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Hi!! A few questions about VPN sites. I signed up for ExpressVPN last year. It was the first VPN that I had ever used. I didn't use it that much but I would like to used it a bit more this year. They can be useful. I guess how they work is that when we access the VPN site it registers their IP address (located in a different country) as our IP address. It makes it look like we are surfing/ accessing the web from that different site located in Singapore or the US, etc.. When I got to China this year I had problems accessing my Credit union on-line. It just wouldn't work. I was getting a fault message. I was being blocked. So I access my VPN and viola , I could access my account. So it has been useful for me to have. Also I could access my school Gmail account. Typically I used it for just a short period of time. I wonder if i should worry how long of a time that I use the VPN. Is it's use easily be detected? Will we get in trouble for using it? I am trying to access some Chinese movie/TV watching sites but I can't read most of them. So I am just guessing what I am trying to select when I am clicking away.. So I am wondering if can I access Comcast Infinity site and watch some good old US TV shows on my computer, via my VPN? Will we run into any problems? What do you all think? Danb
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Astrill claims to allow "an unlimited number of devices" within the same household, but I ran into problems when trying to connect only 3 (my computer, and the old and the new cell phones). This was the explanation I got from Astrill - So when you log in, you create an OpenWeb session which must "stay for the whole duration of being logged in". Using a different protocol sets up a SECOND session, which is the one you are using. BOTH sessions must remain active, unless you stick with the OpenWeb protocol. For OpenWeb protocol, only the one session is required, and you can activate up to 5 connections simultaneously.
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Digital communcation issues in China
danb posted a topic in Communications, Planes, Shipping & Money
Hi Guys, It is 5:30 in the morning after my long return trip from the states. My last minute arranged trip started with some travel arrnagement problems. That was cause but me waiting to the last minute. I got a cheap flight ( up front cheap) but it cause me on some pain on the back end. The actual flight. Yesterday around I got to Nanning and the sun was shining and my Lao Po was waiting for me at the airport. Life is good. We got back home and I crashed for about 3-4 house. Unpacked and started to get somethings to get done. So anyways, onto some other problems I need to solve now. Internet problems. Digital communications issues. I will just focus on one and need some advice on how to solve it. I want to access my bank account in the US. I forgot to inform them that I was traveling to China and that I would be using my ATM and Visa cards. And maybe tell them that I would be using my computer to access my account when I am here in China. I usually do this in person but now they say to do it on line. Now that I am in China ,if I do it on line will they they think that I am a "fraudster" hacking away in China. I have been trying to get onto the internet for the past 3 or 4 hours...off and on. Lots of problems. My VPN is not working well Express V. In the years past it has worked ok for me. Not this year. It's not accessing, just trying. I did get on it last week when I was testing it. Not sure what is going. Anyone know if internet access has changed recently? What should I do now?. I am considering getting a dongle that will let my computer wireless access thru a china mobile company, such as China Mobile. I did this once about 5 or 6 years ago when we visiting up north. Right now I am using my Lao Po' aunty's son's wifi. Any idea what the dongle would cost me for a month? I dont want to try to use my ATM card until the B of A knows that I am in China.At this point I am not sure if I have a "me", wifi, internet, access control, VPN issues or what. Any suggestions. Thanks Danb -
Just paid for a month of ExpressVPN so we can watch Olympics from inside China via CCTVx. Only can find Hong Kong ... and the speeds are too slow to be useful. Anybody: 1. . . . . know a VPN location inside China that we can connect to and maybe help things along. Or, 2. . . accomplishing this some other way? I think Dish has a China package (no, I don't have Dish). Thanks for any tips, Greg
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Hi. I would like to know what are some good sites to use to watch TV shows Movies on-line in China. I did a search on this forum but didn't come up with any ideas. I have been trying a couple site:. Tudou, Youkou, Sohu and Iqiyi. I first search for them on line. When the site comes up I will right click my mouse and ask the page to be translated to English. Sometime that works and sometime that don't. I do run into some problems. Sometimes no audio. Also getting VIP previews. They show the first 5 minutes but then the movie freezes up. I think that they are looking for money. I don't know how to pay them via my US computer. Any suggestions on the whole matter? Thank You Danb An Update: I just tried the sites that I mentioned above. It seems like I can access them. I can select a movie or TV show. But that is when things stop. I get the movie screen background but no movie. Just a message in Chinese. Yesterday things were working sometime. Today not at all. Not sure if they were just teasing me yesterday. I will try giving my Lao Po's PC a try and maybe the her Ipad later.
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Something to try in China. http://www.pcworld.com/article/3120493/browsers/hands-on-operas-free-unlimited-browser-vpn-is-ready-for-secure-surfing.html http://www.opera.com/ -
Hello. Recently I have been using Gmail. Do you all think that i will have problem accessing Goggle and Gmail in China? Thanks for your thoughts. Danb
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I will be in PRC for most of October. I need connection to various things for various reasons while there. A year ago or more I was using Astrill but it was a sad mole in the whack-a-mole that is CN control. Can anyone recommend a VPN I can use from PRC to do my U.S. Stuff? A PM is fine if you want to protect some names. Thanks, Greg
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Hope this is not a hot button issue for the PRC but here it goes: Wife has subscribed to a VPN service for viewing Chinese-specific programing and for a better selection of US, British sitcoms that are much better than Netflix and others can offer here thanks to Chinese "copy right" regulations. I chose a paid site for better speed and a non-complicating process so I thought. All we need is using a proprietory software to open a portal and with user ID and password to sign into a server in China and viola! It appears to be communicating from an IP located in China now, simple enough! Starting about a few days ago, this simple and stupid solution starts to unravel, Here is one of my many conversations with their 'live chat" tech support: Jon 06:29:10 pm For the last 48 hours your Chinese servers have been spotty if available at all. This has been confirmed by your other tech support and other regions (UK, US ) are fine! McKenzie 06:30:08 pm Please tell me the server address you use ? Jon 06:31:51 pm cn-re1.pointtoserver.com, cn-hn1.pointtoserver.com, and cn1.pointtoserver.com to name a few McKenzie 06:32:05 pm and protocols ? Jon 06:33:08 pm PPTP, L2TP McKenzie 06:33:19 pm please tell me your OS Jon 06:33:54 pm its a mac pro Yosemite McKenzie 06:34:17 pm Please follow http://support.purevpn.com/openvpn-on-mac-tunnel-blick Jon 06:36:29 pm can you tell me what that is? I only start having this problem the last few days. McKenzie 06:37:04 pm it is the tutorial for OpenVPN protocol on MAC Jon 06:38:26 pm and why do i need that now. I have been using your service since July with no issue? McKenzie 06:39:01 pm since you are unable to connect with PPTP and L2TP and you are not able to access the router to disable the firewall , you can try with openVPN now Jon 06:40:39 pm How long the open VPN is going to take? Does it put my macbook in danger? and is it reversible if that does not work? McKenzie 06:41:51 pm it is user friendly and more secure than PPTP and L2TP and you can revert it back as well I was not impressed for two reasons: It was never explained to me why the previous arrangement starts to give me problems after months of trouble-free operation, and What is an open VPN and is it an endless attempt to patch a hack by the PRC and what it does to the security of my Macbook? What do I got myself into by downloading yet another piece of program to the OS? I am not interested in knowing all the techo stuff to make this work, anyone have any clue what am I dealing with? Thanks in advance.
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Hello Everyone. I have been trying to log in (from China) into my Credit Union account that is based in the states. In it title it has the words: American Eagle Credit Union. Well I had tried about 10-15 times at various times of the day. No luck. I was sure that it was being screened for some reason. I was wrong. I tried different search engines, Google Chrome and Yahoo. I tried different time of days. No luck. I then tried different variations of the words. Perhaps they don't like American federal or some other variations. That does not seem to be the cause. I was able to access other sites with similar titles. So now what? Danb PS : I was able to access this site on my last trip. I do have a new Laptop that is running Windows 8. And I can access my BoA account on it.
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http://www.youku.com/ http://v.youku.com/v...U0OTA0ODQ0.html (unless someone can instruct me how to access youtube legally and easily from Wuhan)
