I have been observing ExpressVPN for a long time for testing. Based on the results of previous tests, there are currently two main ways to connect to help users in mainland China to climb the wall. The first is, of course, the “Automatic” protocol option that ExpressVPN officially recommends, and then connect to the officially recommended servers, which are usually 4-6. In addition, the test also found that Windows, Mac and IOS devices can connect to the wall through the IKEv2 protocol, mainly servers in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. You can find out through the [ExpressVPN Daily Test] section.
Since ExpressVPN released its new protocol Lightway-UDP in the official app, I have released a small test of the servers, but I always felt that it was not comprehensive enough. Today, I am determined to test all servers in mainland China with the Lightway-UDP protocol. We will see how many of the servers can help Chinese users to securely climb the wall.
The daily speed test will help you understand three things.
1. the success rate of the VPN’s server connection in the device under test.
2. the server connection time of the VPN in the tested device.
3. the speed of the VPN after a successful connection to the server in the device under test.
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- Best 4 VPN in China, OMG, Just only one！ - On March 21, 2022, China VPN test will be conducted on a Windows 10 device today. The test VPNs include ExpressVPN, PureVPN, StrongVPN, and AtlasVPN. If there is enough time, we will test others. Each VPN will indicate its App version number, connection protocol and other information at the beginning before the test. As a result, the number of VPNs tested this time is large, so each VPN will usually randomly check 5-10 servers in different regions. If there are officially recommended servers, it will be explained in the test. If you have any questions, you can leave a message (anonymous) to communicate.
Starting time: Dec 16, 2020, 9:00 AM
Local device and network: Windows10/200M/WiFi;
Protocol: Lightway – UDP;
ExpressVPN’s Version: 9.3.1 (11);
Asia Paccific
Hong Kong:
- Hong Kong – 4: Failed. (Try once)
- Hong Kong – 2: Failed. (Try once)
- Hong Kong – 1: Failed. (Try once)
Japan:
- Japan – Yokohama: Failed. (Try once)
- Japan – Tokyo – 2: Failed. (Try once)
- Japan – Tokyo: Failed. (Try once)
Singapore:
- Singapore – Marina Bay: Failed. (Try once)
- Singapore – Jurong: First success. (Time efficiency: 20s)
Speedtest Ping: 304ms; Download: 7.11Mbps; Upload: 0.78Mbps;
- Singapore – CBD: Failed. (Try once)
Australia:
- Australia – Sydney: First success. (Time efficiency: 3s)
Speedtest Ping: 218ms; Download: 158.19Mbps; Upload: 1.46Mbps;
- Australia – Melbourne: Failed. (Try once)
- Australia – Perth: Failed. (Try once)
- Australia – Brisbane: Failed. (Try once)
- Australia – Sydney – 2: Failed. (Try once)
India:
- India – Mumbai – 1: Failed. (Try once)
- India – Via UK: Failed. (Try once)
- India – Chennai: Failed. (Try once)
Other:
- South Korea – 2: Failed. (Try once)
- Philippinees: Failed. (Try once)
- Malaysia: Failed. (Try once)
- Sri Lanka: Failed. (Try once)
- Pakistan: Failed. (Try once)
- Kazakhstan: Failed. (Try once)
- Thailand: Failed. (Try once)
- Indonesia: Failed. (Try once)
- New Zealand: Failed. (Try once)
- Taiwan – 3: Failed. (Try once)
- Vietnam: Failed. (Try once)
- Macau: Failed. (Try once)
- Cambodia: Failed. (Try once)
- Nepal: Failed. (Try once)
- Kyrgyzstan: Failed. (Try once)
- Yzbekistan: Failed. (Try once)
- Uzbekistan: Failed. (Try once)
- Bangladesh: Failed. (Try once)
- Bhutan: Failed. (Try once)
- Brunei: Failed. (Try once)
Americas
The United States:
- USA – Los Angeles – 5: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Santa Monica: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – New York: First success. (Time efficiency: 4s)
Speedtest Ping: 289ms; Download: 17.41Mbps; Upload: 1.22Mbps;
- USA – San Francisco: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Chicago: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Washington DC: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Dallas: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Miami: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Los Angeles – 3: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – New Jersey – 1: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Los Angeles – 2: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – New Jersey – 3: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Seattle: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Miami – 2: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Denver: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Salt Lake City: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Tampa – 1: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Los Angeles – 1: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – New York – 2: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – New Jersey – 2: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Hollywood: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Dallas – 2: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Los Angeles: Failed. (Try once)
- USA – Atlanta: Failed. (Try once)
Canada:
- Canada – Toronto – 2: Failed. (Try once)
- Canada – Toronto: Failed. (Try once)
- Canada – Vancouver: Failed. (Try once)
- Canada – Montreal: Failed. (Try once)
Other:
- Mexico: Failed. (Try once)
- Brazil: Failed. (Try once)
- Brazil – 2: Failed. (Try once)
- Brazil: Failed. (Try once)
- Panama: Failed. (Try once)
- Chile: Failed. (Try once)
- Argentina: Failed. (Try once)
- Costa Rica: Failed. (Try once)
- Colombia: Failed. (Try once)
- Venezuela: Failed. (Try once)
- Ecuador: Failed. (Try once)
- Guatemala: Failed. (Try once)
- Peru: Failed. (Try once)
- Uruguay: Failed. (Try once)
- Bahamas: Failed. (Try once)
Europe
The United Kingdom:
- UK – Wembley: First success. (Time efficiency: 7s)
Speedtest Ping: 227ms; Download: 28.13Mbps; Upload: 1.69Mbps;
- UK – East London: Failed. (Try once)
- UK – London: First success. (Time efficiency: 8s)
Speedtest Ping: 227ms; Download: 28.13Mbps; Upload: 1.69Mbps;
- UK – Docklands: Failed. (Try once)
Germany:
- Germany – Nuremberg: Failed. (Try once)
- Germany – Frankfurt – 1: First success. (Time efficiency: 10s)
Speedtest Ping: 257ms; Download: 19.82Mbps; Upload: 1.66Mbps;
- Germany – Frankfurt – 2: Failed. (Try once)
- Germany – Frankfurt – 3: Failed. (Try once)
France:
- France – Strasbourg: Failed. (Try once)
- France – Paris – 1: Failed. (Try once)
- France – Paris – 2: Failed. (Try once)
Netherlands:
- Netherlands – Amsterdam: Failed. (Try once)
- Netherlands – Rotterdam: Failed. (Try once)
- Netherlands – The Hague: First success. (Time efficiency: 5s)
Speedtest Ping: 240ms; Download: 7.93Mbps; Upload: 1.26Mbps;
- Netherlands – Amsterdam – 2: Failed. (Try once)
Sweden:
- Sweden: Failed. (Try once)
- Sweden – 2: Failed. (Try once)
Switzerland:
- Switzerland: Failed. (Try once)
- Switzerland – 2: Failed. (Try once)
Italy:
- Italy – Milan: Failed. (Try once)
- Italy – Cosenza: Failed. (Try once)
Other:
- Romania: Failed. (Try once)
- Isle of Man: Failed. (Try once)
- Spain – Madrid: Failed. (Try once)
- Spain – Barcelona: Failed. (Try once)
- Turkey: Failed. (Try once)
- Ireland: Failed. (Try once)
- Iceland: Failed. (Try once)
- Norway: Failed. (Try once)
- Denmark: Failed. (Try once)
- Belgium: Failed. (Try once)
- Finland: Failed. (Try once)
- Greece: Failed. (Try once)
- Portugal: First success. (Time efficiency: 3s)
Speedtest Ping: 265ms; Download: 15.35Mbps; Upload: 1.24Mbps;
- Austria: Failed. (Try once)
- Armenia: Failed. (Try once)
- Poland: Failed. (Try once)
- Lithuania: Failed. (Try once)
- Estonia: Failed. (Try once)
- Czech Republic: Failed. (Try once)
- Andorra: Failed. (Try once)
- Montenegro: Failed. (Try once)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Failed. (Try once)
- Luxembourg: Failed. (Try once)
- Hungary: Failed. (Try once)
- Bulgaria: Failed. (Try once)
- Belarus: Failed. (Try once)
- Ukraine: Failed. (Try once)
- Malta: Failed. (Try once)
- Liechtenstein: Failed. (Try once)
- Cyprus: Failed. (Try once)
- Albania: Failed. (Try once)
- Croatia: Failed. (Try once)
- Slovenia: Failed. (Try once)
- Slovakia: Failed. (Try once)
- Monaco: Failed. (Try once)
- Jersey: Failed. (Try once)
- North Macedonia: Failed. (Try once)
- Moldova: Failed. (Try once)
- Serbia: Failed. (Try once)
- Georgia: Failed. (Try once)
- Azerbaijan: Failed. (Try once)
Middle East and Africa
- South Africa: First success. (Time efficiency: 20s)
Speedtest Ping: 423ms; Download: 49.03Mbps; Upload: 0.63Mbps;
- Israel: Failed. (Try once)
- Egypt: Failed. (Try once)
- Kenya: Failed. (Try once)
- Algeria: Failed. (Try once)
Summary: I tested all of ExpressVPN’s servers in Windows 10 today via the Lightway-UDP protocol. The total number of servers is 147. Note that ExpressVPN currently supports the Lightway-UDP protocol only for 147 servers. If other protocols are used, the servers will be different. The total number of successful tests is 9 servers, and the speed of the successfully connected servers is not bad.
I was able to complete this test and thankfully I had two computers. One computer to work and one to test and take notes. Although most of them would interfere with the work schedule, today I dedicated myself to some simple work things, so it was not a big problem. The whole test started at 9:00 am, took an hour and a half break at noon, and ended at 4:30 pm. It took about 5 hours in total. The results of this test were successful, and I will separate them out in the “ExpressVPN Unable to Connect Solution(zh)” article. One is convenient for everyone to see, and secondly, I can also make a record of myself, later in the daily speed test, I can target these servers to test to see if their connection is stable, what kind of speed are.