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 Estonia: Alruba changes all IP addresses

Hello! 
 
We inform you that within a few hours all the IP addresses of Alruba (Tallinn, Estonia) VPN server will change, due to a datacenter's decision. 
 
If you run AirVPN software, no action on your side is required. If you connect to Alruba through configuration files with IP address (and not domain name) please re-generate the file(s) in due time. The change is planned on 2024-Oct-09 at around 5 PM CEST. 
 
Kind regards 
AirVPN Staff

https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/64379-estonia-alruba-changes-all-ip-addresses/?do=findComment&comment=240212

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NEW: remote port forwarding system expansion with pools

Hello!

We're very glad to announce a remarkable expansion of our inbound remote port forwarding system aimed at avoiding once and for all the port exhaustion problem.

The comfort and the growth problem

In the AirVPN "Port Forwarding" service, unlike some of our competitors, we grant that assigned ports are not server specific. We also ensure that they remain permanently reserved to an account as long as any valid plan is active. This unique system offers unparalleled comfort as you don't have to worry about servers switches, zone selections and programs re-configuration. However, ports are only 65536, because the space reserved for them in a TCP/IP packet header is only 2 bytes, and the inconvenience of the great comfort brought by AirVPN service is that port exhaustion is near as more and more users decided to use the service.

A "no compromise" solution

Our goal was to avoid port exhaustion while maintaining maximum comfort. We are introducing a new system specifically designed to achieve this goal.

Now we allocate not only a port number, but a port number associated with a port pool. For example a port on pool :1 can be assigned to a user, and the same port in pool :2 can be assigned to another user.
Existing assigned port will come from the first pool (:1). Currently we offer two pools, but more pools can be added whenever necessary. With this method, port exhaustion is postponed indefinitely while the comfort of the service is preserved.

In the following example you can see the pool (:1, :2 for now) specified right after the port number. The account has port 24860 reserved in both pools.

How it works

Each Air VPN server sends out clients' VPN traffic through a shared exit IP address.
From now on, AirVPN servers feature multiple exit IP addresses, each of which is linked to a specific port pool. Therefore we can determine which pool a port/address is associated with and route traffic accordingly.

The implications for AirVPN users and customers

The obvious good impact is that port availability increases dramatically. The new system is not difficult at all and extremely similar to the previous one: simply use DDNS (*) names with port forwarding, and not the direct IP address. Your account name(s) based on AirVPN's DDNS will always resolve into the correct server's exit-IP address related to the pool of your assigned port.
If you prefer to rely on IP addresses or anyway you don't want to define domain names through AirVPN's DDNS, you can find the correct IP address used by clicking the Test Open button available in your AirVPN account port panel. Please note that this IP address could change over time, so domain names defined by DDNS are a more comfortable solution.
Any setup not involving manual communication on how to connect to a service, as it happens typically with a p2p program for example, does not need domain names at all.

(*) DDNS is a service offered automatically for free to all accounts and included on every and each AirVPN plan.

Kind regards & datalove
AirVPN Staff

https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/63545-new-remote-port-forwarding-system-expansion-with-pools/?do=findComment&comment=239136

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New 1 Gbit/s server available. New country: TW

Hello!

We're very glad to inform you that a new 1 Gbit/s (full duplex) server located in Taipei (Taiwan), is available: Sulafat.

The server supports OpenVPN over SSL and OpenVPN over SSH, TLS 1.3, OpenVPN tls-crypt and WireGuard.

The AirVPN client will show automatically the new server; if you use any other OpenVPN or WireGuard client you can generate all the files to access them through our configuration/certificates/key generator (menu "Client Area"->"Config generator"). The server accepts connections on ports 53, 80, 443, 1194, 2018 UDP and TCP for OpenVPN and ports 1637, 47107 and 51820 UDP for WireGuard.

Full IPv6 support is included as well.

As usual no traffic limits, no logs, no discrimination on protocols and hardened security against various attacks with separate entry and exit-IP addresses and 4096 bit DH key not shared with any other VPN server.

This is our first server in Taiwan; the tests we have performed during the last week have been encouraging but not totally perfect for our quality standards. Your feedback is welcome and it will be crucial to determine whether this server's datacenter can meet your expectations and requirements.

You can check the status in our real time servers monitor:
https://airvpn.org/servers/Sulafat/

Kind regards & datalove
AirVPN Staff

https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/63201-new-1-gbits-server-available-new-country-tw/?do=findComment&comment=238708

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 Eddie Android edition 3.2.0 beta available

Hello! 
	 
	Eddie Android edition is a fully integrated with AirVPN, free and open source WireGuard and OpenVPN GUI client. It is based on official WireGuard library and latest OpenVPN3-AirVPN library (free and open source software library by AirVPN), allowing comfortable connections to both OpenVPN and WireGuard servers. All Android versions from 5.1 to 14 are supported. 
	  
	We're very glad to inform you that Eddie Android edition 3.2.0 beta is now available. The main goal is fixing all the known bugs affecting Eddie 3.1.0 stable release which went unnoticed or were not properly fixed through the previous beta testing and releasing a new stable version in a short time. Please check Eddie 3.1.0 new features if you are upgrading from a version older than 3.1.0. 
	 
	Please report at your convenience any bug and problem in this thread. If possible generate a report from the app: by tapping the paper plane icon on the Log view bar rightmost side you will generate a full system report which will include both log and logcat and have it sent to our servers. Then you just need to send us the link the app shows you (open a ticket if you prefer to do it in private). 
	 
	Please remember that, starting from Android TV 10, Always On VPN feature has been stripped off in order to prevent users from connecting to a VPN during an Android TV based system bootstrap. Therefore Eddie start & connection at bootstrap, as well as system built in leaks prevention, are not possible on Android TV 10 and higher versions. For leaks prevention you can rely on Eddie's "VPN Lock" feature. Android TV 9 and older versions can still start Eddie during the bootstrap and have it connected when you activate Always on VPN and configure Eddie accordingly. 
	 
 


	Eddie 3.2.0 beta changes

Eddie Android 3.2.0 beta 1 (VC 33)


	 
 


	
		Fixed a pre-packaged manifest issue which caused the app to crash when a profile was imported and the proper manifest could not be downloaded
	
	
		Fixed a bug which caused the quick tile button to become unresponsive in some systems after the app was swiped out
	
	
		Fixed a bug which caused the app's quick connection button to become unresponsive after or during an OpenVPN session
	
	
		Fixed a bug which caused the quick tile button status to get misaligned with the actual app status
	
	
		Fixed a bug which caused the app to show a status different from the actual device and/or VPN status
	
	
		Fixed a bug which caused the app to ignore the white list at the first connection through the quick tile button and in other circumstances
	
	
		Fixed a bug which caused the app not to update the white list after a user already defined it and later changed it
	
	
		Added an optional real time log view update and refresh
	



	Download link

https://eddie.website/repository/Android/3.2.0-Beta1/EddieAndroid-3.2.0-Beta1.apk 
 

	SHA-256 checksum



fd39373e1ac2d59310669d883c27eb0c64227ed10c720c609a04990ede8a1eb2 *EddieAndroid-3.2.0-Beta1.apk


	 
	How to sideload Eddie Android edition on Android TV and FireOS devices



	https://airvpn.org/android/eddie/apk/tv
 
 
Kind regards & datalove 
AirVPN Staff

https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/63159-eddie-android-edition-320-beta-available/?do=findComment&comment=238646