Northern California Personal VPN Servers
China and Asia customers - We have servers based in Northern California which may perform better for you. These servers are part of our standard mix of servers using the SurfBouncer connection option. However, this mix also includes servers in the Central and Eastern US.
To use the Personal VPN servers in California, download the configuration below and place it in your configuration folder as shown.
Windows Users:
1) Download the California VPN server configurations here.
(you must right-click on the link and 'save link as')
2) Save to the directory below that corresponds to your installation:
For users of the Windows 32 (XP) version of SurfBouncer, the location of the config directory is
C:\Program Files\SurfBouncer OpenVPN\config
For users of Vista or Windows 7, 32 bit version of SurfBouncer, the location is
C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config
For users of Vista or Windows 7, 64 bit version of SurfBouncer, the location is
C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenVPN\config
The new connection option 'SB US West' will appear in the system tray GUI. You may need to exit and restart for it to appear.
Mac Users:
1) Download the California VPN server configurations here.
(you must right-click on the link and 'save link as')
2) For Tunnelblick users using the beta versions prior to March 3, 2010, download the file and place in your home directory, Library, openvpn folder.
For Tunnelblick users with version 3.0 or greater, download the file and place in your home directory, Library, Application Support, Tunnelblick, Configurations folder
In some cases, the Mac will save the file with a '.txt' extension. Remove the .txt to use the file. The file name should end with '.ovpn'. After copying the files, exit Tunnelblick and restart it. It may ask for your Mac password before allowing for the VPN login to appear.
For situations where poor line conditions or blocking make the use of the default UDP connection slow or impossible, switch to TCP. The TCP VPN file for California is here. Install it in the same manner as shown above.