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NORD VPN - is there a reasonable priced router that works with it and Orbi?
Hi i have a very small consultancy in the U.K. and Italy and swop between locations - I chose Nord VPN as I am not tecky and the reviews were good, similarly I chose the Orbi RBR50 and mesh extender...
Many thanks for the reply. My part time work just expects me to jump on and off the VPN while working, but I find that a pain due to the impact on Sonos and Google Home - so an Asus router (anything around 100GBP is fine) with the Orbi as an access point (if I have that right), seems a sensible way to go.
many thanks
Clive
I can't help but think that I am "missing" something in this problem.
- There are two locations: UK and Italy. As a consultant, you (a) travel to both locations and from there need to access a resource that is somewhere else?, or (b) are in a third location and need to alternately access networks in UK and Italy and both of those networks require that you VPN into them?
- I struggle to see how Sonos or Google Home would be affected by a computer doing a VPN to UK and/or Italy.
Sorry to be so dense
CrimpOn wrote:- I struggle to see how Sonos or Google Home would be affected by a computer doing a VPN to UK and/or Italy.
That's easy to explain: Depending on the VPN policy, the access to LAN resources can be restricted. This hits VPN users using networked printers for example, too: They can't print.
CrimpOn wrote:Sorry to be so dense
Me too.
schumaku wrote:
That's easy to explain: Depending on the VPN policy, the access to LAN resources can be restricted. This hits VPN users using networked printers for example, too: They can't print.Thanks. I was thinking, "OK. One computer in the home is running a VPN client to access the internet. What does that have to do with how Google Home works? Or with how Sonos speakers work? Is this one computer somehow involved in the rest of the home network?" All of my VPN activity is into the Orbi, not out of it. Guess I could sign up for a VPN service to gain experience. Are there any "really free" VPN's? (I don't mind buying a trinket here and there to test, but paying a monthly fee is just too much.)
