If you are in a restricted area where the ISP or Government has been known to block ports or protocols, and they block the fixed set ports that PPTP run on, then the VPN will be blocked ClassicĬlassic uses Easy Hide’s proprietary protocol.Ĭlassic can be used only on a Windows PC.Ĭlassic offers more features like being able to choose which of your programs will be directed through our servers. This will expose your computer to the Internet off the VPN. Unfortunately when a PPTP connection has a problem communicating with the VPN server, it will drop the connection. With your PPTP settings you can use any computer around the world to connect, even computers in Internet Café’s.
It’s a very easy setup, just a Host Name, Login and Password in the network settings. Iphone, Ipod Touch, Android, and Windows Mobile are just a few of the devices that work natively with PPTP. PPTP VPN can be used on any device listed on the setup page PPTP VPN (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) This means there is ‘guaranteed delivery’ of all data, making the protocol very reliable, but there is a considerable overhead as packets are sent, confirmed, re-sent etc., making it quite slow.
UDP is referred to as a ‘stateless protocol’ as it performs no such error correction, simply receiving packets with no acknowledgements or retries. For higher transfer speeds with OpenVPN use UDP Slower Speed – TCP features higher encryption methods that tend to slow transfer rates a little.Usually TCP VPN tunnels can bypass even the most strict corporate firewalls. Bypass Firewalls – TCP VPN tunnels are rarely blocked since they run on common ports (80, 443).