What should I do if China connectivity is unavailable or the IP is restricted?
Network quality varies by region, ISP, and international gateway. A server may be reachable from overseas but unreachable from some networks in mainland China.
Is it blocked, or is it a route problem?
Test the server IP from multiple regions with ping.pe:
- Overseas nodes work but all mainland China nodes fail: the IP is usually blocked.
- Mainland China nodes can reach it but with high latency, packet loss, or low speed: this is a route issue, not a block, and changing the IP makes no difference.
- Only your own network fails: check your local network, ISP, or firewall.
Once a block is confirmed
- Dedicated IPv4 products: see How do I change a VPS IP address?.
- NAT products: try connecting over IPv6 or through a relay first.
Include in your ticket
- Service ID.
- Your local ISP and region.
- ping.pe test link or screenshot.
tracerouteor MTR screenshot.
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