BolehVPN News/Status/Fun

We’ve had some movements in our staff! If you’re interested to learn some fun factoids about us head on to the updated About Us section.

And a fun picture of me being beaten up over the weekend:

Wishing all our Muslim friends a happy Eid ul-Fitr! We’ll still be open!

During one of my tech support sessions today, I discovered a user whose Tunnelblick kept on disconnecting after a successful connection and it was happening in an infinite loop. He’ll get connected and then within 3-4 seconds would get kicked out. He was using Tunnelblick 3.2beta28 (build 2714) released 2010-07-31 and OS X Lion.

A quick google around led me to the solution:

Go into the settings and make sure ‘Monitor Network Settings’ is unchecked.

You have to do this for all the configurations you’re connecting to and also may wish to restart tunnelblick after saving the settings. In some computers, a complete reboot of the system after saving the settings is needed.

You only need to do this if you’re having problems.

If you’re still scratching your head on which configuration is appropriate for you, we have come up with a table for you to understand it at a glance. Our guides have been updated with the same!

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As usual, the IPT password has changed.

It is available from our panel system at https://beta.bolehvpn.net (login and then click on Bonus).

Please note that only FULL VPN subscribers (30 day VPNs and above) are entitled to this Bonus.

That means if you’re a

1. Trial subscriber (3 day or 7 day package)
2. Seedbox subscriber taking the tie-in plan

Some of you are probably wondering, what’s that empty sad grey space in BolehVPN-GUI? Well here’s the answer:

Tadah! Some of you might recognize these images from an early build of BolehVPN-GUI which we scrapped when we changed our configuration layout. All these images have been updated courtesy of my awesome and benevolent (if slightly absent minded) friend Max (who is accepting work albeit if you’re willing to wait a bit since he’s quite fully booked up).

For you Windows users, hit Update Config to get the nice little pictures.

Our configuration files have been updated. Just some minor housekeeping with the removal of some old servers and the addition of new ones.

If you are on BolehVPN-GUI, this is an easy process. Just hit the button Update Config and it will do it all automatically.

If you’re not on BolehVPN-GUI or are a Mac/Linux user, head on to our configuration file page and follow the instructions there. Don’t forget to edit the files to use your username!

For Malaysian users, more upgrading! :-/

Source

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) wishes to inform our customers that we will be upgrading our network in order to facilitate the ongoing improvements to our service performance and quality.

Please see below for the upgrading schedule between 1 August 2011 and 15 August 2011:

DATE	TIME	ACTIVITIES	AREA AFFECTED	SERVICE AFFECTED
1 Aug 2011	12.01 am – 3.00 am	IPTV platform maintenance activity	Nationwide	TM HyppTV services
1 – 2 Aug 2011	11.00 pm – 6.00 am	IPCORE Network upgrading activity	Cyberjaya and Batu	TM Broadband (Streamyx) service, Data Services
1 – 7 Aug 2011	-	Network Fault Restoration on the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) cable network linking Malaysia to the United States and North Asia.	Customers nationwide accessing affected international websites	1)      Slow browsing and high latency while accessing international websites hosted in the United States, Europe and North Asia.   2)      Customers using Virtual Private Network (VPN) and other critical business applications linked to US, Europe & North Asia may experience some level of service degradation.
2 Aug 2011	12.01 am until 6.00 am	IPCORE Network upgrading activity	Cyberjaya Batu	Internet, Voice, Data and IPTV services
3 -18 Aug 2011	-	Network upgrading activity	Sabah	Metro-e and TM Broadband (Streamyx) services
4 Aug 2011	3.01 am until 5.00 am	Network upgrading activity	Sibu, Sarawak	Metro-e and TM Broadband (Streamyx) services
3 – 4 Aug 2011	11.00 pm until 6.00 am	IPCORE Network upgrading activity	Raja Chulan Putrajaya	Internet, Voice and Data services
5 Aug 11	1.00 am until 3.00 am	Network equipment maintenance	Bintulu	TM Broadband (Streamyx) service
6 Aug 2011	12.01 am until 6.00 am	IPCORE Network upgrading activity	Nationwide	Internet, Voice, Data services specifically at Miami, Ashburn and Jakarta.
6 Aug 2011	12.00 am until 2.00 am	Network upgrading to Next Generation Network (NGN)	Tras, Raub, Pahang	TM Phone (Homeline & Businessline) / TM Broadband (Streamyx)  09 3615 XXX
6 Aug 2011	12.00 am until 2.00 am	Network upgrading activity	Lutong, Sarawak	Metro-e and TM Broadband (Streamyx) services
7 – 8 Aug 2011	11.00 pm – 6.00 am	Network upgrading activity	Miri, Sarawak	Metro-e and TM Broadband (Streamyx) services
8 Aug 2011	12.00 am until 6.00 am	Network upgrading activity	Sarawak	Metro-e and TM Broadband (Streamyx) services
8 – 9 Aug 2011	11.00 pm until 6.00 am	IPCORE Network upgrading activity	Klang Kelana Jaya	Internet, Voice, Data and IPTV services
9 – 10 Aug 2011	11.00 pm until 6.00 am	Network upgrading activity	Sarawak	Metro-e and TM Broadband (Streamyx) services
9 Aug 2011	3.00 am until 5.00 am	Network upgrading activity	Labuan	Metro-e and TM Broadband (Streamyx) services
10 Aug 2011	1.00 am until 5.00 am	Network upgrading activity	Penampang, Sabah	Metro-e and TM Broadband (Streamyx) services
10 – 11 Aug 2011	11.00 pm until 2.00 am	Network upgrading activity	Inanam, Sabah	Metro-e and TM Broadband (Streamyx)
10 – 11 Aug 2011	11.00 pm until 6.00 am	Network upgrading activity	Pantai Remis, Langkap, Kampong Gajah and Bagan Pasir in Perak	TM Broadband (Streamyx)
10 – 11 Aug 2011	11.01 pm until 6.00 am	IPCORE Network upgrading activity	Brickfields Bandar Tun Razak	Internet, Voice, Data and IPTV services
11 Aug 2011	1.00 am until 4.00 am	Network upgrading activity	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah	Metro-e and TM Broadband (Streamyx)
11 Aug 2011	12.00 am until 6.00 am	Network equipment maintenance	Serdang	TM Broadband (Streamyx) and UniFi
12 Aug 2011	12.00 am until 6.00 am	Network equipment maintenance	Serdang, Salak Tinggi and USJ in Selangor	TM Broadband (Streamyx) and UniFi
12 – 13 Aug 2011	11.30 pm until 6.00 am	Network upgrading activity	Cyberjaya	Metro-e and TM Broadband (Streamyx)
13 Aug 2011	12.01 am until 6.00 am	IPCORE Network upgrading activity	Nationwide	Internet, Voice, Data services specifically at Seoul, Taipei, Frankfurt and Amsterdam.
13 Aug 2011	12.00 am until 2.00 am	Network upgrading to Next Generation Network (NGN)	Menglembu, Perak	a)  TM Phone (Homeline & Businessline) / TM Broadband (Streamyx) 05-2801 XXX From 052810 XXX to 05-2816 XXX 05-282X XXX From 05-2861 XXX & 05-2862 XXX b) ISDN BRI   From 05-2851 1XX to 05-2851 7XX
13 Aug 2011	12.00 am until 2.00 am	Network upgrading to Next Generation Network (NGN)	Tangga Batu, Melaka	a)  TM Phone (Homeline & Businessline) / TM Broadband (Streamyx) 06-351X XXX From 06-3531 XXX to 06-3533 XXX   b) ISDN BRI 06-3521 XXX
14 Aug 2011	12.00 am until 2.00 am	Network upgrading activity	Keningau, Sabah	TM Broadband (Streamyx)
14 Aug 2011	1.00 am until 3.00 am	Network upgrading activity	Elopura, Sabah	TM Broadband (Streamyx) and TM Direct
15 Aug 2011	5.00 pm until 8.00 pm	Network upgrading to Next Generation Network (NGN)	Tangga Batu, Melaka	a)      ISDN PRI   From 06-3522 XXX to 06-3524 XXX
15 – 16 Aug 2011	11.00 pm until 6.00 am	IPCORE Network upgrading activity	Klang, Taman Tun Dr. Ismail, Batu	TM Broadband (Streamyx) and TM Direct
17 – 18 Aug 2011	11.00 pm until 6.00 am	Network upgrading activity	Kelana Jaya, Brickfields	Metro-e and TM Broadband (Streamyx)

 

 

During this upgrading exercise, our customers subscribing to the affected services may experience minor service interruptions. We would like to assure our customers that the services will resume to normal after the stipulated period.

A new cable fault has been detected and has been announced here. As such users may experience degraded speed until the 7th August if the repairs proceed as planned.

Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) wishes to announce that our consortium members have detected a fault on the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) submarine cable network linking Malaysia to the United States and North Asia. Immediate restoration works are underway on Monday, 1 August 2011 and are expected to be completed on Sunday, 7 August 2011.

TM has taken pro-active steps to minimize service degradation by diverting traffic to other networks to reduce congestion, thus, minimizing the impact to our users.

However, despite these initiatives, customers using Internet nationwide may experience some degree of service degradation during this exercise.

Internet users may experience slow browsing and high latency while accessing international websites hosted in the United States (US), Europe and North Asia. Customers using Virtual Private Network (VPN) and other critical business applications linked to US, Europe and North Asia may also experience some level of service degradation.