Is it possible to block a connection to ExpressVPN?

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Hey all,
I subscribed to ExpressVPN about a year and a half ago and have had absolutley no issues up to this point. Starting a couple months ago, my school district blocked connection to all of the snapchat servers on the district Wi-Fi Networks. This was no issue to me, because I had ExpressVPN and I could always get around it. Until about a week ago, when I could no longer connect to ExpressVPN while at school. I had no issues at home, at the coffee shop, at my friends house, airport, anywhere. The only place that i can consistently never connect to it is at school. So then I started to do some research, and found out that on both my phone and my personal laptop, i cannot access any of the ExpressVPN websites, and am greeted with the error: “Safari cannot open the page because it could not establish a secure connection to the server”. This brings me to my initial question- is it possible to block connection to a VPN? If so, are there any workarounds? Or am i just going to have to upgrade my monthly data plan…

Any/all help is always appreciated!

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Try using the TCP Protocol and Port 443.

A lot of businesses/schools tend to block the common ports that VPN’s function on. Port 443 is generally used for HTTPS so in most cases this will restore functionality.

Also try different server locations. Good luck :slight_smile:

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Since you are using a VPN you have probably noticed some websites will not load when you are connected to your VPN. Take Amazon Prime video as an example, they block VPN IP’s and your school district is likely doing the same. So yes, VPN connections can be blocked by blocking an IP or even a range of VPN IP’s.

You can try connecting to ExpressVPN through a different server location. This may or may not work as they could also be blocking connections to the port that the ExpressVPN app is connecting through. If this is the case, no matter what location you try to connect with, it will be blocked.

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Use dns over https to bypass blocking

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You sir, are a lifesaver! Just switching to TCP worked fine for me. Thanks so much!