneziaWG server; delete from config or try to set 0) Magic header settings changeable afaik only with AmneziaWG server: Init packet magic header (H1): 1 Response packet magic header (H2): 2 Underload packet magic header (H3): 3 Transport packet magic header (H4): 4 Example: [Interface] ... other default values, including MTU ... Jc=31 Jmin=20 Jmax=40 H1=1 H2=2 H3=3 H4=4 And how would you know what numbers to set? This single insight: This means flooding small random UDP packets at the beginning is the winning strategy. That's how I optimized someone's config from "sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't" to "works 100% of the time, everywhere". You actually don't want to blast big packets and be blocked because of it. Smaller random packets are good for mobile traffic too. How would you setup AmneziaWG to connect to Air (Android)? Generate and download AirVPN Wireguard configs, for each individual server, try different entry IPs too. DO NOT USE THE DEFAULT (OFFICIAL) WIREGUARD PORT. We don't want long-term logging to highlight the working servers for the next round of IP blocks. Download AmneziaWG-Android VPN client (the Android edition is actually a fork of the official Wireguard app aka "AmneziaWG". Don't download their regular all-in-one client aka "AmneziaVPN"!): amnezia.org or https:// storage.googleapis .com/kldscp/amnezia.org or https://github.com/amnezia-vpn/amneziawg-android/releases Import Air's configs in the app Apply "Junk Packet" settings from above Try to connect Try different entry IPs and servers if the connection doesn't work. See if the server IP is completely blocked either with: ping "<entry IP>" nc -zv -w 10 "<entry IP>" "<port 80 or 2018 for OpenVPN TCP>" This is GNU netcat Keep in mind: on Android the safest way to avoid any traffic leaks is to go to system settings, Connection & sharing > VPN, or search for "VPN", click on (i) for advanced settings, Enable: "Stay Connected to VPN" & "Block All Connections not Using VPN". If you ever disconnect from VPN by using Android's system notification, you'll need to re-enable these settings. If you switch between VPN apps (like Eddie -> AmneziaWG), I suggest to make sure these settings are always enabled like this: Turn off Wi-Fi (or mobile data) For previous VPN app disable: "Stay Connected to VPN" & "Block All Connections not Using VPN" For next VPN app enable: "Stay Connected to VPN" & "Block All Connections not Using VPN" Turn on Wi-Fi / connect using next VPN app Android battery optimization: Finally, go to app's settings (or Settings-Battery then app list somewhere) and make sure the AmneziaWG app is "not optimized" for battery. This way it will not be interrupted in the background and potentially drop connection until the screen is awake. -- https://dontkillmyapp.com/ for guides and more info Thanks for reading. Big politicians are not your friends, stay strong and propagate what you truly believe in.

I'd like to add a third vote for a Greek server (though I of course understand 3 votes in 6 years don't amount to much 🙂). One use case is media, but a second (arguably more important) one is that Greek government websites (basically anything under *.gov.gr), or rather the Akamai CDN they use, seem to implement some rate limiting that makes them basically unusable from (at least some) foreign IPs (but that's across several years and different ISPs). Currently I have to resort to occasionally paying a separate VPN provider for both of these use cases, which as a loyal Air customer of nearly a decade now I would much prefer not to have to do. A rerouting server as mentioned above could perhaps be suitable for both of these cases, though I'm not sure what that would entail exactly.

Hi, I've been using AirVPN for about an hour and so far I love it, huge improvement over my previous VPN. I mostly use it for torrenting with Qbittorrent. I enabled port forwarding and am getting really good speeds so far. However, I am confused by the server selection. I live in the midwest US and it automatically chooses a server in Canada every time I connect. Should I just trust that this is the best option? I don't understand the ratings or how to sort by fastest bandwidth. I would prefer to just use auto select, set and forget, but am I missing out on a faster server closer to me? Also, random other question-- why is the client called Eddie? Thanks! I'm really happy to have found a decent VPN, hopefully I'll be with AirVPN for a long time!

Hello! Please check your setup against the following guide: https://airvpn.org/faq/p2p/ On top of that, we have noticed a malfunction in some qBittorrent version (for example 4.5.5) in FreeBSD and Linux related to binding. If you set Tools > Preferences > Advanced > Optional IP addresses to bind to into All addresses, qBittorrent will reply only to IPv6 packets. If that's your case too, set that combo box to All IPv4 addresses. For additional safety you can also set the Network interface combo box (available in the same advanced menu) to your VPN interface. Always run qBittorrent only after a VPN connection has been successfully established. Kind regards

Mr. veryhadu, watch your language. You are being very provocative for no apparent reason. Mr. mackerel's original post actually is something of an example to follow when asking for troubleshooting help: It describes the exact problem and what have been tried, and would've provided logs if the issue was easier to trace with them. Very few other posts boast this level of detail. So you're really barking up the wrong tree here. Though, Mr. mackerel, setting --verb to 4 or 5 could maybe help. The config generator and Eddie default is 3, omitting some technical information. You could try setting this to 4, then connect and do something causing this throughput. Maybe someone is attentive enough to spot something.

Hello ! Introduction Welcome To AirVPN! This is a guide meant to help new people. Whether you're new to VPNs in general or just new to AirVPN. I've tried to keep it fairly short, by using bullet points & spoiler tags. This hopefully also makes it more readable and less scary. I think AirVPN is a FANTASTIC VPN and while I don't own or have any stake in AirVPN myself, I'm a huge supporter of it. However, it can be quite scary and confusing to use when you first get started, so hopefully my little guide willl help you! This guide also includes links to resources provided by Air and other users, but I don't mean to take credit for these things. So please feel free to scroll to the bottom of this guide! Index: Introduction First Questions Getting Started With AirVPN After Downloading The Eddie Client [includes Troubleshooting tips] AirVPN Guides Section [Look here to find guides about: Security/Torrenting/Port-forwarding/Plex/etc.] Other Noteworthy resources Credits Why I made this guide: AirVPN was said to be very technical and thus hard to use. But since it's such a quality VPN, I don't want that to always be the main bad side to this great service. Therefore, this guide is also a response to this problem, so that newcomers can hopefully feel less overwhelmed about the idea of the air to breathe the real Internet. The Air staff clearly put in a lot of work every day and are extremely knowledgeable people, from all that I've seen. It's just that for newcomers, it can be hard and overwhelming finding all the relevant pieces of information and it can easily be too technical, so I hope my little guide will also be useful in that regard. This is also why, I collect other people's guides and put them in this guide, so that they're easier to find. However, Thank you to AirVPN, Staff and the many knowledgeable members of this community who help out people like myself quite a lot, through their contributions to the site everyday :] Feel free to leave feedback on this guide, both good and bad, if you want to, because I'll happily read it ! First Questions Do I have to be really technical to use this VPN stuff? AirVPN is one of the more technical VPNs out there and this is pretty much its only major drawback, when it gets reviewed. However, it offers unmatched attention to security and privacy. Not all reviews are entirely accurate either, sadly. Which the AirVPN Staff haven't hesitated to remark on though. So in short: No. But if you're new to VPNs in general and not a tech-savvy user, you do have to accept that you might be confused in the start. But this forum is here to help :]. Due to all the marketing and sometimes paid reviews, it can be hard to find out which VPN to trust at all. This is without even getting to the technical features. Air tends to somewhat pride itself on not overselling things however and so on the face of it, AirVPN can seem like it's no match for other, apparently bigger VPNs, but AirVPN has a lot to offer if you take a look. Will I become totally anonymous or completely secure? Please be aware that when using AirVPN or any VPN, while signed in to things such as your e-mail or other online accounts, you might get incorrect notices of being hacked. You have not been hacked most likely, it's just that when services see you log in from several different IP addresses, they get suspicious. Simply keep calm and investigate the issue. No, definitely not. But in terms of steps you can take to reach very high levels of privacy and security, this is one of the best steps you can take. Privacy and security are hard things. To achieve even higher levels involves sorting out things like your operating system, browser, various habits and using networks like Tor, in addition to a VPN like this. Security is hard. It's rarely, if ever, just a one-off solution. Often, security is as much a process, as it is about a single good product, like this VPN. However. just because a VPN doesn't do everything, it doesn't mean it's useless. A lot depends on what you're trying to do/achieve and who your "enemies" are. Yet it should be said, that AirVPN is quite extreme about security. For Air, it's "all or nothing" in many ways. AirVPN is so focused about security, that they even fix issues before they're published! However, VPNs and others technologies are becoming more and more important, as new spy laws like the UK Snoopers Charter & US Rule 41 Amendment crop up. Please check the question "What does AirVPN do to make it safe to use and does it log or track people?" further down, for more details. VPNs A & B have features X & Y, how does AirVPN compare? For this, check out the forum made specifically for that. It's often the case that features from other VPNs are either already included in AirVPN, aren't included because they're unsafe or just aren't as good as they sound. For instance, a rival VPN might say "We offer PPTP and many other secure protocols!", while Air doesn't, because Air knows PPTP is unsafe. Or they might say they offer a "multi-hop" VPN, which may or may not be useful, according to AirVPN Staff. Support for the protocol known as IKEv2 is another example of where Air doesn't support something, but has good reasons for not doing so. As a final example, you will sometimes see competitors speak of their super-secret "camouflage", "4Dstealth" or "hidden" protocols or servers. This is just marketing for gullible customers . But such aforementioned marketing can greatly confuse efforts to compare Airs product with the competitors. So if in doubt, ask the competitor who is offering "stealth"-something, what it is. If I use AirVPN, will I be able to use service XYZ with it? Please be aware that when using AirVPN or any VPN, while signed in to things such as your e-mail or other online accounts, you might get incorrect notices of being hacked. You have not been hacked most likely, it's just that when services see you log in from several different IP addresses, they get suspicious. Simply keep calm and investigate the issue. Please also be aware that it is NOT the main purpose of AirVPN to get access to geo-restricted content because it's a losing battle and Air cannot control how companies such as the BBC and Netflix act. Being able to get access to a site, generally depends on which service you want and which country it's in. AirVPN doesn't have servers in every country. In general, you can get access to everything. Although services like BBC iPlayer and Netflix actively try to block VPNs. Even services as normal as payment processors, such as PayPal don't always make things easy. This means it's not always possible for a VPN provider to do anything about it. But we do have forums to discuss and notify AirVPN on, so that AirVPN can try to solve it as best as it can. But before you post in that forum, make sure to Read This First, as it might help you & will make your posts more helpful to others. AirVPN has a very useful tool called the Route Checking tool. It allows you to test access to a website from ALL AirVPN servers. Just put in a full link in the search field and click the search button. Then press F5 or hit the refresh button in your browser. Green results usually mean there's access; red results mean the opposite. This is useful for seeing if it's only you who has a problem or only the server you're on. As well as which servers don't have a problem, so that you can switch to using those ones instead. It's most important that it's green in the "HTTP" column. There's many different HTTP Codes, so here's a list. VPNs generally slow down your connection a little. But AirVPN is so good that it's still possible to play Multiplayer games through it, without your connection slowing down too much, in my own experience. What does AirVPN do to make it safe to use and does it log or track people? AirVPN isn't just safe because it promises to be so in its marketing. Instead, it backs things up with hard technical specifications and high standards, that you can verify yourself. AirVPN is logless and can't be forced to log surreptitiously, fully supports P2P on all servers & as per #5 ignores all DMCA requests. Remotely-forwarded ports aren't logged either. Here's additional things Air does to increase its security and privacy: AirVPNs infrastructure conforms to a high degree of openness & transparency. This helps show that none of Airs locations are fake, but only bare-metal & lets users compare with one another. AirVPNs encryption standards are military grade and so for all intents and purposes unbreakable. It also only uses the most secure VPN protocol too: OpenVPN. No PPTP/SSTP/L2TP/IKEv2. AirVPN doesn't use any third party tracking on its website, such as Google Analytics or Social buttons, because they leak. Instead, it uses open-source analytics Matomo, which is closed loop. AirVPNs website meets the highest SSLabs security standards: A+. AirVPN takes its mission to fight censorship and manipulation of the Internet extremely seriously. This also means being highly willing to help out journalists and human-rights defenders. AirVPN only uses FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) in its Eddie client. Therefore the software running on your system is not a security "blackbox", but can be independently verified. AirVPNs Eddie client supports a wide selection of protocols. Including SSL and SSH. As well as anonymising services such as Tor; so that you can "partition trust" and need not trust AirVPN. AirVPN fully accepts crypto-currencies. Including to the point where it accepts Bitcoin directly. No middlemen. So if done right, you can use AirVPN with Air knowing nothing about you. AirVPN explains how it doesn't need to inspect or monitor traffic in order to check for breaches of ToS. AirVPN is against security through obscurity, including in its client software Eddie and so shows all the information it can; which leads some users to erroneously think there's logging going on. AirVPN has since then expanded on this point. AirVPN uses in-house support technicians and not outsourced third-party technicians and external packages such as Zendesk. So as with #3, it's closed-loop. No leakage. AirVPN has a strict location policy, so that it doesn't just set up servers in a new, potentially unsafe or questionable, location. One which can't supply the performance required, either. AirVPN has its own DNS servers and "killswitch" feature. With Network Lock on, any accidental loss of connection from Airs servers won't leak anything about you; including WebRTC. AirVPN is run by extremely knowledgeable technical people and not just businessmen. So they're easily able to both explain, defend and attack subjects on a purely technical level. AirVPN supports the auditing of some of the crucial security software that underlies different systems and also supports other projects/groups/services such as Tor, Edri and OpenNIC. AirVPN runs this forum, which can seem like a small thing, but it's actually really important, as it allows for the open sharing of knowledge, providing of technical support and mythbusting. AirVPN already acts as a "multi-hop" VPN and takes many other measures to increase security, such as separate entry & exit IPs, Perfect Forward Secrecy and HMAC SHA1. AirVPN has a strong focus on avoiding marketing fluff and overselling. Which means you know exactly what you're getting and don't need to deal with deceptive use of technical details. AirVPN is highly consistent with staying constantly on top of any security issue. AirVPN is based in Italy and is therefore within the EU. This has a range of other benefits too. That's 20+ ways in which Air has extremely high security "by default". All made nice and easy for you to use. If you want more, there's a simple 3 step guide for that. But seriously, there's always more you can do yourself. When will AirVPN add country or server XYZ? AirVPN Staff do not usually tell the community when a new country or server will be added. They simply add them. So it's easy to miss. The Eddie client will automatically show them. AirVPN frequently adds new countries/locations. This can be seen in the announcement forum, so please try to check this and the Eddie client (if you use it) before asking. Thank you. Requests for a specific location or addition to an existing one, are fine. But demands to know when something will happen, are futile, since AirVPN follows a strict location policy. The technical specifications regarding security/encryption for the Air servers that are used, can be found here. Further, those technologies and standards allows Air to pursue its Mission. Please remember that even if a country you want hasn't been added, you may still be able to get access to the web-content of that country, thanks to Airs micro-routing feature. Here's some old posts regarding different locations, so that you may not need to ask. Please note that some, such as Japan as of 2018 & Austria, were already added: Italian Servers? Japan/Korea Servers? [staff Comment] Russian Servers? Danish Servers? Middle-East/North African Servers? Indian Servers? Panama Servers? Australian/New Zealand Servers? Latvian Servers? French & Belgian Servers?[uPDATE: French Servers Momentarily Withdrawn] Austrian Servers? Central/South American Servers? AirVPN now allows 5 connections per account instead of 3, but is it possible to buy more connections? AirVPN has increased the limit from 3 to 5 connections. Thus it's unlikely to be possible to buy more connections at any point. But you can use a modified router if you still need more than 5. If you change your router firmware(software) to something like DD-WRT or Tomato for instance, you can make all devices on your Wi-Fi/Router go through AirVPN. However running a VPN on a router is quite hardwork for most routers. So you either need high-grade commercial ones or computers like the ZBOX Nano, converted into routers. That ZBOX Nano PC would be excellent for a VPN to run on, as the hardware is very good; even more than the commercial routers. Only savvy users should consider this. Who runs AirVPN & moderates the forums? The Staff account is the Official voice of AirVPN. Private messages cannot be sent to them. Clodo & pj are the most visible AirVPN employees. Clodo is the developer of AirVPNs "Eddie" client software, while pj is a co-founder of AirVPN. Community moderators: zhang888, giganerd and LZ1. Note that we are NOT AirVPN employees, have no access to Air infrastructure and do NOT speak for Air in an official way. Instead, zhang888, giganerd and LZ1 are a part of what the Air Staff call the Air "forum Staff". Note that member profiles can't be accessed by others by default, unless you add them as friends or they made their profile public. Air itself is based in Italy and so that's where their staff will be sourced from. What are some of the "Status" page functions for & how do I use AirVPNs "Micro-routing" feature? The first page you see when you go to the Status page, is an overview of Airs servers & service. Useful for seeing if any server is down or very busy, downloads and how many users there are. The Ping Matrix shows the latency between Air servers and if there's any (severe) packet loss somewhere. No packets = no connection. The Top Users page can help you verify if others are still getting good or bad performance, compared to yourself. The Checking Route page is for seeing if Air servers can or can't connect to a website you select. Unlike the Ping Matrix. There's also the special AirVPN "Micro-routing" service. To use it, simply make sure you connect to Airs servers & DNS. (Automatic when you use Airs Eddie client). Without the micro-routing, if you want to watch French TV for example, you would have to connect to a French server. But with micro-routing, you can connect to ANY Air server and still watch French TV, as long as the TV's website is on the "Website support" list. It's possible to make requests to get sites added to these lists. Anyway, this micro-routing is very very useful ! Because it means that EVEN IF Air takes all French servers offline for some reason, you will still be able to access French content! Is it free and if not, why should I pay for it? AirVPN is not free, but you can get a short trial if you ask nicely. The Trial has unlimited data and full speed. But you can only get a refund if you have used less than 5GB. Free services don't offer many of the very nice features which let you get around website/service blocks. But it can be hard to market these features to non-technical people, because they're not always easy to explain. Yet once you try them, you will appreciate them. AirVPN has quality servers & connections, as well as guarantees a certain speed, with no limits. So it's possible to play multiplayer games through it. Free services often have to exploit their users in order to survive. This is normally done by tracking you, possibly undermining your security and selling your data to 3rd parties. If a free service is leaking your data due to poor practices and technology by accident or selling it on purpose, what's the point in using it then? VPN means Virtual Private Network. Even if a free service doesn't exploit you, you still don't have the same level of security or assurances, because how would a free service pay for that? Real security is hard and costly. Would you rather go through 5 bad free services, risking your security and privacy or would you rather take your privacy and security seriously the first time, for a small fee? If you only need a VPN 1 time, then it's probably not worth it to use a paid service. But if you know you'll need it often, it's worth the investment. Air has a very cheap 3 day plan too though. Free services often have many limits. But AirVPN is logless, allows 5 devices per account, allows P2P and other protocols, has no data/bandwidth limits & very high security. So basically, you need to be able to Trust your provider, yet why would a free service be trustworthy? They don't owe you anything. But a paid one at least does - not that all paid services are great either though. Not all services on the web offer the same level of protection either, whether free or not. Many services, paid & unpaid, lie to you about where they have servers. Fake GeoIP addresses. Since AirVPN isn't free, is it possible to buy a Lifetime subscription, as with other VPNs? Does AirVPN hold sales at all? This question has received its own dedicated topic, so please click the link below All sales related questions are answered in this dedicated thread. Getting Started With AirVPN If you run into a problem with Airs software for some reason, then please make sure to check if there's an experimental version of the Eddie client you can download. Experimental versions aren't always available. How do I start using AirVPN? There's 3 simple steps: Create Account Choose a Plan Choose your setup Creating an account: You don't need a valid e-mail address. The site software, called IPB, just needs the field to be filled with something. Remember that password recovery will NOT work without a valid address. If you can, don't use something which uniquely identifies you. So even if you name your account ninja10834, that's still better than something about your real name, location or even interests. With this account, you can also post on the forums. However in the beginning, you won't be able to post on these forums immediately. This is because a moderator has to make sure that whatever you post, is both genuine and from a person. So when you click the "post" button, your own post will NOT show up immediately; so just be patient, when asking a question. After around 5-10 posts being accepted, your account will increase in level and you will be able to post things immediately, without any supervision. There's 2 names associated with your account. The first is your login name, which cannot be changed and can't be seen by others. You would need to make a new account, to change it. The second name is your forum display name. In my case, it's LZ1. This can be changed by you at any time, but only matters in the forum. NOTE: it's your login name you use for logging into the Eddie software, together with your login password. Choose a plan: At this stage, you pick both how you wish to pay and how much. It's possible to pay in currencies known as "cryptocurrencies". These cryptocurrencies, most famously Bitcoin, have a range of benefits when it comes to things like security and privacy, if used correctly. If you want to pay using a cryptocurrency, there's some guidance on what to do, further down, in the guides section. However if you're just starting out, it's fine if you just use your credit card or whatever method which suits you. It's also possible to ask for a short trial. You can also scroll back up to the "First Questions" section and look for the information on Air's sales, if you want to wait for a discount. After paying, you will be a "Premium User" and will be able to see how many days you have left of your subscription, at the top of the screen, when you're logged into your account. Choose your setup: AirVPN provides a mobile version of its Eddie app for Android. An iOS version is NOT available due to Apple's restrictive policies. This stage is pretty straightforward. Just make sure you select the right versions and hit Download. Your OS: Find out which Windows Operating System you're running or which GNU/Linux you're running. Mac users must use either Mavericks or something newer. Your Architecture: Most will be locked into 64-bit here, as 32-bit is outdated. Your Format: Windows users should select "Installer" & MacOS users select "PKG Package Installer". Ubuntu/Linux users pick according to distro; adding a PPA will enable auto-updates of Eddie. Your User Interface: Most people should pick Graphical UI. Unless you want to run some kind of headless install, as some technical users do. Then click the big blue Download button and follow regular installation procedures. Now you will be downloading the AirVPN software. DONE. No further reading is required from here. Just open Eddie and click "Connect to Recommended Server". Unless you need a guide for something or want to know some of the finer details. This software is called a "client". This "client" is called "Eddie", because that's what AirVPN calls it. So when you hear talk of "Eddie", it's referring to the software you downloaded. If you don't want to use Eddie for some reason, there's ways of getting around it. But for new and casual users, it's recommended that you use it. If normal Installer Formats create problems, you can sometimes fix them by using the portable formats. A portable download is also useful if you want to store Eddie on a USB stick. If the latest Stable or Experimental release doesn't work for you, then you can download an earlier version, by clicking the "Other versions" link under the blue download button. How and where do I manage my AirVPN settings? You do that in the Client Area Some of the most important things in this area include: Configuration Generator Ports Referrals Number 1 is where you automatically generate the files that your VPN needs to work (if you don't use the Eddie Client, such as if you use Android), after you tick some boxes. Number 2 allows you to tell the VPN which "ports" or "virtual doors" to open, which can speed up things such as your Bittorent client (qBittorent, uTorrent, Vuze, Transmission, etc.) Even though it looks confusing, the only thing you actually need to change, is putting the right number in the "Local Port" field. So if your torrent program uses port 7634 for instance, then you put 7634 into the "Local Port" field and simply click the green add button. Then a number will automatically be generated and put into the big white box at the top. All done. Number 3 shows you the link you can share with other people. If they buy an AirVPN plan, you get 20% of what they pay. Then you can use this money to pay for your own plan. What if I need help during the process? If you need help from Air, you can easily contact them. If you're wondering why AirVPN doesn't have "Livechat" or might take a little longer to reply than other providers, then this is why. However you can also just come to these forums. If you can't post yet, then you can read the various guides which exist. In the AirVPN program called Eddie, there's a tab called "logs", which lists various information about what's happening. You can copy this and post it on the forums so we can help. But when you post your logs, MAKE SURE you post them inside "spoiler tags". If you don't use spoiler tags, you will annoy and make things more difficult for everyone, including yourself. I've used untold numbers of spoilers in this guide, as an example. What are logs, where are they and how do I use spoiler tags? When the AirVPN Eddie software is running, it creates a list of what it is doing. What's connecting, when, where, if something went wrong and so on. A log of events. So when you ask for help on these forums, we will often ask about your logs, because without logs, we do NOT know what is happening, in your specific situation . If you open the AirVPN "Eddie" client software, you will see a "Logs" tab. On the top right-hand side of the window, the 2nd button from the top, lets you copy your logs quickly. After copying the logs from Eddie, paste them into your posts when you need help. Do so by typing the short codes necessary; which we call using "Spoiler tags". This makes it much more convenient for everyone; just like this question and answer, is inside a spoiler . Please try to do it, thank you! Is there anything in my AirVPN account I should change? Go to the top-right corner of the screen and click your account username. Then click "My Settngs" in the drop-down box. Under "Profile Privacy", you might wish to un-check the checkbox, if you want others to be able to view your profile when clicking your name. Under the "Notification Options" tab and then under the header "Topics & Posts", check the box which lets you auto-follow things you reply to. This is very useful. Because then you'll get a little notification in the top-right corner, every time someone replies to a thread you made. This makes getting help more convenient. It's also good for following what's happening in threads that you post in. Remember to check the boxes on the right-hand side, so that you can choose if you want to be notified via the forum or via E-mail . You can also enable notifications for when people "like" your posts, since that can be quite encouraging! Under "Profile Settings", you might be curious about who visited your profile. So you can make it show the last 5 visitors. Everything else such as signatures, allowing others to add you as a friend and so on, are up to you. Enjoy! Is there an Experimental or Beta version of the AirVPN Eddie Client I can try? If so, where is it and why would I want to try it? Note that whenever you download the Beta/Experimental Client, you'll always receive the latest one. You can check your version number after you open Eddie and go to its "About" page. There aren't always any Experimental clients to download and new clients are continuously released. So keep an eye on the announcement section, for Beta/Experimental clients. Just because a release is called the "Stable" version, it doesn't mean the Beta/Experimental client is "Unstable". However don't be surprised if you run into issues . You can find the Beta versions [if one is available] on the download page of your OS, under "Other versions": If for some reason an Eddie client doesn't work, try downloading a "portable" version on the OS download page, under "Format". Being Beta/Experimental, you might run into some bugs. However I use the latest all the time, with no problems really. For more information on what features are added and bugs taken away, go straight to the changelog The Beta/Experimental client often includes fixes for bugs which the "Stable" version of Eddie has, as well as various extra features and changes. This helps all platforms. For example, for Windows, a prior Beta release used WFP (Windows Filtering Platform), instead of Windows Firewall, which meant it became easier to use 3rd party security software. 3rd party security software, are things such as Comodo firewall or Avast anti-virus. Things which you install yourself. In addition, it also comes with the latest software updates "out-of-the-box", such as the latest TAP drivers and OpenVPN patches, so you don't have to update them yourself. It may enable some things by default, which a current Stable version requires you to change yourself (as explained in the next section of this guide). By using the Beta, you can also help AirVPN by providing feedback, which means Air can then make things even better . Each Beta release has its own feedback thread. Just remember to describe the problem, tell us which system you use (Linux/Windows/MacOS/etc.), the client version (Go to Eddie client "About" page) and some logs in spoilers! : D. Thanks! After Downloading The Eddie Client Please remember to share your Eddie logs and use spoiler tags, when you need help from the community. How to do so, is answered in the previous section, thank you! What's "Network Lock" & should I use it? Please be aware that using Network Lock with Tor can be contradictory to try. It's not currently planned for. Please also note that it's expected that Eddie turns off Network Lock, when Eddie is shut down. Network Lock in AirVPN, is what many other VPN providers normally call a "killswitch". So this is Airs own "killswitch". Network Lock (NL) is a way for the AirVPN software to force all of your computers network communications through the AirVPN service, so that nothing "leaks out" about your identity. For new users, I don't recommend using it too soon. I recommend waiting a few days and just getting comfortable with the day-to-day running of the software and then using it later. With NL on, your internet connection will stop entirely, if you lose connection to the Air servers. This is great for preventing information from leaking & is a feature, not a bug. Why is this important? Well, I don't want to name & shame other providers, but one poster showed that his last provider leaked his real IP address during server changes. This shouldn't happen. But with NL on, this won't happen to you, because changing servers in Eddie will mean disconnecting from server A to go to server B. Thus the connection is stopped first & then resumed. No leaks. But if you want maximum security right away and aren't afraid of small technical issues, you can start using it right away. It can always be changed back.. How can I test that AirVPN is hiding my IP and DNS addresses correctly? Turning on Network Lock in the Eddie client will protect you from WebRTC leaks. You can use AirVPNs own service called ipleak.net. Make sure it's .net and NOT .com. Since ipleak.net is run by Air, it has now received its own sub-forum, where you can ask questions, give suggestions and receive information on any changes made to ipleak. Un-configured, browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome will "leak" (show) your real IP address through a technology called "WebRTC". To stop WebRTC, scroll to the bottom of the ipleak page and read the very short and simple instructions on how to fix it. It's not overly technical, don't worry. If you torrent files, there's also a torrent on the same website, which you can download in order to test which IP other torrenters would see if you torrented a real file. It's recommended you use Free & Open Source Software(FOSS). With this client, you can make it bind itself to whichever network adapter is using the VPN, which is convenient, so that it only torrents when using a VPN. I can recommend setting ipleak.net as your browser start page, so that every time you start your browser, you'll quickly be able to see if everything is working as intended. Eddie can't connect or is very slow, what can I do? If none of the below solutions work, then it's time to ask the forums or Air support. In BOTH cases, please supply your logs, as detailed before. Otherwise no one can help you. First, please make sure your client is updated to the latest Stable or Beta release. You can see your version number in Eddie>Top Left Corner Menu>About. Head to download page if not. Please try different protocols, at Eddie>Menu>Preferences>Protocols>Uncheck "Automatic">Select a protocol, such as SSL or TCP 443> Save>re-connect to an Air server. Please try connecting to not just different servers, but different countries too. Proximity to your location does not automatically mean better connections; due to routing technicalities. If you're an online gamer, you may benefit from changing the buffer sizes, as mentioned by Staff. If you're a Linux, MacOS or Windows user and webpages aren't loading fully or there's less than optimum speed, you can try the so-called "mssfix". If it's simply a problem with connecting to airvpn.org, then please try the alternate entry: airvpn.info - note that sometimes Air comes under attack from within and so you get an error page. If Eddie, such as in its Logs, says there's problems with route checking, please refer here for a solution. Note: disabling Preferences>DNS>Check Air DNS can be tried at the same time too. If you enabled Network Lock and can't connect to the web without Eddie turned on, then please disable Network Lock or reset your firewall and/or DNS, as shown in the two posts here. If torrenting speeds are slow, then please remember to port-forward and configure your torrent client correctly. For detailed guides on this, please go to the Guides Section below. For some ISPs, such as Virgin Media, please check the Guides Section below, for specific tutorials on how to optimize speeds. In some cases, especially if you run Air directly on your router, it's possible that your computer hardware isn't new enough to handle the encryption quickly enough. For Windows users, updating or downgrading the TAP adapter may work. But this shouldn't be tried as the first thing, as it's often not necessary now. For Windows users, you can try downloading a program called TCPOptimizer. Which other steps can I take to increase my privacy and security? Using AirVPN with Tor is a strong answer, among many other good ones. Here's a further explanation of how AirVPN & Tor work, when together. There's also many other ways to handle privacy and security on multiple fronts. If you're looking for a technical challenge, you can install pfSense on a very powerful computer, to make it act like a router, so that all devices connected to your Wi-Fi will be covered by the VPN. Why not just use an expensive commercial router? Because even expensive ones struggle to handle the protocol known as "OpenVPN" efficiently enough to give excellent performance. You can change the software & hardware you use & support the organisations which try to make things better; such as the FSF/EFF. If you're a geek or networking enthusiast, you can also check out things such as the Turris Omnia router, which offers very powerful hardware & software. AirVPN Guides Section Make sure to check the date of the posts you read below. Hope you like it ! Guides, How To's & Troubleshooting Amazon devices like the Fire Stick, Fire TV Cube and others can be used with Android Eddie without sideloading, according to Staff. Mini-guide by Staff on how to test if your connection is being shaped/throttled [How-To] Use AirVPN with Network Manager on Ubuntu/Mint [How-To] AirVPN via SSL/stunnel on Android 6/7/8 [How-To] fix Virgin Media Connection Drops/Bandwidth Issues Plex Server Guidance (Until someone makes an actual Plex guide) Paying with Bitcoin/Cryptocurrency Guidance. (Until someone makes an actual Cryptocurrency guide) Mini-guides On How To Improve Torrent Speeds Mini-guide On Torrenting With Tixati Client How To Autostart AirVPN As Root With No Password (Linux) Note: security risk & What Staff Says(OSX/MacOS) How To Setup The Eddie Client On Raspberry Pi 3 How To Port-Forward & Use A Torrent Client Guide To pfSense 2.3 For AirVPN Guide to pfSense 2.1 For AirVPN Firefox Extensions Guide Guide To Setting Up VPN For Torrenting On Windows Guide - What To Do When A Site Is Blocked AirVPN Forum Styleguide How To Improve Smartphone Security How To Block Non-VPN Traffic With Windows Firewall How To Connect To AirVPN With Your Fritz!box Router Using AirVPN Through Stunnel On Android Using AirVPN Over Tor Using AirVPN on iOS Check Your TAP Driver Version Explaining The Use Of AirVPN With Tor How To Configure A Synology Device For AirVPN AirVPN & iOS Other Noteworthy Resources Links Please be aware that AirVPN, unlike most, does NOT buy or otherwise use paid-for reviews. An alternative VPN client to Eddie, for Linux. Best VPNs 2016 & AirVPNs results Advanced Networking & Computing How To Break The Internet (Cory Doctorow) (Recommended Watch) Why the OpenVPN protocol that Air uses is good Guide to all things privacy Five Eyes Countries Schneier on Encryption CGP Grey explaining Encryption 10 Myths About VPNs (Ignore the self-advertising) (Recommended Read) The Eternal Value Of Privacy (Recommended Read) Credits Thank you to: AirVPN & Staff for their excellent service and explanations. inradius for his guide on how to use Air with Network Manager on Ubuntu/Mint Omninegro for his pertinent guide on extensions. The always crazily knowledgeable and helpful zhang888, whom I owe a lot to for all his work here. Thanks man. Omniferums excellent guide on securing Windows. pfSense_fans guide on how to use the excellent pfSense firewall software. The always very friendly and helpful giganerd! NaDre for his excellent torrenting guide. neolefort for his Synology guide. sheivoko's guide on using AirVPN through stunnel on Android bigbrosbitch for starting a guide on mobile security Zensen for his guide on how to autostart Eddie on Linux with Root sagarbehere for his nice guide on how to set up Eddie on a Raspberry Pi 3 rainmakerraw for his mini-guides on improving torrent speeds and how to torrent. lewisisonfire for his guide to fixing out Virgina Media-related issues and with nice pictures too. Khariz, giganerd and ~Daniel~ for their helpful posts. I hope the guide was of use! If you find any inaccuracies, feel free to tell me. I worked hours on this tiny guide, so I want it to be perfect haha. I hope your experience with AirVPN will be a good one! Mine certainly has been. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Thank you for reading :] P.S. I consider myself pretty savvy, but I remember being confused when I got here. So I can only imagine how it is for less savvy individuals. P.P.S. I know it lacks images, but images do evil things to my spoilers, lol.

@Undated8198 Hello, we have no plans to remove port forwarding, quite the contrary: we are currently deploying resources to delay port exhaustion and find alternative, but comfortable, procedures to keep offering this service in anticipation of port exhaustion. As you can see we already limited to new customers the amount of bookable ports, in order to preserve advertised features to those who are already our customers. We are committed to avoid retro-active modifications of the service for pre-existing customers, when such modifications would be detrimental for the service or anyway betraying an advertised feature. Kind regards

Hello! We have no plans to operate VPN servers in France (and in Italy) for the mandatory data retention framework still enforced in disdain of three different legally binding decisions of the CJEU (see below). France is in breach and Italy is too, but the Commission hesitates to open infraction procedures. Since the decisions pertain to the the preservation of a fundamental human right enshrined in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and in the European Convention on Human Rights, it does not seem inappropriate to consider that both France and Italy are committing one of the worst breaches a EU Member State can be guilty of. We might challenge with a casus belli the (il)legal framework in France, but we are already committed in other EU countries and we can't open potentially multiple legal battle fronts. The Court of Justice declares the Data Retention Directive to be invalid https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2014-04/cp140054en.pdf The Members States may not impose a general obligation to retain data on providers of electronic communications services https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2016-12/cp160145en.pdf The Court of Justice confirms that EU law precludes national legislation requiring a provider of electronic communications services to carry out the general and indiscriminate transmission or retention of traffic data and location data for the purpose of combating crime in general or of safeguarding national security https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2020-10/cp200123en.pdf Kind regards

Hello AirVPN Staff and others. I would very much like to have an API call for creating and removing port forwardings, including requesting a random port. This would allow users to have a different port open for every session started. Setting up a port to be forwarded is already pretty simple, but it does still require having a web browser running and logging in to Air. This may be a small obstacle, but an obstacle nonetheless. I strongly suspect many people will set up a port forwarding only once, and then using the same port for all future sessions, and this has some negative implications for privacy. It is already possible to have this functionality when talking to Air's web server through a browser and clicking buttons manually, so I'm making the assumption it will not be too difficult to do the same through an official HTTP-based API. Does this make sense? I'd love to hear what you think.

Hi, I was just wondering if there's any possibility of setting up a Polish server? A law is due to be passed in Poland that would fine Big Tech firms $2.2 million every time they unconstitutionally censor lawful speech online. Under its provisions, social media services will not be allowed to remove content or block accounts if they do not break Polish law. This sounds like a win win to me as long as your IP originates in Poland. Given the ever increasing censorious nature of social media etc, it's definitely time for a Polish server. Thanks.

AIRVPN DOES NOT RECOGNIZE ANYMORE VERISIGN, AFILIAS AND ICANN AUTHORITY. OUR COMMITMENT AGAINST UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNFAIR AND ILLEGAL DOMAIN NAMES SEIZURES. The United States of America authorities have been performing domain names seizures since the end of 2010. The seizures have been performed against perfectly legal web-sites and/or against web-sites outside US jurisdiction. Administrators of some of those web-sites had been previously acquitted of any charge by courts in the European Union. The domain name seizures affect the world wide web in its entirety since they are performed bypassing the original registrar and forcing VeriSign and Afilias (american companies which administer TLDs like .org, .net, .info and .com) to transfer the domain name to USA authorities property. No proper judicial overview is guaranteed during the seizure. Given all of the above, we repute that these acts: - are a violation of EU citizens fundamental rights, as enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights; - are an attack against the Internet infrastructure and the cyberspace; - are a strong hint which shows that decision capacities of USA Department of Justice and ICE are severely impaired; and therefore from now on AirVPN does not recognize VeriSign, Afilias and/or ICANN authority over domain names. AirVPN refuses to resolve "seized" domain names to the IP address designated by USA authorities, allowing normal access to the original servers' websites / legitimate Ip addresses. In order to fulfil the objective, we have put in place an experimental service which is already working fine. If you find anomalies, please let us know, the system will surely improve in time. Kind regards AirVPN admins

Hello! This is interesting. We are gradually activating IPv6 on every server, but you have IPv6 disabled at OS level, and this causes a fatal error. For the moment, you can: - Reactivate IPv6 No good reason is known to disable IPv6 at OS level. If you are scared about IPv6 leak when connecting to servers without IPv6 support, a cleaner solution is simply blocking IPv6 traffic with ip6tables. OR - Append the following directives in your .ovpn files: pull-filter ignore "dhcp-option DNS6" pull-filter ignore "tun-ipv6" pull-filter ignore "ifconfig-ipv6" This will skip IPv6 configuration of tunnel and avoid your error. We are considering related options to Config Generator. Kind regards