[PLUG-TALK] VPN anyone?

[Tomas Kuchta]

I will stay away from recommending VPN - though PIA or Mulvad are
considered one of the best in terms of privacy - that is what you are
looking for correct?

Other (primary) purpose of VPNs is to connect/extend private networks over
the internet. Think of it like going to cafe/conference/Hawaii and
connecting to your network at home, like being at home. So, that you could
access your files on NAS, browse interwebs from there, etc.

As about what you do and what to expect - there is currently no way you
could get whole network (understand VPN on your router) running at 1Gb/s. I
guess, that you should realistically expect 50-100Mb/s in ideal situation.

To use your 1Gb/s ISP link you will most likely need to separate VPN and
not VPN traffic either by setting up VPN on client PCs or by network
separation using Vlans or by connecting through VPN proxy when/where you
need it.

I hope this gives you some ideas what/why/how you could do to improve your
privacy where it matters to you without losing the benefits of 1Gb/s
internet connection.

Tomas

On Fri, Feb 14, 2020, 13:20 John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> wrote:

> I have never used a VPN, but I finally decided to try one. I started
> with Private Internet Access, but the speed was awful - my connection
> was reduced to a quarter of what it normally is, in spite of going
> around and around with their tech people. Furthermore, I could install
> their little app on my computers, but not on the D-Link DIR-860L that
> Russell (thanks!) configured for my gigabit CenturyLink connection.
> When I log into the router I see that it thinks my IP address is the CL
> 97.x.x.x address, not the 154.x.x.x address of the VPN. Still, web
> sites gave the 154.x.x.x address, so maybe messing with the router is
> unnecessary.
>
> I canceled the PIA service and then tried ExpressVPN, mostly because
> reviews rated them as being about the fastest. Plus, they advertised
> that I could install the VPN on my router - maybe, depending on the
> model. Their speed was maybe a third of what I normally get; still not
> acceptable. And I spent an hour in chat with their tech people trying
> to get the VPN installed on the router. Finally, I gave up and canceled
> the service.
>
> So does anyone use a VPN that you can recommend? And what might be
> necessary to install the service on the router? (The ExpressVPN
> tech said he needed to know if I was on PPOE.) And if it is installed on
> the router, do I then need to install it on the computers as well?
>
> I recall a meeting where the speaker discussed internet privacy, and
> his views were that the NSA can find you regardless of what you do. I'm
> not concerned about the NSA, just big companies, including CenturyLink.
> So are VPNs a waste of time?
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