Dear Users,
 
Recently, we received a notice from Earthlink, an operator in Baghdad, Iraq, that in the next one month, the Iraqi government will forcibly shut down all international network services from&nbsp;11:00-13:00 (UTC+8).
 
The reason is a mandatory regulation issued by the Iraqi government to prevent the leakage of student test answers.
 
During this period, all international networks at the Baghdad data center in Iraq will experience an outage. Affected dates: May 20, 2025 May 22, 2025 May 24, 2025 May 26, 2025 May 28, 2025 May 31, 2025 June 2, 2025 June 4, 2025 
 
 
Team LightNode

Notice

The Iraq government regularly enforces network interruption notices (May 20th to June 4th, 2025)

Dear user, We have been notified by the operator, That in order to optimize the network structure and provide better network services, The link of the Moscow&nbsp;node will undergo network cutover.&nbsp; Moscow network cutover time:&nbsp; HKT: 2025.5.20. 04:00-08:00 (UTC+8) Actual end time may be earlier or later. This cutover will cause increased network latency, packet loss, interruption, or restart of some VPS networks in Moscow. The expected interruption time is about 2 hours. During this period, you may not be able to access the Moscow network or operate the VPS of the Moscow node through the console. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused, thank you for your support and understanding, if you have any questions, please contact us in time.
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Team LightNode

Notice on the Moscow Node Network Cutover on May 20, 2025

Dear user, We have been notified by the operator, That in order to optimize the network structure and provide better network services, The link of the Sao Paulo&nbsp;node will undergo network cutover.&nbsp; Sao Paulo network cutover time:&nbsp; BRT: 2025.5.22. 00:00-06:00 (UTC-3) HKT: 2025.5.22. 11:00-17:00 (UTC+8) Actual end time may be earlier or later. This cutover will cause increased network latency, packet loss, interruption, or restart of some VPS networks in Sao Paulo.&nbsp;The expected interruption time is about 20 minutes. During this period, you may not be able to access the Sao Paulo network or operate the VPS of the Sao Paulo node through the console. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused, thank you for your support and understanding, if you have any questions, please contact us in time.
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Team LightNode

Notice on the Sao Paulo Node Network Cutover on May 22, 2025

Dear user, We have been notified by the operator, That in order to optimize the network structure and provide better network services, The link of the Jakarta&nbsp;node will undergo network cutover.&nbsp; Jakarta network cutover time:&nbsp; 2025.4.10. 1:00-6:00 (UTC+8). Actual end time may be earlier or later. This cutover will cause increased network latency, packet loss, interruption, or restart of some VPS networks in Jakarta. The expected interruption time is about 1-2 hours. During this period, you may not be able to access the Jakarta network or operate the VPS of the Jakarta node through the console. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused, thank you for your support and understanding, if you have any questions, please contact us in time. 
Team LightNode

Notice on the Jakarta Node Network Cutover on April 10, 2025

Dear user, We have been notified by the operator, That in order to optimize the network structure and provide better network services, The link of the Johannesburg&nbsp;node will undergo network cutover.&nbsp; Johannesburg network cutover time:&nbsp; 2025.3.6. 16:30-21:30 (UTC+8). Actual end time may be earlier or later. This cutover will cause some VPS networks in Johannesburg to be interrupted or restarted. The expected interruption time is about 1-3 hour. During this period, you may not have access to the network in Johannesburg, nor can you operate the VPS of the Johannesburg node through the console. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused, thank you for your support and understanding, if you have any questions, please contact us in time. 
Team LightNode

Notice of Johannesburg Node Network Switching on March 6, 2025

1st Anniversary! It has been one year since the launch of the LightNode platform on May 20 last year. For such an important anniversary, we will make the following changes. Major Update · LightNode official website interface upgrade· Node speed test page optimization· User console - billing page, which can display the daily consumption of the previous hour and the remaining time of the estimated balance· Some other bug fixes and general optimizations Important Decision Due to the abuse of the platform&#x27;s mail service recently, many IPs have been banned. This move directly affects the user experience when purchasing a new machine or changing IP, so we decided to:  Block port 25 by default. If you are running a normal business and getting a clear demand for using port 25, you can contact the pre-sales to activate it. Of course, you can also modify the mail service port in the system to achieve your business work. Question Supplement At the same time, many users recently reported that the IP attribution of some nodes is different from the query result. We are deeply sorry for this situation.Since everyone supports the LightNode platform strongly, we are constantly expanding new IPs for everyone.However, after the IPs are broadcast, the relevant information will only be updated on the official whois databases such as APNIC, ARIN, and RIPE NCC. Many third-party IP query websites may not update the information in these databases in time or the information is inaccurate. Soon, we will continue to contact main third-party sites to advance the correction of the misinformation.By the way, if you find that the IP information of any third-party site is wrong, you can also use the official database information as a certificate to send an email to remind them to make corrections.Friendly reminder, the data update frequency on IPIP.net, and the attribution information are more accurate and can be used as a reference. Attach the official data query addressAPNIC (Asia Pacific Internet Network Information Center) https://www.apnic.net/ARIN (North American Registry for Internet Numbers) https://www.arin.net/RIPE NCC (European Network Information Centre) https://www.ripe.net/ Thank you for your trust and support for us over the past year. We will uphold our original intention to provide you with richer nodes, constantly improve ourselves, and bring you better services. Sincerely,  Team LightNode

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