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kamangeer

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What does the built in vpn do? Is it free vpn service built-in or is there a subscription involved?

Last edited by kamangeer September 6, 2021 at 08:57 PM.

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willygee

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Quote from kamangeer

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What dies the built in vpn do? Is it free vpn service built-in or is there a subscription involved?

Would like to know as well

Crazybud

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Generally speaking, in-built VPN is the capability of the router to support a VPN service. Such configuration would make traffic from all your devices to route through the VPN instead of setting up VPN on individual devices.

You would still need to separately subscribe to a VPN service and configure the router with your VPN service's credentials and configuration.

I'm sure most of the users here may already be aware of these facts but just leaving it here if someone may find it helpful.

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User-1

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Quote from willygee

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Would like to know as well

How did the "o" change to the "i"?

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bnit2winit

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bnit2winit

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Quote from Crazybud

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Generally speaking, in-built VPN is the capability of the router to support a VPN service. Such configuration would make traffic from all your devices to route through the VPN instead of setting up VPN on individual devices.

You would still need to separately subscribe to a VPN service and configure the router with your VPN service's credentials and configuration.

I'm sure most of the users here may already be aware of these facts but just leaving it here if someone may find it helpful.

Thank you - Repped

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mm-chi

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mm-chi

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Anyone have experience with the bandwidth/traffic monitoring functionality?

Trying to have a way to check data transfer by device (not by port or interface) and this looks like it can do it based on the online manuals I've read.

Any real-world experience?

814h4853n7

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814h4853n7

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Quote from Crazybud

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Generally speaking, in-built VPN is the capability of the router to support a VPN service. Such configuration would make traffic from all your devices to route through the VPN instead of setting up VPN on individual devices.

You would still need to separately subscribe to a VPN service and configure the router with your VPN service's credentials and configuration.

I'm sure most of the users here may already be aware of these facts but just leaving it here if someone may find it helpful.

Thanks. If I have a lower end model, would it support VPN by openwrt, or does this have to be supported with special hardware?

adi778899

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Quote from Crazybud

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Generally speaking, in-built VPN is the capability of the router to support a VPN service. Such configuration would make traffic from all your devices to route through the VPN instead of setting up VPN on individual devices.

You would still need to separately subscribe to a VPN service and configure the router with your VPN service's credentials and configuration.

I'm sure most of the users here may already be aware of these facts but just leaving it here if someone may find it helpful.

That's actually not true. The built in VPN server allows you to connect to your home network or to the internet while you're out of your house from any device that can run OpenVPN through a secure VPN tunnel without paying any monthly fees or subscribe to a 3rd party VPN service. I use it all the time when traveling: connect to an unsecure network such as airport or hotel wifi? open the OpenVPN app (free), import the config file that you can export from your router (you only do it one time), click connect, introduce your password and you're connected to your home network and the internet through a secure VPN. You can then browse the internet or access your home network securely. It only takes a couple of minutes to set it up and 10 seconds to connect. And it doesn't cost you a penny. Now, that's a deal!

Last edited by adi778899 September 6, 2021 at 09:35 PM.

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TomB4719

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firmware hasn't been updated since 2019. There are issues with this router such as random reboots.
Published Date: 2019-11-22
Language: Multi-language

Last edited by TomB4719 September 6, 2021 at 09:50 PM.

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PawPawDog

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PawPawDog

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TP-Link has very poor record of providing firmware updates. I don't buy their products any more.

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adi778899

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adi778899

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Most manufacturers have 1-3 models that sell very well, and they update the firmware for those models a lot more often than models that don't sell well. It's true for Asus, Netgear, D-Link and TP-Link. Trick is to figure out the popular models and then get one of those.

xia_ling

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Quote from adi778899

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That's actually not true. The built in VPN server allows you to connect to your home network or to the internet while you're out of your house from any device that can run OpenVPN through a secure VPN tunnel without paying any monthly fees or subscribe to a 3rd party VPN service. I use it all the time when traveling: connect to an unsecure network such as airport or hotel wifi? open the OpenVPN app (free), import the config file that you can export from your router (you only do it one time), click connect, introduce your password and you're connected to your home network and the internet through a secure VPN. You can then browse the internet or access your home network securely. It only takes a couple of minutes to set it up and 10 seconds to connect. And it doesn't cost you a penny. Now, that's a deal!

I am curious in your setup...assuming your home is located in the east coast and when you travel to the west coast...you checks into the hotel, connect to the hotel wifi, establish the VPN connection to your home router that's thousands of miles away...what's the speed you get? Then, imagine you travel to Europe or Asia, what's the speed you will get in the best case scenario?
Subscribing to a 3rd party VPN service provider with servers in multiple cities across different continents makes more sense, no?

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adi778899

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Quote from xia_ling

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I am curious in your setup...assuming your home is located in the east coast and when you travel to the west coast...you checks into the hotel, connect to the hotel wifi, establish the VPN connection to your home router that's thousands of miles away...what's the speed you get? Then, imagine you travel to Europe or Asia, what's the speed you will get in the best case scenario?
Subscribing to a 3rd party VPN service provider with servers in multiple cities across different continents makes more sense, no?

Speed I get is just fine, latency is under 200 ms coast to coast, about 250 ms in Europe. Sure, it's not good enough if you're an avid gamer but no VPN is good for gaming period. It works just fine for 99% of the population and you don't risk a man-in-the-middle attack as you do with VPN providers that get hacked and don't even know it for months, like it has happened with a couple of providers.

kgorilla

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kgorilla

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Quote from Crazybud

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Generally speaking, in-built VPN is the capability of the router to support a VPN service. Such configuration would make traffic from all your devices to route through the VPN instead of setting up VPN on individual devices.

You would still need to separately subscribe to a VPN service and configure the router with your VPN service's credentials and configuration.

I'm sure most of the users here may already be aware of these facts but just leaving it here if someone may find it helpful.

Totally wrong, best to consult vendor documentation or do your own research.

jugernot

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jugernot

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Beware, after you hit 40-50 devices spread throughout the bands... The data connections starts dropping for some of them. You'll have full bars wifi with zero data transfer capability. It's a known issues with this model, but hasn't been fixed because the firmware is two years old.

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