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I read from cnbeta a post which rounded up a few free VPN services. Some VPNs on the list are located in China, which basically renders these services useless to pass the Great Firewall of China.

Among the list of five VPN choices, I recommend to you a Sweden VPN service Relakks. After registering and supply some basic information, you can create a VPN link with the service address pptp.relakks.com, and surf the Internet very fast. Of course, you can choose from the list the ideal one for your needs. And if you know a better one, please share it in your comment.

For people who are behind the Great Firewall or other high-tech firewalls only: by default, its service is only free to test for a month. But if you know how to change your MAC address, you can register again with a changed address. How to change your MAC address? It is easy under Linux: just use ifconfig command. Under Windows, there is a handy tool called SMAC which can spoof the hardware address of your NIC, including that of the wireless card.

Here is the instruction from Relakks about how to create a VPN connection under Windows:

1. Click Start menu, Settings, Control Panel.
2. Choose Network and Internet Connections.
3. Click on “Create a connection to the network at your workplace”.
4. Select Virtual Private Network connection (VPN). Click Next.
5. Enter company name “Relakks”. Click Next.
6. Enter “pptp.relakks.com” as “Host name or IP address”. Click Next.
7. Select “My use only” if you want this connection to apply only to your user on the computer. Select “Anyone’s use” if you want this connection to apply to all users. Click Next.
8. Check “Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop” if you want easy access to your Relakks-service.
9. Click Finish.
10. You should now disable “File and Printer Sharing” as it can pose as a security issue.
11. Right click on the newly created Relakks connection and choose “Properties”
12. Click on the “Network” tab and uncheck the “File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks”.
13. Click OK.
14. Double click the connection you just created and start surfing!