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New Feature: VPN Accelerator for Routers

Tuesday, April 16th, 2013

Accelerator option on Astrill applet page, can potentially increase overall VPN speed on your router.

 

Minimum requirements for accelerator option to work fast:
- Router with fast CPU, 400MHz-600MHz (accelerator relays totally on CPU, the faster CPU the better performance)
- Your DD-WRT or Tomato router must be RouterPro VPN supported. (This means it uses our customized OpenVPN binary file. It works both with OpenVPN and RouterPro VPN protocols.)
- Router with 8MB flash or more (needed for Astrill OpenVPN binary to be installed on your router)

 

If you router is not RouterPro VPN compatible, accelerator option will not be shown on your router.

 

Below is a performance test with accelerator option and without accelerator option.
A) Accelerator ON
B) Accelerator OFF

 

 

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Promo: Get Router Pro VPN for FREE

Friday, March 29th, 2013

Order an Astrill VPN Router before 30 April 2013, and get included Router Pro VPN for the same duration of your Astrill membership for FREE.

Order Astrill VPN Router from here:
https://www.astrill.com/astrill-vpn-routers.php

OFFER ENDS: 30 April 2013

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DD-WRT iOS app – Access Astrill VPN on router conveniently

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

Introducing DD-WRT iPhone App:

Ever wanted an easier way to manage your dd-wrt router? Well now you can. Darren from DAP Logic has created an iPhone app that lets you connect, monitor and adjust your dd-wrt router right from your pocket. It even works remotely when you’re away from your router. And now this dd-wrt iPhone app has support for connecting and disconnecting your router from the Astrill servers. There’s now no need to boot up your pc just to switch your Astrill VPN connection on or off.

Anyone that has tried using the dd-wrt web interface on an iPhone/iPod will know that some pages are impossible to navigate to. Well not any more.

Here are some of the features available in the app which can be downloaded from the App Store here https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dd-wrt/id556621431?mt=8

Add multiple routers

View a multitude of stats on your router, including the status of your Astrill VPN connection

For added protection, use the Wireless MAC Filter that’s built into dd-wrt, with an extremely easy interface for adding MAC addresses

One touch Wake On LAN

Send quick, instant commands to your router

Full telnet client

Easily Connect, Disconnect and change server with your Astrill VPN account

 

Check (https://www.astrill.com/ddwrtapp) page for more screenshots of Astrill VPN on DD-WRT iOS app.

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Astrill VPN Routers

Saturday, July 28th, 2012

Astrill partners with VPN Router manufacturers. All routers come per-configured, and ready to use at your door-steps. We ship VPN routers worldwide.

Connect all your devices to VPN

Supported Devices on Routers

  • Smart Phones
  • Tablets
  • Laptops
  • Desktops
  • Streaming Devices
  • Smart TVs
  • Game Consoles

Astrill VPN routers offer you the ability to share your VPN connection with multiple devices on your network, including PS3, Xbox, Roku Boxes, Boxee, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Android mobiles, Android tablets, all your computers and laptops and any other devices that can connect to a router for Internet Connectivity (though Wi-Fi or LAN). The router software has been developed by US company in order to optimise router performance and take benefit of its full power.

Why to choose Astrill VPN router:

  • Easy to set-up even for unexperienced users
  • Fastest VPN router software – faster than DD-WRT!
  • Connect your whole household / office to VPN with only one device
  • Device filter – choose which devices go through VPN
  • Site filter – select sites that go through VPN
  • Port forwarding – works with BitTorrent and P2P applications

Astrill VPN Routers range:

Astrill VPN Routers

Order Astrill VPN Router now:
https://www.astrill.com/astrill-vpn-routers.php

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Astrill 2.7 Released

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

What’s new in Astrill 2.7?

- New: Router Setup Wizard which now supports DD-WRT and Tomato based routers and new router applet v2.1
- New: router applet 2.1 coded from scratch for both Tomato and DD-WRT ! New premium features offered only by Astrill – Device Filter (select which devices will go over VPN), Site Filter (which sites will go over VPN) and Port Forwarding.
- New: Network redirection component for Macintosh and Linux. Improved LSP (Network component) for Windows. Astrill now works with all flash based streaming web sites in all top browsers and Application Filter for OpenVPN mode is now supported on all three platforms as well – Windows, Macintosh, Linux
- New: Site Catcher tool – allows you to build your custom Site Filters for OpenVPN mode very easily. Do you want to stream just certain sites through VPN? Now it’s so easy to do that!
- New: Native 64 bit version for Linux including appropriate Debian (.deb) and RedHat (.rpm) packages. Astrill now works on more Linux platforms than ever.
- New: ‘Stealth OpenVPN’ mode – a premium feature offered by Astrill only. Stealth mode will work behind very restrictive/censoring firewalls and it’s practically impossible to block it! Even better – your ISP will have no clue you are using a VPN – Stealth protocol we use will not be recognized as any standard VPN protocol !
- New: Improved OpenVPN network driver for Windows – improves speed and avoids conflicts with 3rd party OpenVPN applications.
- New: automatic port forwarding using UPnP and NAT-PMP protocols. Most P2P applications (including Bittorrent) can now forward ports automatically without user intervention !
- New: Speed Test tool – test the speed of all servers easily ! This tool will help you to find out the fastest server for your current location/ISP.
- Updated: OpenVPN is updated to version 2.2.2 for greater security and performance enhancements.
- Improved: Application and Site Filters for OpenVPN mode for greater flexibility and easier use.
- Improved: Site Filter in OpenWeb mode to be easier for use. ‘Smart Mode’ is available in Site Filter window. You can now add custom sites to Smart Mode filter as well !
- Improved: user interface – as we are adding new servers frequently, servers list is getting bigger and bigger. We now sort the list by placing TOP 7 most used servers on the top for easier access. It’s possible to sort servers alphabetically as well. On Windows – you can search for a server by typing a few letters.
- Improved: user interface – now you can switch between OpenWeb and OpenVPN protocols after you login using a button in the title bar !
- Fixed: Media Recorder to work with recent changes on Youtube. It’s possible to plug 3rd party flash recorders with Astrill – for example RTMPSuck – and record videos from Hulu and similar sites (this is for “hackers” only :) ).
- Fixed: tray icon on Ubuntu with Unity (you will need to logout and login again for the icon to appear).
- Fixed: Mac OS crash caused by a bug in OpenVPN TUN/TAP driver.
- Fixed: an issue with threads limit on Windows and Macintosh which caused “Unable to create a new thread – Error 8″ – or “Unable to create new semaphore – too many threads” which were occurring when you open a lot of tabs in a web browser.
- Hundreds of other enhancements

In short, version 2.7 brings you a powerful Router applet, makes it possible to watch ANY flash based site on ALL platforms (Windows/Linux/Mac) in all top browsers when using OpenWeb mode, while OpenVPN mode brings very flexible Application and Site (IP) filters. Astrill now features Stealth OpenVPN which makes Astrill the only VPN working in countries with high censorship (Syria, UAE, Iran, etc.) and practically unblockable by firewalls.

We have released a new version of Astrill Dialer application for Windows as well. The new version supports PPTP, L2TP/IPSec and SSTP protocols. SSTP is suitable for users from countries with high censorship or in case your ISP blocks conventional VPN protocols. The application is available on our download page.

When installing new version, over old version, don’t forget to reboot your computer !

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