ExpressVPN has added Lightway – UDP (bate) to the normal version 9.0.5(16) of Windows 10, although it is still a beta protocol, but to be able to launch it in the official version, I believe it must be because the officials feel that the protocol has made a big improvement, and at the same time adding bate to such a protocol in the official version! , probably hoping to get feedback from more users on usage in different regions, networks, and devices. I’m going to give you a full test of the protocol’s use in mainland China today.
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- ExpressVPN IOS/iPhone Test in China-2021/5/9 - May 9, 2021 VPN Test Report: Today will be a test of ExpressVPN in iOS/iPhone, first went to check its latest version as 10.0.8, which currently supports the protocol options Automatic, UDP, TCP, IKEv2, now in the official version of both Windows and Mac have been introduced its latest protocols Lightway-UDP and Lightway-TCP. The description of UDP and TCP in IOS is a bit ambiguous, whether it is OpenVPN-UDP or Lightway-UDP, or both are combined, before the Lightway protocol was developed, IOS has extremely UDP and TCP. TCP, so I prefer that they refer to OpenVPN.
- ExpressVPN Macbook Test in China -20210506 - May 6, 2021 VPN Test Report, Today I will be testing 4 protocol options for ExpressVPN in my Macbook. Today's first test of ExpressVPN's Lightway-tcp, a connection protocol option that has been released in the official version for some time, but due to a bug, the protocol could not be selected for connection in either Windows or Mac. It has been confirmed that the problem has been fixed in the latest Windows and Mac versions. Since I was testing Mac-ExpressVPN today, I also wanted to test it and see how it was. I'm sure that the protocol is better than Lightway-tcp in terms of connection speed, but Lightway-tcp is much better than Lightway-tcp in terms of packet loss rate, so the choice depends on the user's needs. But the premise is that I need to test if Lightway-tcp is available in mainland China.
- ExpressVPN Win10 3 Protocol in China-2021/04/28 - April 28, 2021 test report, today will be tested in Windows10 devices on ExpressVPN's three connection protocol options, respectively, the officially recommended Automatic, Lightway-UDP, IKEv2. According to the last round of testing has been about 2 weeks, although I did not test the report during the period, but I myself usually have been in the I have been using the Macbook, iPhone, and occasionally Windows 10 for connection or speed reduction problems. However, such a test report will help readers and myself to have a more intuitive and comprehensive understanding of its operation in mainland China. I hope such a test report will be helpful to everyone, if you have any questions, please leave a message to exchange (the message is anonymous).
- ExpressVPN 3 device IKEv2 test in China - April 13, 2021 - Due to an operational error yesterday testing ExpressVPN's IKEv2 protocol in IOS, the test results were invalid. Today, in order to get a comprehensive view of ExpressVPN's testing, a test will be conducted in Windows 10, Macbook, IOS/iPhone via the IKEv2 protocol, and to verify ExpressVPN's "Auto+Official Recommended 6 Servers" In order to verify the current use of ExpressVPN's "Auto+ Official Recommended 6 Servers", this part of the test will be added to Win10, while other devices will only be tested with the IKEv2 protocol. We hope this test will be helpful for you to refer to the use of ExpressVPN.
- ExpressVPN IOS/iPhone 3 Protocol test in China - Today, April 12, 2021, ExpressVPN will be tested in IOS/iPhone for APP direct VPN connection in mainland China. Based on previous tests and today's normal use of the connection in Macbook and Windows 10, it was determined that ExpressVPN currently still works very smoothly in both devices at this time. We first checked the latest version in IOS and determined that the latest ExpressVPN IOS version is 10.0.5 (19359). At the same time, its current optional connection protocol options are still only Automatic, UDP, TCP, IKEv2, a bit disappointed in the IOS version is still to join the latest Lightway protocol. This test will test 5-10 servers for each of the three protocol options Automatic, UDP and IKEv2.
- ExpressVPN Macbook 4 protocol Test in China - March 30, 2021, according to the last test report ExpressVPN currently has four available connection protocol options Automatic, Lightway-UDP, OpenVPN-UDP, and IKEv2. The difference between today's Macbook and the last Window is that this test is primarily intended to understand the connection of each protocol, rather than a speed test of the same server under different protocols. Since this morning has been busy with their own work, so only now began to test, between the time is relatively tight on each protocol option for 5-8 servers. If you have any questions, please leave a message to communicate.
ExpressVPN – Win10 Lightway test in China:
Device: Windows10
Starting Time: Sep 29, 2020, 1:31 PM
Network: 200M/WiFi
ExpressVPN Version: 9.0.5 (16) New Version Download
The following servers from official recommend, Protocol: Lightway-UDP
Hong Kong – 4: Failed. (Try once)
Japan – Yokohama: Failed. (Try once)
Singapore – Marina Bay: Failed. (Try once)
USA – Los Angeles – 5: Failed. (Try once)
The following servers is random, Protocol: Lightway-UDP
USA – Santa Monica: Failed. (Try once)
USA – New York: Failed. (Try once)
USA – San Francisco: First success. (Time efficiency: 35s)
Speedtest Ping: 242ms; Download: 21.79Mbps; Upload: 1.20Mbps;
Netflix Fast: 130Kbps;
Youtube Connection Speed: 1300Kbps;
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 – Los Angeles – 1: Failed. (Try once)
USA – Hollywood: Failed. (Try once)
USA – Los Angeles: First success. (Time efficiency: 22s)
Speedtest Ping: 189ms; Download: 23.34Mbps; Upload: 1.88Mbps;
Netflix Fast: 6.7Mbps;
Youtube Connection Speed: 5500Kbps;
Canada – Toronto – 2: Failed. (Try once)
Canada – Toronto: Failed. (Try once)
Canada – Vancouver: Failed. (Try once)
Canada – Montreal: First success. (Time efficiency: 11s)
Speedtest Ping: 255ms; Download: 24.7Mbps; Upload: 1.99Mbps;
Netflix Fast: 4.8Mbps;
Mexico: Failed. (Try once)
Peru: Failed. (Try once)
Hong Kong – 2: Failed. (Try once)
Hong Kong – 3: Failed. (Try once)
Japan – Tokyo – 2: Failed. (Try once)
Japan – Tokyo: Failed. (Try once)
Singapore – Jurong: Failed. (Try once)
Singapore – CBD: Failed. (Try once)
Australia- Sydney: Failed. (Try once)
Australia- Melbourne: Failed. (Try once)
Australia- Perth: Failed. (Try once)
Australia- Brisbane: First success. (Time efficiency: 23s)
Speedtest Ping: 389ms; Download: 4.98Mbps; Upload: 1.05Mbps;
Netflix Fast: 2.7Mbps;
Australia- Sydney – 2: Failed. (Try once)
India – Mumbai – 1: Failed. (Try once)
India – Via UK: Failed. (Try once)
India – Chennai: Failed. (Try once)
South Korea – 2: Failed. (Try once)
Malaysia: Failed. (Try once)
Thailand: Failed. (Try once)
Taiwan – 3: Failed. (Try once)
UK – Wembley: Failed. (Try once)
UK – East London: Failed. (Try once)
UK – London: First success. (Time efficiency: 14s)
Speedtest Ping: 242ms; Download: 24.72Mbps; Upload: 1.49Mbps;
Netflix Fast: 6.6Mbps;
UK – Docklands: First success. (Time efficiency: 40s)
Speedtest Ping: 212ms; Download: 85.42Mbps; Upload: 1.65Mbps;
Netflix Fast: 13Mbps;
Germany – Nuremberg: Failed. (Try once)
Germany – Frankfurt – 1: Failed. (Try once)
Germany – Frankfurt – 2: Failed. (Try once)
Germany – Frankfurt – 3: Failed. (Try once)
France – Strasbourg: Failed. (Try once)
France – Paris – 1: Failed. (Try once)
France – Paris – 2: Failed. (Try once)
Netherlands – Amsterdam: Failed. (Try once)
Netherlands – Rotterdam: Failed. (Try once)
Netherlands – The Hague: Failed. (Try once)
Netherlands – Amsterdam – 2: Failed. (Try once)
Conclusion: This is a comprehensive test of the Lightway – UDP (bate) protocol that ExpressVPN has released for Windows 10 today. Before I tested the protocol, I did a quick test to see if the officially recommended method and IKEv2 protocol still worked in this version, and then I tested the Lightway protocol. From the above test results, the protocol in mainland China, the current server wall success rate is still relatively low, a total of 50 randomly selected servers, but only 6 can connect successfully at once. It is unclear whether the connection of these six servers will continue to be available, and would like to show that the speed of its successful connection is quite good. Let me keep watching, if there is good news, I will not be the first to post, of course, if you are also trying to use the protocol, please leave a message, so that we can provide more valuable reference for the use of Lightway protocol in Windows.
Since this protocol is still in the Bate version of Windows 10, it is not yet available in the MacOS and IOS versions. Hopefully, ExpressVPN will continue to optimize the protocol and provide a better experience for users in mainland China.
ExpressVPN Win10 Version: 9.0.5 (16); Protocol: Lightway – UDP (bate)
Connection success rate score: ★ ★
Time efficiency score: ★ ★ ★ ☆
Speed test score: ★ ★ ★ ★
