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How to Setup a VPN on a Computer (Step-by-Step Tutorial)

Mar 14, 2024
In this

tutorial

, I'll explain

step

by

step

exactly how to set up a VPN on your laptop or desktop. Now there are some very complex ways you can do yourself to set up a VPN and there are also relatively easier ones. Ways to do it which I'm going to show you here costs a few dollars, but it's an easier way to set it up and it's something I would recommend to my mom. By following this video, you can get a VPN

setup

. on your

computer

in 15 minutes or less and I will not only show you how to install the VPN, I will also help you understand how to use it and the basic questions and problems you might encounter with it.

tutorial

I'm going to use my macbook laptop, but don't worry, the process is exactly the same even if you're using your Microsoft Windows

computer

.
how to setup a vpn on a computer step by step tutorial
Oh and one last disclaimer before we start, there are literally hundreds of VPN services on the market today I'm going to show you one of my favorites and one of the most popular expressvpn. I have affiliate links in the description below, which is a way you can support this YouTube channel, but honestly, you can use any VPN. If you want, what I'm going to show you will be very similar to any other VPN service we use. Well, here we are, my computer. I'm going to write in the address bar VPN

setup

guide com. Now I am very transparent. about the fact that that is an affiliate link right now it leads to expressvpn maybe in the future I will point it out elsewhere, it is actually what will be most advantageous for you and this home page may not even be seen equal.
how to setup a vpn on a computer step by step tutorial

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I just want you. To understand that when you use whatever VPN you decide to use, it's going to be a very similar process to what I said before, so I'm going to go and for the sake of this tutorial, I'm just going to show you that I'm going to sign. for a month and I'm going to go ahead and download this so we can see how it works on our computer so I'm going to check it out right now and just go ahead and sign up. Now I'm done paying. for expressvpn many VPNs will do it differently for expressvpn it sends me to a page that automatically gives me this activation code which is great they will also email it to me in many cases the VPN will email it to me You have your password or an activation code or something, so what I'm going to do is I'm going to go ahead and download this for my Mac, which is what I'm on right now if you're using Windows.
how to setup a vpn on a computer step by step tutorial
You'll open it in Windows and I'm going to go ahead and set up the expressvpn software on the computer. As you see, it asks me if I want to continue with the installation and I will, it will take up some space. on my computer it may require you to enter your password. I'm going to say that I already have an account with them, but I'm going to go ahead and delete the existing account so we can set this new one up like it's new. and then I'll go ahead and launch the software so you can see what it looks like now.
how to setup a vpn on a computer step by step tutorial
I'm going to go ahead and copy this here, copy this activation code and then when I log in, I'll go. to paste that activation code and log in again, each VPN does it slightly differently than the VPN for some others I've had, where you simply have to create your own username and password and then that's what you use to log in log into the software in any way. Do so, you will notice that it will only require some type of proof that you already have an account. Alright, we'll look at three different pieces of software quickly.
I'll check out ExpressVpn, which I just downloaded. I'm going to show you Nord VPN and Surf Shark and the reason for this is that I want you to have an idea of ​​all the similarities that these VPN software have. They will usually just have a big connect button. or a power button and then somehow you'll have a different view of all the different servers that are around the world, so when you're working with a VPN, what you're really doing is connecting. If I have an end-to-end encrypted connection with a VPN in another location, excuse me, a VPN server in another location, so it could be in the United States, it could be in Singapore, it could be anywhere you want, so Let's say I want to connect. somewhere in Germany so I'll search for Germany and they'll have different cities I could connect to or I can just connect to Germany in general and you'll see that when I connect it'll take a while.
The moment it will find the right server, it will make it the nth connection and now once you are connected, when you are setting up a VPN on your computer or your mobile device, once you are connected, you can just close this and continue working on your Personally, I personally only connect to a VPN when I need to, so when I'm at home I usually don't connect to a VPN, but let's say I want to watch a show on Netflix in another country. then I'll connect to my VPN, have it running and then I'll open Netflix and watch whatever I want, but then when I'm done I'll log out to have this running in the background either in the top bar of my computer or down at the bottom from my computer, but I don't have it running all the time, so that's expressvpn, let's take a look at Nord VPN.
Nord VPN is slightly different but again very similar. The difference is that here you are. I'll see that some VPNs actually have a map, so instead of going through a list which I can also do here, I can choose a server or on a map, let's say I want to do something or watch the BBC in the UK. Click here on the UK and then you will see that Nord VPN is connecting to that server in the UK and now I am connected. You have many different preferences that you can make. I didn't show it on expressvpn. but there's really not much you need to change even after you've set up the software on your computer, but that's Nord VPN, let's look at one more.
Ok, Surf Shark is the last piece of VPN software you remember seeing and the main reason. If you will see that they all look very similar, you have a list of servers on one side of the software and then you have some kind of button that will connect you to that server, so in this case I can choose the fastest server and it will connect automatically. You will see that my IP address changes. It gives me the option of an off switch. If you don't know what a kill switch is, click above. see a better video description of what a kill switch is and then of course we have our different configurations that we can work with, whether it's this kill switch, different types of connections depending on the network to which that I'm logged in, different features and then of course, advanced connections that most of us won't have to worry about.
When you connect, you do what you need to do, whether you're on a public network or trying to bypass geolocation to watch a Netflix or BBC show on another. country and then personally once I'm done doing that I'm just going to disconnect and close the software which is exactly what a VPN is used for and that's exactly how you set it up on a computer, now you're set up with a VPN you already is doing better than 75% of internet users, that's fantastic. You have completed a very important step to protect yourself online, but wait, don't stop there, there are many other things you can do to protect yourself. your passwords with your email with your banking operations and more, you can see more of my videos, but don't forget to like this video and subscribe if you want more great technical videos, easy to understand, that you won't miss and Remember, don't wait until it's too late, take some time to protect yourself online.

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