Now that the helmets at Private Internet Access have suddenly decided to no longer support windows 7, can anyone recommend one I can use on at least three machines running windows 7. I am no in the process of fighting for a refund with these dicks for nearly 10 months of useless subscription. I do not recommend their customer support for anyone thinking of using them.
AirVPN has a windows 7 client - though I've not used it on windows 7... You can have 5 simultaneous clients, and support pretty much every platform going. I've been very impressed with them, been using them for a couple of years now.
I was just talking with @legoman on the Discord server at the weekend. I installed Opera and apparantly it comes with one built in (one of the bullet points during the install process). Not sure on how good it is, but might be worth a look before signing up to something.
I realise it will depend a lot on the router, but is there a way of adding AirVPN (or alternative) at router level? Mine is currently set to run through Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) but I don't know if that's sufficient.
1.1.1.1 isn't a VPN, it's DNS: your DNS resolution queries (i.e. "what IP address is www.bbc.co.uk") go to Cloudflare, but none of your other traffic. (And unless you're using DNS-over-HTTPS, they go in plain text so your ISP can still see all the names you're querying.) As to whether you can use AirVPN at a router level, it depends on your router. AirVPN has its own client, but it doesn't require it: it can generate configuration files compatible with OpenVPN. If your router supports connecting to a VPN endpoint and can accept OpenVPN configuration files, then yes. If not, no: you'd need to switch to a router that does, or turn your router into a simple gateway and put a box between it and your network that handles the routing including VPN.
If you want a reliable VPN, you really have to pay. They only allow you to test it for free for a few days so you can have an idea of it's worth before you buy it.
I switched from Nord to Air due to this thread, and have to say thanks. The Nord app is a bit flashier, but had nowhere near the same level of options, and Nord don't have any configurable port forwarding. Stability and speed wise they seem similar.
Well if you make enough noise..... https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/helpdesk/news/posts/windows-7-support only took them 6 months. I used the open vpn method until my contract is up in June, then I am outta there.
