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Well. What are you VPN'ing to / from? And what traffic are you trying to protect? If you're just downloading public stuff off the public internet, then I presume you're just trying to protect yourself from others using the same wifi. Are you trying to connect to your own server at "the other end"? If so, you should be good to go with basically anything above a breakfast cereal DSL router. My Draytek has VPN capabilities - so I can VPN back to home, and then use that connection back out to the interweb (it can be a bit slow, as the DSL line's being used in both directions at the same time). Of course, if you can't get a VPN going quickly, then there's also the option of just simply setting up an SSH tunnel to "something at the other end" and that'll get you at least encrypted traffic. This can work with a VPS server floating around in "the cloud" (man, I hate that word now), but basically, you can SSH to whatever end device you want and then setup a proxy to pass all your web traffic through the SSH tunnel. There's plenty to find on the interweb about setting that up. As for the VMs - I'm presuming that they're all using your host (laptop?) NIC anyway, so if they're in bridged / NAT mode, then they'll be using the same VPN as the laptop (I can only speak for Win7 there - I use this setup for work...) -----Original Message----- From: list [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eion MacDonald Sent: 15 September 2014 10:19 To: list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [LUG] 20140915 Advice on VPN Dear folks, 20140915 Advice on VPN I do some tutoring at local centre for Job Centre referrals in IT. Centre computers are slow (bandwidth share, old systems, no downloading). Sometimes I use my own machine over their WiFi (better speed, and it accepts and can show downloading etc. System used is Windows 7 or a OpenSUSE or SLAX (Kiosk set up) in a Virtual Machine on the Windows & set up. As centre has many on Wifi and it is an open set up (password access but no encryption! So I can see all others and they me), I feel I should set up a VPN. Any advice, and how to get it to play nicely with the VMs on my machine? Thanks in advance -- regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq