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How to switch to the SurfBouncer Personal VPN TCP
Servers.
In order to achieve peak
performance, SurfBouncer uses the UDP protocol to
transmit data. Sometimes an ISP will block UDP on
their network to prevent encrypted traffic. Also, there are times when network
congestion and latency cause the UDP protocol to drop
packets and even lose the connection.
We operate TCP servers in addition to
UDP servers to resolve
these issues.
NOTE: If UDP
works do not use the TCP servers as performance
over TCP is normally not as good as over UDP.
To switch to the
TCP servers, proceed as follows:
1 - Make sure the SurfBouncer OpenVPN
connection is disconnected. Log out of OpenVPN if you
are connected.
2 - Download the TCP configuration
file
here. (right click and save link as)
3 - Use this file to replace the
current file in your config directory.
--For Windows XP users using the Windows
XP 32
version of SurfBouncer, the location of the config
directory is C:\Program Files\SurfBouncer OpenVPN\config.
--For Windows Vista users the location is C:\Program Files\OpenVPN\config.
--For Mac users download the file and
place in your home directory, library, openvpn folder.
Now, launch the application and
log in to the server. Test the connection to determine if
the problem is solved.
If the TCP server works, then
there is nothing else for you to do.
Please note that if
you switch to the TCP server and run any of the port
change configs on the Ports page, you will re-set back to
the default UDP servers.
To switch back to the UDP server, go
to the ports page
and run one of the port change scripts. This will return
you to UDP functionality the next time you log in. |