VPN is not working in the location of Japan
I started to try free 50GB a month Firefox VPN to use the website in Japan (free TV programs only available in Japan but are allowed to watch through VPN). It was working for about a month but now it seems to be blocked. I tried suggested troubleshooting like clearing cash, quitting and opening Firefox, closing VPN, changing location setting and back to Japan etc. Is it because free? It was working when I was subscribing NordVPN. So, it's not the website issue. I would like to know why it is not working now. Thank you
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Seems working for me. Are you sure the site didn't raise the bar for VPN detection?
If you check some IP/location sites, what do they show for you as your identification / external location?
Thank you very much for your attention and the image attachment of the link that I didn't know about. This morning when I checked it, the VPN is working. I don't understand why. It's good now but I miss the opportunity to check what's wrong. I keep this link infobyip.com for the future problem occurrence. Thank you for the support.
Ah, especially if you're far away from the actual exit node location, the connection can be a little challenging to establish from time to time.
Usually the good steps are as you noted above to change the location, check if that works (by using a site showing your connection details as the linked one, or any similar or familiar) — in case of inability to connect you through the specified node a different region might be used to get you connected in case the preferred one didn't work etc. so there's many factors — it might just be a matter of waiting for a bit, or for the regional traffic to settle down etc. if an IP info site shows you someplace else, so the actual location preference couldn't have been honored at that time.