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Hello! I thought it was time to try and collect some of the wisdom floating around and see if we can't create a single thread for solving some of the most common and annoying repeat-issues. So how about it ! I define "common problems" as: if I'm getting a deja-vu every third time I post . Staff will have broken the Matrix by this point. Each problem will have its own headline and then with any number of solution-oriented links appended underneath. For this reason, this grand list isn't final and is meant to be updated continually. Naturally, the higher the link number for a solution, the more obscure the solutions are probably getting. Warning: solutions aren't guaranteed. As with anything technical, trial and error is a core skill Problem: Bootstrap Failed.Solutions:https://airvpn.org/topic/30824-bootstrap-failed-since-a-week/Problem: No Internet connection after shutting down AirVPN and/or can only use Internet while AirVPN is on.Solutions:https://airvpn.org/topic/14829-can-only-connect-to-the-internet-browser-through-airvpn/?do=findComment&comment=30509 Windows only: https://airvpn.org/topic/13584-connection-problem-when-not-using-airvpn/?p=38800 MacOS only: https://airvpn.org/topic/27993-cant-connect-to-internet-without-using-airvpn/ https://airvpn.org/topic/21194-virtualbox-is-this-air-vpn-also-cant-connect-internet-unless-signed-in/Problem: Cannot connect to any AirVPN server.Solutions:https://airvpn.org/topic/22140-cannot-connect-to-german-servers-anymore/ https://airvpn.org/topic/22066-cant-seem-to-connect-to-any-servers/ https://airvpn.org/topic/21418-new-to-airvpn-installed-avpn-on-surface-wwindows-10-cannot-connect-at-school-can-connect-fine-at-most-other-locations/?p=55515Problem: Issues with Curl.Solutions:https://airvpn.org/topic/27369-cannot-login-curl-is-required/Problem: Bad packet ID (may be a replay)Solutions:https://airvpn.org/topic/14094-weird-log-entries/Problem: Being censored and/or speeds being throttled/shaped by ISP or Government.Solutions:https://airvpn.org/topic/28847-connections-from-china/ Problem: MacOS client can't connect.Solutions:https://airvpn.org/topic/18251-airvpn-mac-client-problems/ Problem: Checking route IPv6 Failed.Solutions:https://airvpn.org/topic/29401-checking-route-ipv6-failed-cannot-connect-to-vpn-server-using-eddie/ Problem: Waiting for TUN/TAP to come up.Solutions:https://airvpn.org/topic/26072-route-gateway-is-not-reachable-on-any-active-network-adapters-10401/?do=findComment&comment=70761 Windows only: https://airvpn.org/topic/17440-guide-fix-for-tap-adapter-in-windows/ Windows only: https://airvpn.org/topic/30043-taptun-interface-wont-come-up/ Problem: Experiencing slow and/or fluctuating speeds in general.Solutions:https://airvpn.org/topic/30739-every-vpn-is-slow-for-me-despite-the-well-reviewed-vpns-im-trying-is-it-possible-my-isp-is-causing-this-i-feel-like-someones-playing-a-joke-on-me/?p=80014 https://airvpn.org/topic/18635-looking-for-fast-server-eu-that-goes-beyond-30-40mbit/?p=44998 For online gaming: https://airvpn.org/topic/30135-frequent-spikes-lag-on-videogames/?p=79046 https://airvpn.org/topic/1947-for-those-wondering-about-speed-performance/?p=1967 https://airvpn.org/topic/26157-airvpn-slowing-down-other-machines-in-network/ https://airvpn.org/topic/26117-slow-speed-sort-of/?p=70906 https://airvpn.org/topic/20812-very-very-slow-dns-lookup/ https://airvpn.org/topic/23743-download-speeds-dropping-to-zero-and-going-up-and-down/ Problem: Slow torrent speeds and/or disconnects.Solutions:https://airvpn.org/topic/28082-torrent-on-airvpn-speed-is-very-poor/ https://airvpn.org/topic/26218-slow-torrent-speeds/ https://airvpn.org/topic/23936-repeatedly-getting-disconnects-while-torrenting/ https://airvpn.org/topic/23499-slow-torrenting-speed/ https://airvpn.org/topic/23070-solved-p2p-slow-over-udp-and-fast-over-tcp/ https://airvpn.org/topic/22716-poor-torrenting-connection/Solutions are in link form without any explanatory text - at least not yet - so that the thread OP stays looking simple and uncluttered, where it's easy to find out what your problem is . Feel free to contribute with your own helpful links. The more feedback this thread gets, the quicker it can be improved and hopefully made useful.

Hi, After I've forwarded the right port in AirVPN client area and put the right settings in qBittorrent, I finally get great speeds while connected to the VPN service. However, the speeds (for torrents), seem to fluctuate heavily between 0 and 200Mbit (my max speed). I have the feeling it is because of some setting or limit somewhere that high speeds cannot be sustained. Here is a screenshot of the Eddie speed: More info: - Using network lock - Using OS X 10.12.6 - Using an SSD - Using Asus AC-3200 router - Only using the utun3 network interface in qBittorrent - Used settings described here for qBittorrent - Disabled firewall on router - Looked for any settings in my router that might impede sustained speed like ICMP flood detection but cannot find those - Using port forwarding in client area Is this normal behaviour? I don't really mind it for the time being, as speed is much faster than before, however maybe I'm missing a setting that could prevent this?

Just got airvpn and the download speeds on torrents keep rising and dropping all the time. Ive downloaded in the past without VPN and with a different VPN and the speeds were always steady around 900 kbs and 1mbs or higher. With airvpn its constantly fluctating every minute or 2. It goes up to around 1 mbs, then drops to 100kbs rinse and repeat. Already tried different servers and ports through SSL and SSH same thig.

I am a total noob. I am connected to air vpn and the internet seems to be functioning fine. I did look through the "how to" threads and found them to be very helpful. But....since I am still a noob I need further assistance. -How do I use the service correctly? I'm using safari, normally. Do I need to do anything extra? If airvpn is functioning properly are all my internet activities through safari scrambled? Do I need to do the RNS thing? Should I only use safari? Do I need to do anything special when using Tor? I am aware that I cannot torrent through tor? -When I do the ipleak test my IP address does not come up. It confirms the server I selected. Is there anything else I should be looking for? I'm also slightly bewildered about the "Network Lock" function. Should I be using it? -I am primarily using a vpn to torrent. If I pass my ipleak test is there anything else I need to do to remain anonymous? Am I good to go at that point? I was planning on using Pirate Bay on safari. is that a good combination? I'm pretty sure I changed the port correctly. when looking at my speeds they spike and drop down to zero. Is this the standard for speed I should be expecting? I tried a test torrent and a 15 song album took about 5 minutes. I haven't done any torrenting in about 8 years so I'm unsure if that is normal. I would like to optimize my torrent speeds, though. Is there anything a noob like myself could do to optimize my speeds through qbittorrent? I apologize if this post is redundant or annoying. Thanks in advance to any and all for help/advice. Here are my logs..hope it is formatted correctly. [spoiler]I 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - AirVPN client version: 2.10.3 / x86, System: OSX, Name: 10.12.1 / x64 . 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - Reading options from /Users/austincarstens/.airvpn/AirVPN.xml. 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - Data Path: /Users/austincarstens/.airvpn. 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - App Path: /Applications/AirVPN.app/Contents/MacOS. 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - Executable Path: /Applications/AirVPN.app/Contents/MacOS/AirVPN. 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - Command line arguments (0):. 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - Updating systems & servers data .... 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - Operating System: Unix 16.1.0.0 - Darwin Austins-MacBook-Pro.local 16.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 16.1.0: Wed Oct 19 20:31:56 PDT 2016; root:xnu-3789.21.4~4/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64I 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - OpenVPN Driver - ExpectedI 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - OpenVPN - Version: OpenVPN 2.3.8 (/Applications/AirVPN.app/Contents/MacOS/openvpn)I 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - SSH - Version: OpenSSH_7.2p2, LibreSSL 2.4.1 (/usr/bin/ssh)I 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - SSL - Version: stunnel 5.17 (/Applications/AirVPN.app/Contents/MacOS/stunnel)I 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - Session starting.I 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - IPv6 disabled on network adapter (Wi-Fi)I 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - IPv6 disabled on network adapter (Bluetooth PAN)I 2017.01.28 12:07:00 - IPv6 disabled on network adapter (Thunderbolt Bridge)I 2017.01.28 12:07:34 - Checking authorization .... 2017.01.28 12:07:40 - Systems & servers data update completed! 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - Connecting to Alderamin (Austria, Vienna). 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > OpenVPN 2.3.8 x86_64-apple-darwin14.4.0 [sSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [MH] [iPv6] built on Aug 13 2015. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2d 9 Jul 2015, LZO 2.08. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > MANAGEMENT: TCP Socket listening on [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:3100. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > Control Channel Authentication: tls-auth using INLINE static key file. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > Outgoing Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > Incoming Control Channel Authentication: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > Socket Buffers: R=[196724->262144] S=[9216->262144]. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > UDPv4 link local: [undef]. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]185.9.19.106:443. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > TLS: Initial packet from [AF_INET]185.9.19.106:443, sid=fc042afa fd763760. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > VERIFY OK: depth=1, C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=airvpn.org CA, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > Validating certificate key usage. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > ++ Certificate has key usage 00a0, expects 00a0. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > VERIFY KU OK. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > Validating certificate extended key usage. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > ++ Certificate has EKU (str) TLS Web Server Authentication, expects TLS Web Server Authentication. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > VERIFY EKU OK. 2017.01.28 12:07:47 - OpenVPN > VERIFY OK: depth=0, C=IT, ST=IT, L=Perugia, O=airvpn.org, CN=Alderamin, emailAddress=info@airvpn.org. 2017.01.28 12:07:50 - OpenVPN > Data Channel Encrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key. 2017.01.28 12:07:50 - OpenVPN > Data Channel Encrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication. 2017.01.28 12:07:50 - OpenVPN > Data Channel Decrypt: Cipher 'AES-256-CBC' initialized with 256 bit key. 2017.01.28 12:07:50 - OpenVPN > Data Channel Decrypt: Using 160 bit message hash 'SHA1' for HMAC authentication. 2017.01.28 12:07:50 - OpenVPN > Control Channel: TLSv1.2, cipher TLSv1/SSLv3 DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384, 4096 bit RSA. 2017.01.28 12:07:50 - OpenVPN > [Alderamin] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]185.9.19.106:443. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > SENT CONTROL [Alderamin]: 'PUSH_REQUEST' (status=1). 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > PUSH: Received control message: 'PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1 bypass-dhcp,dhcp-option DNS 10.4.0.1,comp-lzo no,route-gateway 10.4.0.1,topology subnet,ping 10,ping-restart 60,ifconfig 10.4.13.73 255.255.0.0'. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: timers and/or timeouts modified. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: LZO parms modified. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: --ifconfig/up options modified. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: route options modified. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: route-related options modified. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > OPTIONS IMPORT: --ip-win32 and/or --dhcp-option options modified. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > Opening utun (connect(AF_SYS_CONTROL)): Resource busy. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > Opened utun device utun1. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > /sbin/ifconfig utun1 delete. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCDIFADDR): Can't assign requested address. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > NOTE: Tried to delete pre-existing tun/tap instance -- No Problem if failure. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > /sbin/ifconfig utun1 10.4.13.73 10.4.13.73 netmask 255.255.0.0 mtu 1500 up. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > /sbin/route add -net 10.4.0.0 10.4.13.73 255.255.0.0. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > add net 10.4.0.0: gateway 10.4.13.73. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > /sbin/route add -net 185.9.19.106 192.168.0.1 255.255.255.255. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > add net 185.9.19.106: gateway 192.168.0.1. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > /sbin/route add -net 0.0.0.0 10.4.0.1 128.0.0.0. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > add net 0.0.0.0: gateway 10.4.0.1. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > /sbin/route add -net 128.0.0.0 10.4.0.1 128.0.0.0. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > add net 128.0.0.0: gateway 10.4.0.1. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - Starting Management Interface. 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - OpenVPN > Initialization Sequence CompletedI 2017.01.28 12:07:52 - DNS of a network adapter forced (Wi-Fi)I 2017.01.28 12:07:53 - DNS of a network adapter forced (Bluetooth PAN)I 2017.01.28 12:07:53 - DNS of a network adapter forced (Thunderbolt Bridge)I 2017.01.28 12:07:53 - Flushing DNSI 2017.01.28 12:07:53 - Checking routeI 2017.01.28 12:07:55 - Checking DNS! 2017.01.28 12:07:56 - Connected.. 2017.01.28 12:07:56 - OpenVPN > MANAGEMENT: Client connected from [AF_INET]127.0.0.1:3100. 2017.01.28 12:07:56 - OpenVpn Management > >INFO:OpenVPN Management Interface Version 1 -- type 'help' for more info [/spoiler]

I have connected using the AirVPN client, SSL with stunnel, and SSH. For SSH and SSL both i used airvpn's configuration generator. But I am still consistently getting only 2-3Mb/s(sometimes less, sometimes around 5Mb/s MAX.) Any and all suggestions that might help with this would be much appreciated. Thank You.