SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
Oct 31st 2011 | 1:14 am
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Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
You are correct, and I was not testing Dubai server vs UK server. I was testing UK server with and without VPN.
Oct 31st 2011 | 1:16 am
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Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
The "normal" PPTP VPN ports are TCP Port 1723, IP Protocol 47 (GRE); L2TP: UDP Port 1701; IPSec: UDP Port 500, Pass IP protocol 50 and 51. Du is probably throttling traffic using them.
As the VPN support guy said, they can configure OpenVPN to use ANY port, effectively bypassing whatever "protection" system Du have in place. It's like the police setting up road blocks only on the M4 out of London to stop traffic heading for Reading...
OpenVPN must be configured at both ends (yours and the service provider) to bypass these roadblocks.
As the VPN support guy said, they can configure OpenVPN to use ANY port, effectively bypassing whatever "protection" system Du have in place. It's like the police setting up road blocks only on the M4 out of London to stop traffic heading for Reading...
OpenVPN must be configured at both ends (yours and the service provider) to bypass these roadblocks.
Edit: I just tried the HTTP port (you can figure out which number that is) and even that is throttled, whereas normal web traffic isn't, so there's definitely some funky network profiling going on.
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Oct 31st 2011 | 1:55 am
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Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
Well it would be interesting to know what settings you (or better, someone in Dubai, uses). I tried, interactively with a tech from my VPN, about 30 different UDP and TCP ports. 90% of these resulted in speeds so slow I couldn't even open speedtest.net. The remaining few resulted in the poor compromise that I have now. If anyone can share their port and protocol settings via PM with me, it would be highly appreciated.
Edit: I just tried the HTTP port (you can figure out which number that is) and even that is throttled, whereas normal web traffic isn't, so there's definitely some funky network profiling going on.
Edit: I just tried the HTTP port (you can figure out which number that is) and even that is throttled, whereas normal web traffic isn't, so there's definitely some funky network profiling going on.
Oct 31st 2011 | 4:25 am
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Nov 9th 2011 | 12:19 am
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Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
Mr Stig, been following this thread with interest and as I am moving out to Riyadh in January I need to have all my VPN, SKY GO and premier league football sussed out.
So to that end and at the risk of being a pest could you please PM me with your VPN provider.
Any info on how to subscribe to premier football through legal channels would be good also
Thanks
Al
So to that end and at the risk of being a pest could you please PM me with your VPN provider.
Any info on how to subscribe to premier football through legal channels would be good also
Thanks
Al
Nov 9th 2011 | 1:00 am
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Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
Bandwagon! Me too for a PM purhlease.... I've one, but it is capped (and advertised as such) at 1Mbps. Oh, and mine works on Mac & iPhone (both essential). If I can get faster bandwidth that would be smashing 
Nov 9th 2011 | 5:21 am
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Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
Mr Stig, been following this thread with interest and as I am moving out to Riyadh in January I need to have all my VPN, SKY GO and premier league football sussed out.
So to that end and at the risk of being a pest could you please PM me with your VPN provider.
Any info on how to subscribe to premier football through legal channels would be good also
Thanks
Al
So to that end and at the risk of being a pest could you please PM me with your VPN provider.
Any info on how to subscribe to premier football through legal channels would be good also
Thanks
Al
Nov 9th 2011 | 8:55 am
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Nov 9th 2011 | 4:53 pm
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Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
I've used the VPN service that Stig uses and it did not solve the throttling problems I have with Du and Etisalat.
Nov 12th 2011 | 4:45 pm
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Re: SkyGo - Anyone using it in ME?
Back in KSA and SkyGo is working fine on my PC 
@Autonomy It could well be the case that the KSA telecos are not actively blocking/throttling VPN traffic, incidentally we use a VPN where I work for unfiltered access to the net for management...
@Autonomy It could well be the case that the KSA telecos are not actively blocking/throttling VPN traffic, incidentally we use a VPN where I work for unfiltered access to the net for management...
