NordVPN Win10 test in China-20200922

The goal of today’s test is to test whether Window 10 has restored the app’s direct connection to the flip wall. And secondly, to test how the third-party manual OpenVPN Gui to achieve the flip wall in Win10 actually works now. When testing the app direct connection, if I find that it is available or some protocol is available, I will explain the test in more detail, if I quickly test it and find that it is still unavailable, then I will directly publish the results of a device test. I hope this test will be useful to you.

Note: There will be a major firewall upgrade blocking event in late September – early October!

Barry’s nag: I’ve been hoping to convey a message to my readers that the firewall will be around for the foreseeable future; with it, using any VPN or other tool in China is a dynamic process and there’s no one-and-done solution. That’s why I keep updating the [Daily Test] section. The purpose of the test is to tell you the real usage of the changed VPN at the moment, whether it is available or not, and I will tell you so. In order to speed up the testing, I will be running only SpeedTest tests on it as it is only a reference for the speed test.

Local device and network: Windows10/200M/WiFi;
Speedtest Ping: 11ms; Download: 233.41Mbps; Upload: 24.05Mbps;

NordVPN Last 6 test reports: [See More]Checking out multiple test reports can help you understand more effectively how this VPN works in the long run.

• NordVPN China Revival？3 devices test in China - NordVPN China test on January 12, 2022. Thanks to @Jerry for leaving a comment informing us about the status of NordVPN. This time, the international version of NordVPN will be tested in Windows 10, Macbook and iPhone devices for VPN connection and speed for mainland China. The app version of each device will be updated to the latest before the test, while the test will use NordVPN's default protocol option for connection testing. During the test, whether the connection is smooth or blocked, it will be displayed truthfully.
• Best VPN for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China - The IOC told the Voice of America via email that, China has granted foreign athletes and accredited foreign media participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics access to "open internet services" at the athletes' village, competition-related venues, and contracted media hotels. You can connect and use networks and social platforms (Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Signal, etc.) in China that are blocked by the Great Firewall of the Internet.
• NordVPN Window10 China’s App Test in China - April 5, 2021 VPN test report, it has been several days without testing NordVPN. These two days are the Qingming Festival holiday, yesterday went to ancestor worship. Today, I was idle and relatively empty and wanted to do a test of NordVPN's Chinese version of the mainland connection in Windows 10. Since the last test, many readers have left me messages about NordVPN's China not being able to connect, or easily dropping out after connecting. After seeing these I hope that the results of the personal test will prevail, and then supplemented by readers' comments, so that we can have a more comprehensive understanding of its use.
• NordVPN Windows10 Test in China – Revived - March 28, 2021 VPN test report, on the 26th of NordVPN's Windows China version of the test, the results show a full extinction. Yesterday I took the time to connect in Windows 10 and successfully connected to "UK - #4308", and today I turned on my computer over the weekend [VPN micro test] and successfully connected to "UK - #4316". I saw such a situation, I still can't resist testing, perhaps NordVPN's Chinese version has shown signs of resurrection. Perhaps some readers reading my test report will be puzzled, a good connection, and then can not be connected. But I tell you this is the actual situation of users in mainland China, always hovering between stability and instability, sometimes need to use some specific techniques to connect. And that's why I need to keep testing.
• NordVPN Windows10 China’s App test in China - March 26, 2021, there are a number of days no test NordVPN, because the current way to test the connection of each VPN in mainland China, and sometimes apply a VPN has some unexpected circumstances, such as updated new protocols, version updates, etc., all there will be a round has not finished, you need to test the previously tested VPN again. But you can rest assured that I will generally use each VPN every 1-2 days myself, once there are major changes I will arrange to test, if not then the biggest possibility is that its situation remains the same.
• NordVPN Windows10 China’s App Test in China - March 16, 2021, in NordVPN China version of the App during the two sessions encountered a lot of trouble, but according to yesterday and today in the [micro test] of its single-server sampling test found that it seems to have recovered, but the specific recovery to what extent, is not clear. So today I want to test the Chinese version of NordVPN again to see how far it has recovered. I hope this test will provide some reference for NordVPN users. If there are any questions or if you are using it in a way that is inconsistent with the test results, I hope you can leave a comment to share.

Win10 NordVPN App Connection test:

Starting Time: Sep 22, 2020, 1:52 PM
Version: 6.31.5.0

The following protocol: NordLynx

Quick connect – Canada #3192: Failed; (Try once)
USA #5086: Failed; (Try once)
UK #2005: Failed; (Try once)
Taiwan #126: Failed; (Try once)
Singapore #2191: Failed; (Try once)
Japan #542: Failed; (Try once)

The following protocol: OpenVPN (UDP)

When I switch the connection protocol to the “OpenVPN (UDP) Recommended” option, whether I click on “Quick connect” or go to any of the servers to connect, the following box pops up in the bottom right corner of Win10: “Failed to get NordLynx configuration NordVPN”. The following message box pops up in the bottom right corner of Win10: “Failed to get NordLynx configuration NordVPN”. Therefore, it’s confirmed that the “OpenVPN (UDP) Recommended” will not work for Windows 10 in mainland China.

Win10 NordVPN OpenVPN GUI Test: 

Starting Time: Sep 22, 2020, 2:22 PM

The following test will use OpenVPN, a third-party open-source software, to manually configure NordVPN to connect to the wall. If you need it, you can click here: Here is the official download address (local download). It provides a total of 12 servers with UDP protocol for you to use for wall-climbing, and I will follow the official default server naming for testing. If you do not know how to configure, please refer to the tutorial: NORDVPN WINDOWS manual configuration tutorial.

ca3146: First success；(Time efficiency: <10s)
Speedtest Ping: 318ms. Download: 8.75Mbps. Upload: 0.99Mbps.
Netflix Fast: 4.0Mbps.

ca3147: First success；(Time efficiency: <10s)
Speedtest Ping: 227ms. Download: 14Mbps. Upload: 0.96Mbps.
Netflix Fast: 8.1Mbps.

jp2114: First success；(Time efficiency: <10s)
Speedtest Ping: 62ms. Download: 50.14Mbps. Upload: 1.99Mbps.
Netflix Fast: 64Mbps.

jp2117: First success；(Time efficiency: <10s)
Speedtest Ping: 68ms. Download: 17.07Mbps. Upload: 3.01Mbps.
Netflix Fast: 14Mbps.

jp2118: First success；(Time efficiency: <10s)
Speedtest Ping: 44ms. Download: 10.24Mbps. Upload: 3.05Mbps.
Netflix Fast: 3.5Mbps.

jp2119: Failed; (Try once)
sg2095: First success；(Time efficiency: 40s)
Speedtest Ping: 205ms. Download: 1.27Mbps. Upload: 0.63Mbps.
Netflix Fast: Can’t use the tool.
Note: After connected to this server, the YouTube and Google web pages can be opened normally.

sg2099: First success；(Time efficiency: 65s)
Speedtest Ping: 206ms. Download: 3.09Mbps. Upload: 0.87Mbps.
Netflix Fast: Can’t use the tool.
Note: After connected to this server, the YouTube and Google web pages can be opened normally.

sg2100: First success；(Time efficiency: 73s)
Speedtest Ping: 207ms. Download: 2.27Mbps. Upload: 0.41Mbps.
Netflix Fast: Can’t use the tool.
Note: After connected to this server, the YouTube and Google web pages can be opened normally.

us7092: First success；(Time efficiency: <10s)
Speedtest Ping: 160ms. Download: 11.95Mbps. Upload: 1.40Mbps.
Netflix Fast: Can’t use the tool.
Note: After connected to this server, the YouTube and Google web pages can be opened normally.

us7109: First success；(Time efficiency: <10s)
Speedtest Ping: 208ms. Download: 18.07Mbps. Upload: 1.25Mbps.
Netflix Fast: Can’t use the tool.
Note: After connected to this server, the YouTube and Google web pages can be opened normally.

us7112: First success；(Time efficiency: <10s)
Speedtest Ping: 170ms. Download: 22.49Mbps. Upload: 1.27Mbps.
Netflix Fast: Can’t use the tool.
Note: After connected to this server, the YouTube and Google web pages can be opened normally.

Win10 Summary: The above test mainly focuses on the actual situation of using NordVPN for flip-flop testing in mainland China from the app direct connection and manual configuration software OpenVPN Gui. According to the test results, NordVPN’s new protocol, NordLynx, does not work well in mainland China. However, it would be wrong to assume that NordVPN is not available in mainland China, as its manual configuration scheme is actually available all the time, and its stability and speed are also good. The other reason to use NordVPN is that it’s cheaper, of course.

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Windows10 NordVPN OpenVPN-Gui Version: 11.12.0.0 
Today’s Test Score: ★ ★ ★ ☆