Help With A VPN
Oct 20, 2017 | 10:24 pm
#46
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Oct 20, 2017 | 10:41 pm
#47
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I follow several technology channels on YouTube and they all seem to heavily recommend using a VPN. I installed NordVPN as it was one of the recommended programs. But my internet connections seems to run a lot slower. Microsoft Outlook also seems to be having issues with it. It wants me to enter my password every time I open it now. Is there any way to resolve these issues or it is just the nature of a VPN?
Oct 20, 2017 | 11:35 pm
#48
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I have a subscription to VPN Unlimited and find (while on an overseas trip), that I cannot log into some common websites (hilton.con | spg.com etc) and get error messages such as this one:
Access Denied
You don't have permission to access "http://www3.hilton.com/en/index.html" on this server.
Reference #18.c863c617.1508563541.ce226c
Is this a common problem when connecting through a VPN?
Access Denied
You don't have permission to access "http://www3.hilton.com/en/index.html" on this server.
Reference #18.c863c617.1508563541.ce226c
Is this a common problem when connecting through a VPN?
Oct 21, 2017 | 2:42 pm
#50
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I have a subscription to VPN Unlimited and find (while on an overseas trip), that I cannot log into some common websites (hilton.con | spg.com etc) and get error messages such as this one:
Access Denied
You don't have permission to access "http://www3.hilton.com/en/index.html" on this server.
Reference #18.c863c617.1508563541.ce226c
Is this a common problem when connecting through a VPN?
Access Denied
You don't have permission to access "http://www3.hilton.com/en/index.html" on this server.
Reference #18.c863c617.1508563541.ce226c
Is this a common problem when connecting through a VPN?
Oct 21, 2017 | 4:14 pm
#51
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Most of the time if you swap to a different server after clearing out your DNS cache and cookies you should be good.
Oct 23, 2017 | 6:59 am
#52
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With no VPN I can pull around 800-900Mbps. The majority of my streaming traffic (Netflix, Sling, etc.) goes that way (no VPN), but one part of my network is all via VPN.
Oct 23, 2017 | 7:13 am
#53
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VLANs? Sure, if you want to pay Cisco, Juniper, whoever a bunch of money for HW, then a bunch of more money to enable VLAN configuration in the software. And you still have to bridge them to get to the WAN. Someone could be on the other side and still sniff outgoing and incoming packets.
We are talking about things like hotel networks. Why would you use VPN if you were already on your network?
We are talking about things like hotel networks. Why would you use VPN if you were already on your network?
As for your second question, some people use VPNs at home to bypass location restrictions (e.g., Netflix or the BBC iPlayer). Others want to evade ISP censorship (e.g., Great Firewall). And others think, mistakenly or not, that using a VPN will give them more privacy.
With VPNs, I would imagine that there's a bigger performance penalty for having to communicate with the VPN server, rather than just communicating directly with the data server. The VPN server has to store and forward (and modify) all packets between you and the endpoint. However, by using your own VPN server on your own high speed LAN, that would reduce some, but not all of that extra overhead vs using a 3rd party VPN server.
48Mbps on a gigabit link seems awfully slow, doesn't it? Have you compared the bandwidth without using your VPN server?
-David
48Mbps on a gigabit link seems awfully slow, doesn't it? Have you compared the bandwidth without using your VPN server?
-David
Oct 23, 2017 | 7:15 am
#54
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This statement is true if you are only using wired connections. Since this is a travel board, I'm going to hazard to say that most people here use Wifi while they're traveling.
I would never use an unsecured wifi network connection without a VPN. And pretty much all the free ones are unsecured. Even with a Psk, you can still see others traffic who are on the same network.
I would never use an unsecured wifi network connection without a VPN. And pretty much all the free ones are unsecured. Even with a Psk, you can still see others traffic who are on the same network.
Oct 23, 2017 | 8:00 am
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Oct 23, 2017 | 9:53 am
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Oct 23, 2017 | 11:12 am
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Oct 23, 2017 | 11:18 am
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Yes, background processes will start to connect to things before you establish the VPN connection. If that sort of thing is a problem, you can use a security-centric operating system, like Tails, that funnels everything through Tor by default.
Oct 23, 2017 | 11:18 am
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Oct 23, 2017 | 12:47 pm
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You're talking about using some paid VPN service? You're not okay with your ISP "tracking" you, but you're okay with an unknown third party doing it?