Is connecting to router vpn secure (encrypted)

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I have protonVPN, but also set up a VPN on my router. My question is: can I replace protonVPN with the VPN in my router?

If I connect to the VPN on my router (whether inside or outside my router’s network), is my traffic still encrypted and private?

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if you have a vpn running on your router, then all connected devices will be accessing the internet through the tunnel on that router. that being said, i would very closely check if there are no leaks (both ip and dns leaks) before assuming the client devices are in fact protected.

and if you run a vpn client on the pc as well, then you’d essentially be having a vpn tunnel within another tunnel, which is probably overkill (assuming that the router tunnel is properly configured!) and would dramatically impact speeds.

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Oh cool. Thanks

So if I am on the network of my router (which is running a vpn) I don’t have to explicitly turn on the vpn via openvpn on my computer?

Thanks for the info!

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correct. if the router vpn is properly configured and turned on, the clients connected to the router (pc/phone/etc) don’t necessarily need a separate vpn connection. everything going through the router will go through the vpn tunnel