Server line differences and test IPs by region / product
Line differences by region/product (HK1/HK2/LA/NCP/Japan/Taiwan/Vietnam/Cambodia/Korea) plus per-line test IPs and recommended speed-test tools
We've put together a quick summary of the lines and configurations customers frequently ask about, including upgrading/downgrading configs. For reference only!
Comparison
| Region / Model | Latency | Default protection | CN2 | CN2 GIA | Add bandwidth | Add protection | Add IP | Hardware customization | Private network | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | HK1-VPS | 50ms | 5G | ❌ | ❌ | ✓ | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | ✓ | | HK1 dedicated server - BGP | 48ms | 5G | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | RAM/disk | ✓ | | HK2 dedicated server - three-network dual-path direct | 46ms | 5G | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | RAM/disk | ✓ | | LA dedicated server | 180ms | 10G | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | RAM/disk | ✓ | | NCP dedicated server | 190ms | 20G | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | RAM/disk | ✓ |
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Summary
HK2 — three-network (China Mobile / China Telecom / China Unicom) direct-connect, optimized; no detours and no cross-carrier hops, a CN2 line! When the end user is on China Mobile / Telecom / Unicom, traffic takes that same carrier's dedicated line directly to the matching Hong Kong line (HK Mobile / HK Telecom / HK Unicom). Taking Xi'an in the west of China as an example:
Xi'an China Telecom --> Hong Kong China Telecom CN2 / CN2 GIA Xi'an China Mobile --> Hong Kong China Mobile CMI Xi'an China Unicom --> Hong Kong China Unicom CU VIP
HK1 — very low latency to mainland China with solid three-network speed; over 70% of well-known SEO sites, video and gaming sites in the industry use this data center.
Xi'an China Mobile --> Hong Kong China Mobile CMI Xi'an China Unicom --> Hong Kong China Telecom 163 Xi'an China Telecom --> Hong Kong China Telecom 163
LA — supports the highest add-on protection; best CN2 / CN2 GIA lines! NCP — best value, highest default protection; suitable for users who don't have very high requirements for the mainland-China network.
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Hong Kong HK2 line test IPs
| HK2 line | China -> Hong Kong | Hong Kong -> China | Quality to China | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Three-network dual-path direct optimized CIA | China Telecom CN2 + China Unicom + China Mobile | China Telecom CN2 + China Unicom + China Mobile | Best | | Premium line CDIA | Japan China Telecom + China Unicom + China Mobile | China Mobile + China Telecom CN2 | Average | | Standard line GIA | PCCW + NTT + other international T1 ISPs | PCCW + NTT + other international T1 ISPs | Poor; international users don't route through China, so no impact — great value |
HK2 dual-path three-network direct optimized test IPs: 216.224.123.182 / 202.95.8.2 / 134.122.169.2 / 27.124.41.2, or change the last octet (the "2") to any usable IP between 2 and 256 to test; Mainland China to Hong Kong: China Telecom CN2 GIA + China Unicom + China Mobile — users take their own carrier's line to that carrier's Hong Kong dedicated line; Hong Kong to mainland China: China Telecom CN2 GIA + China Unicom + China Mobile — the server returns via the same Hong Kong line of the carrier the mainland user is on.
Hong Kong premium line 134.122.204.130 Website test http://27.50.62.232 Download test http://27.50.62.232/speedtest.iso
Standard line 137.220.254.2 Website test http://118.107.44.135 Download test http://118.107.44.135/speedtest.iso
Hong Kong HK1 line test IPs — note the HK VPS uses the CMI line. You can change the fourth octet to any usable IP between 1 and 256 to test. HK CMI test IP: 103.135.33.68 HK CMI download: http://103.15.33.68/test.zip HK CT CN2 test IP: 23.224.146.66 HK CN2 GIA (three-network CN2) test IP: 23.224.146.67 HK China direct test IP: 192.161.87.129
US-LA line test IPs High-defense test IP: 23.225.229.239 Download test: http://23.225.229.239/test.zip Telecom CT CN2 test IP: 23.225.6.82 LA direct 163 test IP: 23.225.229.222
US-NCP line test IPs NCP direct test IP: 23.224.140.221 NCP CN2 GIA three-network CN2 test IP: 23.224.140.205 NCP CN2 test IP: 23.224.140.203 NCP Unicom CU VIP test IP: 23.225.229.242
Japan dedicated server test IPs
| Japan line | China -> Japan | Japan -> China | Quality to China | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CN2 | China Telecom 4134 + China Mobile | China Telecom CN2 + China Mobile | Fastest | | Best line CIA | China Telecom 4134 + China Unicom + China Mobile | China Telecom CN2 + 4134 + China Unicom + China Mobile | Good | | Standard line GIA | PCCW + NTT + other international T1 ISPs | PCCW + NTT + other international T1 ISPs | Poor; international users don't route through China, so no impact — great value | | SoftBank | SoftBank + NTT | SoftBank + NTT | Poor; international users don't route through China, so no impact — great value |
Fastest, recommended! Japan CN2 line test IP: 137.220.220.2 China to Japan: China Telecom 4134 + China Mobile Japan to China: China Telecom CN2 + China Mobile
CN2 Website test http://137.220.220.2/ Download test http://137.220.220.2/speedtest.iso
CN2 - international anti-DDoS Website test http://202.162.96.74/ Download test http://202.162.96.74/speedtest.iso
Good speed, Japan three-network optimized line test IP: 27.124.19.129 China to Japan: China Telecom 4134 + China Unicom + China Mobile Japan to China: China Telecom CN2 + 4134 + China Unicom + China Mobile
Three-network optimized line test http://137.220.185.70/ Download test http://137.220.185.70/speedtest.iso
Three-network optimized line - international anti-DDoS Website test http://202.162.96.70/ Download test http://202.162.96.70/speedtest.iso
Taiwan dedicated server test IP
27.124.13.1
Vietnam dedicated server test IP
27.124.19.129
Cambodia dedicated server test IP
27.124.35.65
South Korea dedicated server test IP
27.124.8.129
DDoS protection
| | China >> Japan | Mitigation capacity | Quality to China | Service point | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | CN2-DDoS | China >> scrubbed in Hong Kong | 40G | Good | Hong Kong | | GIA-DDoS | China >> scrubbed in the US | 100G+ | Average | Hong Kong / Japan |
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Recommended speed-test tools:
Route tracing, to observe the route path of a line: https://tools.ipip.net/traceroute.php
Page load speed-test tools — use the HTTP test, which simulates a user's local load speed: https://www.boce.com/ping ping test in China https://zijian.aliyun.com/detect/ping Alibaba Cloud ping test in China https://aicesu.com/ping https://ping.pe/ global ping test
Latency test tools (do not reflect actual load speed): https://www.boce.com/http https://zijian.aliyun.com/detect/http https://aicesu.com/http
Overseas tests: https://check-host.net/ https://ping.pe/