I can't open some website via vpn

Posted on March 24, 2015

Hi, I have created a vpn via digitalocean vps,but I find I can’t open some website(paypal.com, newegg.com…) when using this vpn, but facebook.com and youtube.com is ok. I don’t know why,please help me.

Thank you very much,I live in China now.

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zhaifangzhi

March 24, 2015

when I enter:“paypal.com” in my browser,it says:“can’t access this website”,code:ERRTIMEDOUT ,I take a screenshot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2GK3G3lzptNYXJ1dkVaaUYwU1E/view?usp=sharing ,please check.

Thank you very much

alexdo

January 31, 2023

Hello there,

You should be able to reach any of the mentioned websites without problems.

What you can do is to do a curl request via ssh and then check for the status code. This will help you to determine if the resource is temporarily unavailable or if the access is forbidden.

OpenVPN is also available as a one-click application from our marketplace.

https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/openvpn-access-server

Regards