Anyone use it? any problems? what is your opions?
I dont think Windows has one?
There’s VPN support in Windows, where you can connect to a corporate VPN. i.e your work IT can set one up, either on premise, or via another provider. Some apps may install a “VPN profile” which configures this. This is usually how the apps of VPNs make Windows route traffic through them.
There’s also Edge Secure Network, which is a VPN offer available in the Edge browser, with up to 5GB allowed free per month. Though this only routes the browsing traffic, and stuff outside the browser won’t use it. Is this what you mean?
The term “VPN” has been rather heavily mangled over the past few years.
Stands for Virtual Private Network and it is more or less what it says in the name. You remote in and then even though you are for example at home, you can access for example servers on your company (or home) LAN. Usually, it’s provided through either a router that has VPN capabilities or through a separate device (eg. Sonicwall router). For example: I can connect to my work VPN and access our servers via remote desktop or even connect to our database with our software, or our various other services that are on the LAN; I can connect to various customer site VPNs and access their servers through remote desktop, all without them having to make remote desktop accessible “over the Internet”; that sort of thing.
A VPN Connection can also be configured to use the remote network’s internet gateway instead of your own.
That is where the “mangling” comes in. If you try to look up “VPN Services” you’ll find all sorts of companies and products calling themselves “VPN Service Providers” which are really just about redirecting your internet traffic through a remote network rather than actually providing virtualized access to a private network, to the point that many people think that is what VPN means.
Windows has included a VPN client since the days of Windows 10, and this feature continues with Windows 11. It is solely a client software; you must provide your VPN provider’s details to use it. Essentially, it replaces your VPN provider’s app; for instance, you don’t need to install the NordVPN client but instead enter the details into Windows and connect to the VPN.
I have been using the built-in VPN client on Windows 10/11 to connect to NordVPN, to which I have a subscription, for about four years. This method is particularly useful on my Surface Pro X, as there were no native VPN apps for Windows on ARM. I utilize the IKEv2/IPsec protocol, and all the necessary instructions are available on the NordVPN help site.
If you mean “inbound” VPN, I’ve done it in the past, but not for years now. But a quick search came up with this:
I played with it enough to see that it still works. However, I didn’t complete setting it up, as I don’t need an inbound VPN at this time.
There is no VPN built into Windows. Can you show us what you’re referring to?
That is where the “mangling” comes in. If you try to look up “VPN Services” you’ll find all sorts of companies and products calling themselves “VPN Service Providers” which are really just about redirecting your internet traffic through a remote network rather than actually providing virtualized access to a private network, to the point that many people think that is what VPN means.
Nothing about this is necessarily wrong. Most people simply don’t need a VPN in the way you are describing.
Same answer, though. What VPN app are you referring to?
That’s not a thing that exists. There’s no built-in app called Windows VPN. Do you have a screenshot?
That’s not an app. That’s a component of Windows that lets you use a standard to connect to office VPNs if they use the same standards as opposed to using VPN software provided by the manufacturer. If it’s supported, your company’s IT department will tell you. But it’s been more and more deprecated with time.