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Hello! If OpenVPN runs in your router then yes, you need to forward ports to the devices connected to the router because they are behind another NAT (the router NAT). You would need a DNAT, please see for example https://airvpn.org/topic/9270-how-to-forward-ports-in-dd-wrt-tomato-with-iptables/ If OpenVPN runs in the same device (a computer, for example) that runs uTorrent too, then forwarding another port (even with the same number) on the router not only makes no sense (the port set and interface have nothing to do with the remotely forwarded port set) but it is also dangerous because may expose your system to correlation attacks. Kind regards

Hello, Eddie is the code-name of the Air client 2.x. There are several problems with the tun/tap adapter driver and with OpenVPN itself. Please uninstall OpenVPN completely and re-install it making sure that you do not mismatch versions (for example, one of the reported errors might be caused by a 64 bit version running on a 32 bit system). Do the same with Eddie please. Kind regards

Hello, if a direct OpenVPN connection is possible, then OpenVPN is probably not disrupted and it's a problem of line stability. When you are in more restrictive networks, try also OpenVPN over SSL: with our client Eddie click the "AirVPN" button, select "Preferences", click "Protocols" tab, select "SSL Tunnel - Port 443", click "Save" and finally connect to a VPN server. In this way the OpenVPN tunnel will be itself tunneled in an SSL tunnel, causing encryption of OpenVPN packets headers and making therefore impossible to identify its "fingerprint'". Kind regards

Hello, no. On the contrary it will speed up considerably names resolution. Kind regards

Hello, it is not necessary to re-start the client, but it is obviously necessary to disconnect and reconnect to the VPN if a change is performed while a connection is active. Kind regards

Hello, to prevent Windows DNS leaks with Eddie it is enough to activate option "Force DNS". Click "AirVPN" button, select "Preferences", click "Advanced" tab, select "Force DNS" option and click "Save". Kind regards

Hello! To both. Ports you specify in your control panel are forwarded in few seconds to your client VPN IP in each and every VPN server your account connects to. That's also why you need to connect to different VPN servers when you perform multiple, simultaneous connections. Kind regards

Hello! We do not detect any problem either on Persei or Heze for connections (but we detected a stats problem in Heze which has been now fixed), can you please publish the Eddie client logs taken after the problem has just occurred? The fact that Persei latency is not displayed on your client makes us think that Persei is not reachable from your node. Kind regards

Hello! We're sorry, our plans do not include any VPN server in Italy. Kind regards

Hello! Neither the previous versions of the Air client nor Eddie affect performance, they are both OpenVPN wrappers. The 10 Mbit/s is just a dummy hard coded value in the TAP-Win32 driver which has remained there since years ago, it does not mean anything. Kind regards

Hello, put the servers you don't want to connect to in the black list. You can also define a white list. Kind regards

Hello! Because there are system processes constantly exchanging data. Kind regards

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Hello! Normally OpenVPN over SSL can get rid of traffic shaping, unless the ISP throttles https too, of course... @pelado Make sure that no packet inspection tool is active either on your system or on your router. Kind regards

Hello! Yes, from your description everything is fine. OpenVPN connects to stunnel, which listens on 127.0.0.1 (localhost):1413, that's why you see correctly that OpenVPN is connected locally. For an ultimate proof, browse to airvpn.org (with a browser not configured to connect to any proxy) and make sure that the central bottom box is green. Kind regards

Hello! Thank you for the report. At the moment the information you provided are useful, should we need more information we will contact you, thanks again! Kind regards

Hello! Yes, we confirm that we are receiving some reports from China according to which on mobile networks OpenVPN is not disrupted anymore. The block remains on residential fixed lines, where OpenVPN over SSL still seems mandatory (OpenVPN over SSH works as well, but it is often too capped). openvpn-connect for iOS supports a lot of OpenVPN directives on the client side, but not all. By the way there's everything you need to connect to our services. We tend to believe that it's probably not a matter of different implementation, because our servers packets are anyway the same, but maybe it's just that the disruption does not take place on (some?) mobile connections. Feel free to keep us posted! Kind regards

Hello! Yes, what gigan3rd writes is correct. Some trackers administrators block entire datacenters in an attempt to mitigate trolling from copyright trolls. Nowadays trackers have become a burden and a problem under this aspect, they are perfect for copyright trolls and IP harvesting. Please use DHT and PEX which make trackers useless. Kind regards

Hello! Ok. Now try "OpenVPN over SSL". In Eddie click the "AirVPN" button, select "Preferences", click "Protocols" tab, select "SSL Tunnel - Port 443" and click "Save". Then connect to several, different servers and perform again tests. Kind regards

Hello! Which VPN servers do you experience the problem on? And which trackers? Kind regards

Hello! First of all please try different ports to compare the performance and gather more hints. In particular, try port 53 (in UDP) and 443 (in TCP) on different servers. Kind regards

Hello! No, we don't block UDP, we do not discriminate protocols or applications and we do not monitor traffic. Kind regards

Hello! We have tested it from some random servers and we do not detect any problem. Please specify at your convenience from which VPN server(s) you can't access Softpedia. Kind regards

Hello! The stats showed on the status page are on RAM so they are not logged, they are lost as soon as the client disconnects. Anyway, they are not relevant for privacy and even less for the case you cite. On top of that, such stats are results of computations from VPN servers report to different servers contacted indirectly, so they are not kept in VPN servers RAM, but on the RAM of other backend servers which can't be contacted directly by clients or anybody else. Another kind of stats can be stored on file. They are optional: by default they are not active and can be activated by you in your control panel. In case of activation, anyway no IP address is recorded. Also, they can be deleted anytime by de-activating the option. They are meant as an additional commodity (to aid troubleshooting sometimes), not for privacy intrusion. Kind regards

Names are easy to fake, but major email providers are starting to demand quite a bit of personal information before you can get an address. For example, Gmail requires SMS confirmation, if I remember correctly. Should users get temporary addresses for signing-up? Hello, no real e-mail address is required, we don't check it. However, if you insert a fantasy e-mail address, make sure not to lose your password, because you will not be able to reset it via e-mail. There are still very many mail service providers which accept connections from TOR and do not require SMS verification or other privacy hostile methods. Only using Bitcoin. You can't and we can't delete transactions recorded through a bank, a credit card issuer company etc. They remain (and it must be so) stored in your account, our account, bank records etc. "for ever". This may be relevant or not according to your needs. Kind regards