Unable to connect to websites while using VPN

[Jeffery414]

I recently downloaded a free VPN called "SoftEther". I've heard good things about it so I thought I'd try it out. I wasn't expecting it to be that amazing granted it is free. I connected to a US server with the highest speed listed. When I open Chrome and try to go to a website it takes ages to load, and usually just times out. Any solution?

 

[SirSub42]

This could very well just be the case. With some of the free VPNs, you get what you pay for. Your firewall may have been restricting traffic as well.

 

[Jeffery414]

This could very well just be the case. With some of the free VPNs, you get what you pay for. Your firewall may have been restricting traffic as well.

Would there be any solution to that?

 

[SirSub42]

Do you mean like paying for one?

 

[Jeffery414]

Do you mean like paying for one?

Well that's the thing, I'd prefer a free one or a fix for my issue with SoftEther

 

[SirSub42]

If you want to add an exception to your firewall to allow for VPN connections:
http://www.thewindowsclub.com/configure-vpn-connection-windows

You can also check out:
https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en

Tor is fairly fast most of the time.

 

[13thmonkey]

Those people running VPN's it costs them nothing to do it, so they should all be free surely? It's only code, and servers, and bandwidth? That doesn't cost anyone anything does it... oh I guess it does.

 

[Jeffery414]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Jeffery414 : "Any decent FREE vpn clients out there?"

Looking for a free VPN that supports P2P. Thank you!

 

[bill001g]

The vast majority of the so called free vpn services have extremely low bandwidth caps. Many outright block p2p traffic and only allow simple web traffic. There are some free ones that will work fine for simple web traffic but you are not going to find much that will let you run p2p. Someone has to pay for all that bandwidth.

You can get a bunch for between $5 and $10 a month. Is it really worth the pain to try to use a free service when you can get sites that outright say they support p2p with no bandwidth caps for a small amount of money.