teleman6868
Pro Member
Hi all,
I was wondering if people could share their experience of using VPNs with 4G; particularly relevant for those of us on Three who can use a VPN to overcome stalling, but also good for privacy.
My understanding is that there are three broad ways of using a VPN:
1. Install VPN apps on your devices. Such apps can't be installed on everything though (eg TVs).
2. Configure your modem/router combo to use a VPN, which is heavily dependent on the VPN protocols supported by your router. But all devices are then covered.
3. Bridge your 4G modem to a more-capable router that supports the full range of VPN protocols, or allows installation of custom firmware that offers this support. Again, all devices are covered, and typically you can select devices which bypass the VPN if you choose.
I'm currently running Cloudflare Warp apps on my phones and laptops which has stopped any stalling with minimal performance hit to my Three service (ie Option 1).
My Huawei router only supports PPTP/L2TP VPN clients which are offered by a few providers but considered insecure these days (Option 2).
I could bridge my Huawei to a suitable 'VPN router' (Option 3) from the likes of Asus or TP-Link.
Does anyone have experience of running VPNs with 4G? I'm particularly interested in Option 3 as routers with powerful processors to handle the VPN are quite cheap these days. And I think this is the most elegant solution, with VPN services also being incredibly cheap from the likes of NordVPN or ExpressVPN.
Thanks in advance.
I was wondering if people could share their experience of using VPNs with 4G; particularly relevant for those of us on Three who can use a VPN to overcome stalling, but also good for privacy.
My understanding is that there are three broad ways of using a VPN:
1. Install VPN apps on your devices. Such apps can't be installed on everything though (eg TVs).
2. Configure your modem/router combo to use a VPN, which is heavily dependent on the VPN protocols supported by your router. But all devices are then covered.
3. Bridge your 4G modem to a more-capable router that supports the full range of VPN protocols, or allows installation of custom firmware that offers this support. Again, all devices are covered, and typically you can select devices which bypass the VPN if you choose.
I'm currently running Cloudflare Warp apps on my phones and laptops which has stopped any stalling with minimal performance hit to my Three service (ie Option 1).
My Huawei router only supports PPTP/L2TP VPN clients which are offered by a few providers but considered insecure these days (Option 2).
I could bridge my Huawei to a suitable 'VPN router' (Option 3) from the likes of Asus or TP-Link.
Does anyone have experience of running VPNs with 4G? I'm particularly interested in Option 3 as routers with powerful processors to handle the VPN are quite cheap these days. And I think this is the most elegant solution, with VPN services also being incredibly cheap from the likes of NordVPN or ExpressVPN.
Thanks in advance.