PIA is good but expensive. Pure is cheap but has some worrying issues, Tiger is cheap and reviews well. The two latter options have cheap deals for lifetime on Stack Social regularly - I got the Tiger sub for bugger all a few years ago and it's been rock solid and they gave me a 2nd connection free (it involved writing a review and a bit of social media pimpage that was deleted after a few mins).
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It shows as Vodafone Kabel Deutschland Gmbh wether I'm connected or not.
So that probably means your VPN isn't actually connecting. Does the IP address reported change?
Are you using PIA with OpenVPN and on Windows 10?
You may need to add the following command to the relevant *.opvn config file to stop DNS leak. (UK config file if thats where you're trying to connect to.)
Code:
--block-outside-dnsI had to add this to stop it using my real ISP DNS which would show me as in the UK no matter what VPN location i chose.
Soldato
My ip stays the same.
I wasn't using PIA at the same time, also had to cancel that as it didn't work either. I'm now just using ipvanish.
I'm using openvpn on my iPad, I don't think I can edit the .opvn file with my iPad.
I wasn't using PIA at the same time, also had to cancel that as it didn't work either. I'm now just using ipvanish.
I'm using openvpn on my iPad, I don't think I can edit the .opvn file with my iPad.
Soldato
Has anyone tried 24VC?
Heard a few people say great things about them. Unfortunately they aren't cheap.
Heard a few people say great things about them. Unfortunately they aren't cheap.
Soldato
I'm trying to choose a VPN but am in an odd position.
I have a router stuck in a rack in a server room and I'm thinking of putting a VPN server onto it for my and my family devices, then looking at sticking a VPN client onto it as well. I'm really unsure of who to go with. Ideally I want a lifetime sub as a pay and forget option. Looked at Tiger this afternoon and VPN Unlimited.
Anyone got some solid recommendations? Would prefer a free trial first to ensure the router can connect first if possible.
I have a router stuck in a rack in a server room and I'm thinking of putting a VPN server onto it for my and my family devices, then looking at sticking a VPN client onto it as well. I'm really unsure of who to go with. Ideally I want a lifetime sub as a pay and forget option. Looked at Tiger this afternoon and VPN Unlimited.
Anyone got some solid recommendations? Would prefer a free trial first to ensure the router can connect first if possible.
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Are you planning on using OpenVPN? Most major providers support this. Personally i wouldn't bother with a lifetime sub unless its reasonably priced. You don't know where the company might be down the line.
FWIW I am with Private Internet Access and can't fault them (I have this setup as a client on pfSense).
Soldato
I can use anything really, preference would be OpenVPN or L2TP/IPSEC. Interesting comment on lifetime sub, only reason is because I didn't really want the ongoing draw and by the time you've paid $4 per month you may as well have paid $40 for lifetime.
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Valid points. I paid $39 iirc for a year sub. I don't think they offer a trial period unfortunately.
$40 for a lifetime sub is very cheap if thats an accurate figure.
While a valid point and worth considering (you could also be stung on a yearly sub or a monthly sub if the company folds), I have two lifetime subs from two different providers and neither has stung me (yet). I use PureVPN (not the best, but OK) and TigerVPN, for other reasons a 3rd party also gives me NORD VPN accounts if I want them free of charge. Out of all of them, Tiger is probably the most reliable for me, initially I think I signed up for something daft like $19 for life with one device, from various promotions I now have 3 devices and haven't paid a penny extra. If they all folded tomorrow I couldn't complain, i've had more than fair usage out of them. I also had PIA for two years, the only discernible difference is this hasn't got an ongoing cost. If I was doing things that really, really needed the absolute last word in privacy i'd probably do it differently, for downloads/streaming/general privacy this is OK.
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Just grabbed a TigerVPN sub. Never used stack social before so got an extra 10% off. Quite happy with it so far.
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Thanks for mentioning TigerVPN. I haven't heard of them before. Will take a look.
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I've just had great success with my setup. My router is set as the client and I also have a VPN server on the same router. From my iPad on wireless, VPN'ing to my remote router and then passing through to the TigerVPN to a server in Zurich I got 30Mb throughput which I find amazing! Even better is my home connection is only 20Mb so I'm marginally tempted to tunnel the entire lot through it.
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How can using a VPN increase your throughput?
If the traffic is going via your 20Mbps home connection then that's going to be the limit. If you're seeing more then it's either not doing what you think it is or the measurement is incorrect.
If the traffic is going via your 20Mbps home connection then that's going to be the limit. If you're seeing more then it's either not doing what you think it is or the measurement is incorrect.
If you go lifetime have a look at the StackSocial page or similar.
Soldato
I can see why you've assumed I was implying that. I was testing on the work connection which is significantly better throughput.
For general privacy and security Tiger has been spot on for me for several years. I used PIA and paid more per year than Tiger wanted for life.