VPN Guides: Setup, Privacy & Speed

What Is a VPN and Do You Actually Need One?

What a VPN does, what it doesn't do, and whether you actually need one at home — without the marketing hype.

How to Use a VPN: Step-by-Step Setup Guide

How to set up and use a VPN in 5 minutes — app installation, server selection, protocol settings, kill switch, and split tunneling.

How to Set Up a VPN on Your Router

Install a VPN on your router so every device on your network is automatically protected — without apps on each device.

Does a VPN Slow Your Internet Speed?

How much a VPN slows your internet depends on protocol and server proximity. WireGuard retains 85–95% of base speed.

Does a VPN Affect Speed Tests?

Running a speed test through a VPN gives you different results than testing without one — and both numbers are meaningful.

VPN vs DNS over HTTPS: Which Is Better for Privacy?

Compare VPN and DNS over HTTPS for home network privacy — what each protects and which to use for different threat models.

How to Check for a DNS Leak

What a DNS leak is, how to test for one, and how to fix it — covers VPN DNS leaks, WebRTC leaks, and router misconfigurations.

WireGuard vs OpenVPN

Speed, security, compatibility, firewall traversal, and which VPN protocol to use.

IKEv2 vs L2TP vs OpenVPN

Older VPN protocols explained for phones, routers, legacy devices, and restrictive networks.

Site-to-Site VPN Explained

Connect two networks safely with routing, firewall rules, DNS, and non-overlapping subnets.

Split Tunnel VPN Explained

Choose which apps and destinations use the VPN and which stay on your normal connection.

Multi-Hop VPN Explained

Double VPN routing, privacy benefits, and the speed and latency cost.

Obfuscated VPN Servers

How stealth VPN modes work when normal VPN traffic is blocked.

VPN over Tor vs Tor over VPN

The order matters: privacy tradeoffs, speed, and what most people should actually use.

Mesh VPNs: Tailscale and ZeroTier

Private device-to-device networks without port forwarding or a central VPN bottleneck.

VPN Protocols Compared

WireGuard, OpenVPN, IKEv2, L2TP, SSTP, proprietary modes, and how to choose.

VPN Keeps Disconnecting: How to Fix Random VPN Drops

Fix a VPN that keeps disconnecting randomly — covers kill switch, Wi-Fi power management, base internet stability, protocol switching, and keepalive settings.

VPN Slow Speed: How to Fix and Speed Up Your VPN

VPN speed loss of 10-20% is normal. Loss of 50%+ indicates a server, protocol, or routing problem that is almost always fixable by switching servers or…