Since recently I’ve been experiencing troubles with VPN connection when using my “wired” ISP. Connection was displayed as established but I couldn’t get any data through. I’ve got some workarounds on my phone for that but on desktop it remained an issue.
I’ve discovered that Double VPN option still works there but the connection was (and still is) very slow. I’ve noticed that I always get connected to the same “UK France #16” server and found out that it’s the only available server in that category. Moreover, the displayed load is always 100%.
Could anyone share their experience with that option? Do you have multiple servers available there?
Of course the question for Nord is why the hell is that the case?
Make sure to use OpenVPN TCP or UDP
You’re right, switching to TCP/UDP OpenVPN gives more options for connection.
Unfotunately, client can’t establish a connection with any of those (checked it after Nordlynx single servers stopped working and I played with different settings, I suspect the protocol itself is blocked on ISP level somehow) so the issue is still there for me.
The thing is there’s already a server for NordLynx which is also a default (and specified as recommended). So AFAIU there’s no blocking technical limitations to set up more servers for that protocol. As a result, a fresh user will most probably see only one Double VPN server (and switching to another protocol isn’t something intuitive to do to work around this IMO).
They would be better off keeping it private/hidden
LOL please no, it’s the only way I can get it working atm.
Anyway, thx, I guess I’ll have to wait for more NL servers.
Solved! (at least partially).
The funny thing is that VPN works fine on my phone for the same ISP if the connection is established using a mobile provider. So I think the problem is that ISP detects and blocks the initial connection somehow and doesn’t check dataflow afterwards.
I just found out it’s working on desktop too if I use Wi-Fi to connect and then switch back to Ethernet. It’s a bit tedious but it works for now.
Tried obfuscated servers, didn’t work (tried it before when default options stopped working, no luck as well).
Reinstalled Nord client as specified on that page, didn’t work either.
Sad, but no idea what else to do but to wait.
Thank you for all that info and support links.
Will save this and check it later too, thank you