Orbi and Armor - VPN to let whole house avoid geolocation

Question

I am considering an Orbi WifI 6 system. I want to have a VPN at the router which will allow my Rokus to access geolocated streaming services. &nbsp;From what I am reading, if I subscribe to Armor, and then pay extra for Bitdefender VPN premium, that should get me a whole house VPN that can use non-local VPN servers. &nbsp;Is anyone else doing this and does it actually work? &nbsp;

Christian_R · Answer

Hello topher18,&nbsp;

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We suggest that you contact our Pre Sales team to better assist you with your inquiry. Please see our Support page: http://www.netgear.com/support/contact.aspx&nbsp;&nbsp;Select "Get answers about NETGEAR products before I buy" They will be able to assist you in answering your questions for your network &amp; security needs.&nbsp;

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Christian&nbsp;

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topher18 · Answer

Thanks Christian. &nbsp;I chatted with two different Netgear support folks in India yesterday at different times. &nbsp;Both told me that the VPN protects all devices on the network but couldn't actually say whether it runs on the router or not. &nbsp;I also checked with BitDefender support, which told me that the VPN does not run on the router and that it has to be loaded on each device. &nbsp;So I don't know who to believe. &nbsp;I was hoping that there would be some other Armor users here that would know if and how the router-level VPN protection worked.

Les1234 · Answer

I recently purchased this product. It has to be installed on each device. You can utilize your email to deliver the install package to each device.

topher18 · Answer

Thanks for the confirmation. &nbsp;I really want to have my smart TV devices use the VPN. &nbsp;I cannot find any Wi-Fi 6 mesh systems on the market supporting router-level VPN. &nbsp;Frustrating. &nbsp;I may have to use a wired router and run the Wi-Fi as just an AP.

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