MikeD
Full time employment: Posting here.
I want a home VPN because I think it would be fun and cool to use. I have no real reason. Are there some advantages or disadvantages that I should know about? How much should I expect to pay for one that works well and doesn't interfere with my wife's using of the Internet? If my cool toy annoys her I don't think that would be so much fun any more.
I want it so that when I am somewhere else on my computer/laptop/phone/tablet I can see the other stuff on my WiFi network at home. Is that how VPNs work? From the ads for the VPN services brought up by a Google search, people seem to use them for purposes other than being cool in their own mind, such as security.
Are they hard to set up? I have difficulty learning new things and may have some trouble if implementing a VPN means modifying my router's settings with generic instructions. By generic instructions I mean I am not good at following directions like "Mark a port on your router as available for connection." I just have no idea where to start on stuff like that. If the directions are more like "Go to the list of ports and check the box for port 8080 on the router" I probably can do it OK.
Thank you for all advice,
Mike D.
I want it so that when I am somewhere else on my computer/laptop/phone/tablet I can see the other stuff on my WiFi network at home. Is that how VPNs work? From the ads for the VPN services brought up by a Google search, people seem to use them for purposes other than being cool in their own mind, such as security.
Are they hard to set up? I have difficulty learning new things and may have some trouble if implementing a VPN means modifying my router's settings with generic instructions. By generic instructions I mean I am not good at following directions like "Mark a port on your router as available for connection." I just have no idea where to start on stuff like that. If the directions are more like "Go to the list of ports and check the box for port 8080 on the router" I probably can do it OK.
Thank you for all advice,
Mike D.