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To turn on a VPN on Mac, you need to go to Network preferences and enter the necessary configuration settings, including the IP address of the VPN server you want to connect to and authentication settings (your username, password, and certificate). This is how to do it:

• • Open System Preferences and select Network.

• • Click the Add button, select Interface, and choose VPN.

• • Choose what kind of VPN connection you want to set up.

• • Enter the server address and the account name for the VPN connection and provide your username, password, and optionally also a certificate.

• • Click OK, then click Connect.

If you have a VPN settings file, you can skip all the steps above and automatically import the settings.

A VPN router is a Wi-Fi router with built-in VPN support. Such a router lets you establish a direct connection to a VPN server to add a layer of privacy and security to your online activities, regardless of which device you use to connect to the internet. VPN routers tend to be significantly more expensive than routers that don’t have this feature, but their price has been steadily dropping over the years.

To save money, you can purchase a router that doesn’t support VPN connections and replace its stock firmware with DD-WRT or OpenWrt, which are Linux-based firmware for wireless routers and access points. Both DD-WRT and OpenWrt allow you to set up a VPN on your router, and they have many other features that make them well worth the effort it takes to install them.