[GUIDE E TUTORIAL] How to install and set up a VPN on your router

Many people now use a VPN For a variety of reasons: to save some money on travel or overnight accommodation, to view content that would otherwise be unavailable, but most importantly to protect your browsing. However, with some types of products, such as many smart TVs, configuring every device in your home can be inconvenient, if not impossible. Therefore, in these cases, the best approach is to set up the VPN directly within the router. We tried it on an Asus router, but virtually every router on the market can do this. Let’s see how to configure NorthVPNthe sponsor of this article, on the GT-AXE16000 router. You can find more information on how to set up a VPN in your router manual. The parameters are basically the same.

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• The standard plan costs €3.39/month.
• The plus plan costs 4.39 euros/month.
• The full plan costs €5.39/month.

Standard plan includes NorthVPN, Anti-malware and tools to block trackers and ads to protect privacy and safe browsing (even if you have minors). Block annoying ads, pop-ups, and banners, and prevent websites from tracking your online activity.

In addition to the features offered by the Standard plan, the Plus plan offers a multi-platform password manager (Beitong), very complete and reliable, and Data Breach Scannerwhich checks whether your password, email address or credit card information has been compromised (and how it happened) and provides targeted recommendations to reduce the risk of it happening again in the future.

The complete plan provides 1 TB of encryption space (Nordlock), which uses next-generation passwords and proven encryption algorithms to protect your files, personal data, and digital signatures on your device and in the cloud.

All plans also include Dark web monitoringwhich continuously scans forums and dark web sites for credentials related to the email addresses used by NordVPN, and alerts you if your profile is found on the dark web. , attracted those people. Dark web pages don’t show up in search engines like Google and Bing, which means most people don’t even know they exist.

Why you should install a VPN on your router? Installing it on a router will encrypt network traffic throughout your home (or office) and also protect traffic generated by devices that are not allowed to install a VPN.

What are the advantages

• Cover all devices on your network with one installation
• Although installation on a router is more difficult than on a mobile device, it only needs to be done once
• VPN management centralized in a single appliance
• If you are limited in the number of devices you can manage, a router allows you to manage multiple devices by “occupying” one slot

…and disadvantages

• Connection speeds and latency may be slower. Of course, if the connection speed is very fast, this problem will not occur
• Installing a VPN on your router may not be an easy task.

Preliminary operations

• Check if you can set up a VPN on your router. For example, my router is compliant and has a section entirely dedicated to configuring the VPN.
• Make sure your VPN provider provides detailed instructions for popular router models. NordVPN offers an excellent guide (also in Italian) official website.

Obviously, it is impossible to describe here the process for all routers on the market, which is why we recommend that you refer to Northern VPN Designed for installation on routers. In our case it will be enough to recover the username and password from the dashboard Northern VPNin a section dedicated to manual configuration.

Of course, if you have any questions or need help, feel free to write to us in the comments or on our Telegram group.