Hello everyone. I would like to ask you that how can I set up a virtual location ? I saw in many vpn applications that if I connect to a country such as Germany, then the provider gives a geolocation from USA with 50 ms ping, whereas a typical American internet is can be even 110 ms ping. This is what I would like to achieve with Australia practically. Do I have to write something in the config folder maybe, or anywhere ? Thanks in advance for your reply.
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What vpn service are you using?
Free ones will end up being slow and low ping with lotsof limitation.
Paid ones such as Nordvpn and PIA (private internet access) will have much better speed with no limitations and locations all over the globe including australia and america.
Free ones will end up being slow and low ping with lotsof limitation.
Paid ones such as Nordvpn and PIA (private internet access) will have much better speed with no limitations and locations all over the globe including australia and america.
Actually I use Express VPN, and I've noticed there that If I connect to an IP addres, then the provider doesn't give a geolocation about that country, but from another country. For example there is an IP address: 192.168.50.4, which is located in Macedonia. Then, when I connect to this IP, USA also use this IP, so I can't get the adequate location from this IP, which would be Macedonia, but I get the USA's geolocation to the connected IP address.. Originally when I connect smoothly to the USA, I have 210 ms ping, whereas if I connect to an European country, example Liechtenstein , they give instead of Liechtenstein a USA geolocation with 40-50 ms ping.
What you will find is the geo location depends a lot on what tool they are using. You will find very large differences between the tools. You do not have control over what tool web sites use so you get very different results. Some tools are using cookies and other tracking garbage on your machine. You have to be very careful if you allow the machine to connect at all without the vpn being active. Many times it will keep location information based on your actual ip before the vpn started. Some things use stuff like facebook info if you are logged in.
Now some location services are really stupid and base the location on where the ip was registered. Most have gotten smarter but not all.
Partially this is why you get constant captcha crap from google since they try to geolocate and see cookie info change when mulitple people are using the same vpn shared address.
Obviously the ping times you see are the best indicator as to where the IP is located ....assume you really know where the server you ping is located.
Now some location services are really stupid and base the location on where the ip was registered. Most have gotten smarter but not all.
Partially this is why you get constant captcha crap from google since they try to geolocate and see cookie info change when mulitple people are using the same vpn shared address.
Obviously the ping times you see are the best indicator as to where the IP is located ....assume you really know where the server you ping is located.
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VPN's don't lower your ping in the way you may think. Those locations are still the same distance from you and a VPN in the wrong place can make them further. You can lower ping with a VPN because ISP use the cheapest routes (high ping) available to them and the VPN might use better routes.
One bad example is if you are located in central US and us a west coast VPN. Your ping to the east coast will likely be higher, because you are going to the west then all the way across to the east.
Another example of when a VPN helps your ping is if you are on US east coast and you want to connect to London.
If routing from your ISP is inefficient then a VPN in NYC might help because the VPN will handle the routing from ISP-> NYC VPN->end dest in London->NYC VPN->ISP.
If routing from the end destination back to you is inefficient then a VPN in London might help because the hop from the end destination only goes to the London VPN and then the VPN back to you. ISP->London VPN->end dest in London->London VPN->ISP
If your ISP uses bad routes you can ask them to improve them and not need the VPN. A traceroute program can unreliably show you all the hops and the ping between them, which may help you find the weak link.
One bad example is if you are located in central US and us a west coast VPN. Your ping to the east coast will likely be higher, because you are going to the west then all the way across to the east.
Another example of when a VPN helps your ping is if you are on US east coast and you want to connect to London.
If routing from your ISP is inefficient then a VPN in NYC might help because the VPN will handle the routing from ISP-> NYC VPN->end dest in London->NYC VPN->ISP.
If routing from the end destination back to you is inefficient then a VPN in London might help because the hop from the end destination only goes to the London VPN and then the VPN back to you. ISP->London VPN->end dest in London->London VPN->ISP
If your ISP uses bad routes you can ask them to improve them and not need the VPN. A traceroute program can unreliably show you all the hops and the ping between them, which may help you find the weak link.
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