Cloudflare WARP Review

"I've said/posted multiple times already that the ddos aren't happening specifically to FF14, but to a NTT node somewhere in NA. I've been playing with Cloudflare Warp since Dec 26 and only been disconnected twice on the day my server, Diabolos, had technical issues on its end. Otherwise, I haven't been dc'd once since then. On the other hand, my husband did multiple times a day whether he was playing something on Steam, Diablo 4, Path of Exile 2 and even Dungeons and Dragons Online. He even had instances of PayPal being down while shopping. All at the same time as I would see people go pokeba..."

"Everyone I know on NA that's raided so far today using that cloudflare warp thing has gotten zero disconnects. That tool is definitely helping fix what SE couldn't bother"

"No network problem at all for me. I live in Southeast Asia and play in Asia server. I get consistent 21ms ping. I recommend trying using Cloudflare WARP when playing the game, for me WARP always make the network smoother"

"I found Cloudflare WARP on Android to be pretty nice. It has split-tunnelling feature for both IP/domain and Apps. I haven't seen another app that does IP on Android. You can't chooose location, so the use case is for connecting from open VPN's. You don't even have to create an account and data is unlimited."

"I had a hunch it was an ISP issue. I was going insane & reinstalled the whole damn game. Thanks for confirming that it's not my computer & bless cloudflare..."

"I've been using Cloudflare Warp to get around the blocks. It encrypts your traffic, but still uses your IP address, so you don't get these issues."

"PSA: For everyone in Germany/Europe having problems starting the game/logging in Many report having problems starting the game. The cause of this seems to be a routing issue of the german internet provider Telekom. You can work around this issue by using a VPN. Cloudflare Warp would be a free alternative. You only need to have the VPN active until you are in the character selection screen, then you can turn it off. Turning it on/off while logged in will disconnect you from the game, so just keep that in mind."

"Cloudflare warp builds a wireguard tunnel with ease... They just download and login basically"

"Yeeeeeeeeah...... nope. Changing DNSs does not make a lick of a difference. Wasting mobile data via hotspot doesn't work - whether it's raw (T is T no matter what, I guess) *or* using Cloudflare *or* using Proton: launcher itself *may* load a little faster, but it's just as likely to be just as slow and crapped-out as otherwise, with the login frame empty or telling me to restart it or just straight-up vomiting error codes after several minutes. Yesterday it took me *nine hours* of trying to get in, and in all that time I could even enter my OTP exactly *eight* times. This is ri-goddamn-dicu..."

"Most of this is correct. Thank you. Cloudflare doesn’t sell their infrastructure in the way AWS does. I’d also like to point out that cloudflare also has exceedingly terrible customer service— but Fastly is pretty big in Japan and I believe square uses their services already at least for patch content distribution. Which again protects squares origin servers. But that being said, CDNs also just black hole ddos attacks. It’s pretty much the standard way of dealing with them. I don’t know why people think cloud flare or square enix or ntt could magically fix this, a thing that has pl..."

"Cloudflare tunnels and authentik are your best friends. I expose as little as possible and often will just make a webpage display on a home assistant dashboard. When the user loads the home assistant dashboard it pings from the HA instance so you can use a local IP and display it remotely."

"The good VPNs are paid. While it's possible to make a free VPN work, it might not be worth the risk (if you're say, in Germany). If your risk level is a bit lower, say in the USA, you could give Cloudflare WARP a try. But no matter what you use, you MUST bind your torrent client to your VPN. If youre not willing to do this, don't bother torrenting, you will get caught. https://rentry.org/torrentvpn"

"Your VPN is turned on. Somehow the site doesn't work if you have VPN or Cloudflare WARP turned on."

"Cloudflare Warp works, and it even gives you a Chinese IP address while still letting you connect to the internet. But it's slow because your wireguard data is being slowed down by the firewall (2 Mbps). You could also run one yourself at home, which should also work fine. Most of the time I used that in China (L2TP/IPSec connection). NordVPN did not work at all, not even on the hidden sites."

"Try changing your DNS server to cloudflare and see if that helps, you can also try using cloudflare WARP on pc. remember to restart PC and flush DNS as well before trying"

"I tried cloudflare warp vpn it helped but it was not efficient like exitlag i was getting 300-400ms ping"

"Yeah, I am debating just getting an ExitLag subscription. I've been using Cloudflare WARP and Proton VPN, but it also doesn't work 100% of the time..."

"1. Most truly fileless malware is that targeting Windows - these are usually compiled-on-the-fly .NET assemblies or similar that are then reflectively loaded into another process as a DLL. CobaltStrike beacons do this really well. There aren't too many analogues for MacOS. Generally, you'll detect these by the commands they utilize to leverage loading resident into memory. A good example of something like this would be a byte array written into a registry key, and then another registry key that has a PowerShell script to call an MSBuild command to then compile and load that into a target proce..."

"its so bad that i would perfer to deal with clourflare's outages shutting the entire internet down for a few minutes thrice a year than getting dropped from XIV multiple times a day year-round"

"Stop reading the cloudflare blog and their claims "biggest attack" every 2 months literally. Please."

"Look at the reports companies like Cloudflare post when they have an outage. That's what people want. A sign of competency from the company. An indication they have any clue what they are doing, or that anything is actually being done beyond the person who posts news articles copy/pasting the same form message as always after the issue resolves itself."

"I'm with you. OpenVPN sucks ass compared to Wireguard. I've just had trouble keeping it working with my router. Which while super high end a few years ago is still a HOME router. I really wished Cloudflare could have worked. Seemed overly complex though even using the container method of running it. If you use DoH/DoT your DNS is hidden from your ISP."

"It depends how tech literate you are and what you are willing to do to support this. Despite what some people think, most people do not have someone specifically targeting them on the Internet. This means you just need to stop the bots and script kiddies, which is very possible with a little effort. Cloudflare tunnels won't work well with video streaming as it's against their TOS. - Secure your Firewall/Router. Make sure ports are locked down so only what you need is open. Disable crap like UPnP, WPS and things like that. Be sure the admin is not exposed via the WAN. Bonus points would be to ..."

"With cloudflare tunnels it doesn’t seem like a bad idea at all"

"I bought them both too, guess we got the $30ish deal? I bought it for my ONN streaming boxes, TMO likes to play some games with some of streaming services, thought I would hide them, also Realdebrid accepts them as vpn provider. I too found the VPN app on the sucky side. Did a linux install on a pi and used there cli app to connect, it was stable but they dropped the speeds after a while. You can also go into their knowlege base and lookup setup wireguard VPN on linux, download the config file or one their servers. Then install the config file into the Wireguard app available in the Andro..."

"Try exit lag they have a trial it’s unlikely that Airtels higher plans do anything if exit lag doesn’t have even a 5% improvement. Also try cloudflare warp (not to be mistaken with 1.1.1.1)"

"Instead of using the default DNS server that your ISP has configured, change it to cloudflare(1.1.1.1) or Google(8.8.8.8) so that if your VPN connection messes up, your ISP won't be able to immediately see your traffic."

"By no means endorsing them but Nord and Shark both state no-logs and they were audited. Same company.  Also pretty much every black friday they have 100+% cash back. So they essentially pay you for an annual plan.  To u/beneficial_cup5654 Apple Relay is great that it changes each tab to it’s own ip in private mode. Very rarely blocked. But it won’t work along another full blown proxy nor apply itself to 3rd party app unless using unencrypted networks. So no go but better than native. If you want something similar *free* use Cloudflare Warp. It’s also audited no log. And the same back..."

"I wish I had bought ProtonVPN instead of SurfShark, list of problems I experience in row: So there are many reasons for my bad experience with SS and I'll explain it below but I highly recommend Mullad or ProtonVPN nowadays. If you're stingy when it comes to VPN like me, do not chose Surfshark just because of it. There is a great change that you'll regret it. IMO: Buy 1 year of ProtonVPN on Black Friday for 20-40$, stay away from ExpressVPN/alibis and Surfshark/NordVPN (they're the same thing). 1-When I travelled to Turkey, Surfshark VPN was blocked there and I HAD TO USE ProtonVPN (It was i..."

"Cloudflare WARP aka [1.1.1.1](https://1.1.1.1/)"

"... feel everyone doing the races will be using a circumvent to get around the servers like exitlag or cloudflare warp"

"Cloudflare WARP"

"Proton VPN: Lousy performance. Lousy service. Proton VPN turned my VNPT ADSL into lousy. And their 'Support', when you get any, jsut ignores the problem/s,and when i asked for a frefund after a month of lousy performance and complaints, some arrogant bastard just told me “too late for '30 Day Guarantee'” **Location: Vietnam, VNPT. Wired Cat5, nothing exotic.** **Without Proton (baseline):** * nPerf to Singapore: \~950 Mbps down, \~240 Mbps up, \~48 ms ping. * Browsing + streaming scores in the “good” range. * Cloudflare and other tests: low latency, no packet loss, everything sna..."

"Trying windscibe pro for a 11 days - My thoughts After trying windscribe for quite a while I would rate it 8.9/10 - maybe 9/10 Pros Very fast (depending on server) tons of privacy features (depending on device) big selection, good DNS adblocker - controld, works very well with streaming. Hotspotting feature is also sick - when you know how to use it in cool ways. Pricing is also really good (with build a plan). Windscribe very transparent. Cons IOS app lacking a bit on features, but it is understandable since IOS is kind of restrictive. Apple tv app is fine i guess. also lacking,..."

"nope, i've had 5 vpns before the outage and none of them work anymore. just windscribe and some random v2ray configs. their stealth protocol works while proton's and other ones don't anymore. also the outage is still in place (you can check from cloudflare radar, netblocks, etc...), ISPs are whitelisting a few servers (like google, wikipedia, etc...) and somehow im back online again (update posted just now by netblocks) https://preview.redd.it/o69ygtozkgfg1.png?width=578&format=png&auto=webp&s=dc22e59b9a711d3a1821b36f6c1fa7550c5550b3"

"It seems like all connections to Asian servers not using CDN caches like Cloudflare are affected. I speak Japanese and cant access my Japanese news sites anymore either. Login servers are in Japan, your European data center is not."

"Just try changing the dns server in ethernet settings to cloudlfare (this is different from warp) 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1 You can also try google dns"

"I briefly wondered if the CloudFlare Spain/Italy legal snit was spreading."

"Well - dang it. Hotspot was working great for 5 or 6 days. As of yesterday, 1) I can't get connected to anything unless I disable Apple's Cloud Relay on my iphone and ipad. And on my PC for work, I can't get connected to anything at all. The only IoT device I have is a Chamberlain garage door opener, and the myQ app says it's gone offline too. When I \*do\* disable Apple cloud relay - thus exposing my IP address to some exploits - I get connected but speed test says I'm only getting about 40mbps down. Compared to a few days ago it was consistently 150-200. I have an email to u/Compute..."

"не знав, дякую, думав 1.1.1.1 це лише днс"

"Tip: Add challenges.cloudflare.com to your extension’s allowlist and turn off the "Worker Block" privacy option. After doing this, websites that use Cloudflare CAPTCHA should work properly."

"> Ddos attacks are a solved problem is just that the only solution requires an unviable amount of resources. They aren't **solved** even then. They're *mitigated*. Say Squeenix borrows a few billion from Nvidia and builds out 4-5 brand new data centers with dedicated lines in order to absorb the totality of today's DDoS attacks. Great! Except, there's absolutely nothing preventing the attackers from bringing another 500 000 bots online *tomorrow*, and making that entire endeavour pointless. Absolutely pointless. How most companies get around is by laying off those billions of dollars of ..."

"It’s definitely DDOS attacks, if it were the server itself it wouldn’t spare PS5 and VPN/exitlag/Warp users."

"I couldn't stand Torguard. Speeds were erratic and support was bad. This was a couple of years or so ago. To understand VPNs, you really need to understand that they all lease POP (point of presence) IP from more or less the same suppliers. To add to that these suppliers offer tiers of service which amounts to how much bandwidth is available. How that works is how many individuals are sharing each IP. The fewer these suppliers add to each IP means less income from so these "premium" high bandwidth accounts cost the subscriber more. Also be aware you may be sharing that forward facing IP with s..."

"I think it’s because AdGuard and NordVPN have two VPNs on your device. Only one can be active at any given time. On Android it’s pretty easy to get around this. Put the AdGuard DNS in ‘Private DNS’ in the Network settings. You can go to Quad9, DNSbunker.org (my fave as it has HaGeZi Pro and TIF), ControlD, AdGuard or even Cloudflare and get the TLS addresses from there. You’ll need the DoT and not DoH for this. That will make sure your DNS server is always AdGuard. And then when you enable NordVPN that will still work."

"> most companies and universities use them to keep their data secure Hell anyone with their toes dipped into home automation uses them If I want to access my security system, cameras, my garage door openers, my thermostat, etc I VPN into my home using Tailscale/Unifi's Teleport/any other number of methods That requires a VPN. It is not a 'convenience', it's not a nice to have On numerous occasions just this year (its 2025 still here) > Amazon's servers have failed to function, https://builtin.com/articles/aws-outage-what-happened > Ecobee's servers have failed to function ht..."

"Unfortunately a VPN doesn't help when you visit the same sites and use your same logins. Without setting up a public DNS on your device, like adguard DNS or cloudflares DNS, your ISP can still figure out where youre going as you are using their services to request that information."

"ah ok. Cloudflare (primary) and Google (secondary)."

"it's pretty easy to front with https reverse proxy, add wireguard tun to a vps. you can use cloudflare to do the same. i have to admit, pangolin looks pretty awesome. lots of people use tailscale but i think it's kinda ass. all of this can be provided to clients on a vpn or exposed. from my experience most people don't care about accessing your plex/jellyfin server. unless they're asking, and even if they are, they probably won't use it."

"I use cloudflared and ask what federated login they’d like to use (Microsoft, Google) and whitelist their email address."