VPN Tutorials & Guides

How to Unblock Facebook in Russia in 2025: Avoid the Russian Ban

A VPN is the best way to bypass Russian geoblocks and access Facebook. In this guide, we'll show how to unblock Facebook in Russia using a VPN, as well as what to look for in a VPN and how to set it up. You'll also learn our top three VPNs for Facebook in Russia.

By Wisdom Sablah — 19 May'24 Last Updated: 23 Apr'25

How to Get a Pakistani IP Address in 2025: A Lahore Location

If you’ve tried to access Pakistani content while outside of Pakistan, chances are, you’ve encountered geoblocks. It’s common but can be annoying. The only way to get around it is to change your IP address. In this article, we’ll tell you how to get a Pakistani IP address.

By Andrej Hadji-Vasilev — 19 May'24 Last Updated: 23 Apr'25

How to Set Up a VPN on a Router in 2025: Step-By-Step Installation Process for 8 Different Router Models

Installing VPN software on a router is a great way to protect devices on your network, such as computers, smart TVs, smartphones and gaming consoles. However, although most best VPNs have router-support, setting up a VPN on a router requires manual configuration, which can be difficult for newbies. Luckily, we compiled a step-by-step guide to...

By Samson Kiarie — 14 May'24 Last Updated: 23 Apr'25
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

VPN Security Guide: How to Stay Safe Online in 2025

A VPN, which stands for “virtual private network,” can help you browse the internet safely. It encrypts your internet traffic, which can help protect you from many cyber threats and also mask IP addresses by substituting virtual locations. However, not all services offer strong VPN security, which is why you should carefully consider only one...

By Wisdom Sablah — 01 May'24 Last Updated: 23 Apr'25
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

A Full VPN Protocols List in 2025: Explained and Compared

VPNs have become ubiquitous in home offices around the world. They are responsible for safeguarding internet connections and protecting sensitive data for a vast number of users. VPN protocols are what make a VPN work, establishing the secure connections that let you surf the web without fear. Not all VPN service providers are created equal,...

By Aleksandar Kochovski — 27 Apr'24 Last Updated: 23 Apr'25
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

What Is WireGuard? VPN Protocol Tunnel Guide for 2025

WireGuard is an innovative VPN protocol that boasts strong performance and security paired with greater simplicity than other popular protocols. Like all other VPN protocols, WireGuard creates an encrypted tunnel for transferring data over the internet, ensuring user privacy and protecting sensitive data from prying eyes. Initially designed as an alternative to OpenVPN, the WireGuard...

By Aleksandar Kochovski — 12 Apr'24 Last Updated: 23 Apr'25
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

What Is a Double VPN? Guide to How It Works in 2025?

A double VPN makes browsing sessions twice as secure because it routes traffic through two servers instead of one. While a normal VPN encrypts your traffic once, a double VPN does it twice. Compromising an encrypted server is nearly impossible, so the second server’s main role is to safeguard against any failure or weakness of...

By Wisdom Sablah — 09 Apr'24 Last Updated: 23 Apr'25
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

PPTP vs OpenVPN: Differences, Advantages & Disadvantages in 2025

A VPN’s main job is to set up an encrypted tunnel for your internet connection and anonymize your online activity. It does this using what’s known as a VPN protocol, which wraps your traffic in encryption protocols to hide it from interlopers. OpenVPN and PPTP are two such protocols. In this article, we’ll pit PPTP...

By Aleksandar Kochovski — 04 Apr'24 Last Updated: 25 Apr'25
Facts checked by Simona Ivanovski

VPN Physical vs Virtual Server: Understand the Difference in 2025

If you look through a VPN’s server list, you might find some marked as “V” or “virtual.” Those VPN servers are virtual servers. In this guide to VPN physical vs virtual servers, we’ll explain these two server types, as well as the use cases, drawbacks and safety of virtual servers. We’ll also touch on which...

By Wisdom Sablah — 29 Mar'24 Last Updated: 25 Apr'25
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

What Is a VPN? How Virtual Private Networks Work in 2025

A VPN (short for “virtual private network”) is a service that protects you when you connect to the internet. A VPN encrypts all your internet traffic so that no one can see what you’re doing online. It also reroutes your internet connection through a VPN server, which can make it seem like you’re connecting from...

By Aleksandar Kochovski — 06 Mar'24 Last Updated: 24 Apr'25
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz