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broccoli
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Portland, OR
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Re: How can I protect ISP IP/Location if VPN drops

said by Five5tar2:

If I lose connection to my VPN (OpenVPN or L2TP), how can I protect myself from revealing my location and actual ISP IP.

Many routers allow you to define firewall rules to allow or block traffic. If yours is one of those, create rules to block all traffic to all hosts except for the VPN server.

I was told to use a VPS or something, but I have no idea how I could use a program on a VPS.

Most VPS hosts run UNIX-like OSs (Linux distributions such as Ubuntu), although a few hosting companies let you use Microsoft OSs if you pay more. You'll need to use Wine to run Windows programs under Linux.

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Is using a VPS similar to a remote connection to another computer?
broccoli
join:2007-11-29
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EnGenius EAP600
Obihai OBi100

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said by Five5tar2:

Is using a VPS similar to a remote connection to another computer?

Not just 'similar'. It is a remote connection to another computer, albeit a virtual one. The connection is usually through VNC, NX (X over SSH) or simply SSH. Many hosting companies give you a SolusVM control panel that allows management tasks such as usage monitoring, powering on and off, restarting, disk re-imaging, etc.