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¿Por qué mi VPN va lenta o se desconecta de repente en China?
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⚠️ SYMPTOM
Tu VPN funcionó los primeros 3 días y ahora se desconecta cada 10 minutos, o las páginas cargan a velocidades de módem dial-up.
🔍 MOST LIKELY CAUSE
Los ISP chinos detectan y limitan los protocolos de VPN (especialmente OpenVPN y WireGuard) en horas pico. Los protocolos propietarios StealthVPN de Astrill y LetsVPN son los que sobreviven más tiempo.
✓ HOW TO FIX
Cambia a un servidor o ubicación diferente (Hong Kong, Japón, la costa oeste de EE. UU. suelen ser los más rápidos desde China). Cambia el protocolo al modo "Stealth" u "Obfuscated" en tu aplicación de VPN. Si tu VPN está inactiva durante 24 horas o más, usa una de respaldo: la mayoría de los viajeros llevan 2 suscripciones de VPN de pago.
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