Alternate Ports
The default port for
SurfBouncer is 1194 -- the officially recognized
port for the Open VPN application. Sometimes ISP's will
block this port for various reasons. SurfBouncer will
also run on other ports if 1194 is blocked. The
configuration files below allow you to switch to port
443 or port 80 which will usually resolve the blockage.
Windows:
In order to change your port
in Windows, download and run one of the
following applets to switch your configuration
automatically. The program will run almost instantly and
make the changes behind the scenes.
If you wish to verify the
change, open the file surfbouncer.ovpn. You can do this
from the GUI by right-clicking and selecting "edit config". You can also open it directly from the
directories referenced below, under the manual method.
Finally, you can search for the file using the Windows
search tool. Open the file using the Windows Notepad
application which is likely the default on your
computer.
The standard config file has
several lines that look similar to this:

The port 80 applet changes
the lines to look like this:

The port 443 applet changes
the lines to look like this:

Once you have verified the
change, close the file without saving.
If you wish to do this
manually:
Download one of the
the configuration files listed:
Save it into your "config" directory.
Replace the old file with the new one and you are
finished. The next time you launch SurfBouncer, the new port will be
in effect. If you are already running the software, exit
and restart to load the new file into the system.
For users
of the Windows
32 version of SurfBouncer, the location of the config
directory is
C:\Program Files\SurfBouncer OpenVPN\config.
For
users using the 64 bit version of SurfBouncer the
location is C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config.
Mac:
Download the file desired
below and place in your home directory, library, openvpn folder.
If these changes do not resolve
the issue, then you may have to switch to a TCP server.
See the "TLS key negotiation failed to occur
within 60 seconds" section on the
troubleshooting page for more details.
Note: If you are using a TCP server, running any of the
above port changes will change you back to using the
default UDP servers.
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