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1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Feb-2021 23:56:38 EST lnxw48a1
   Lots of #DNS errors on the #hotel_Wi-Fi recently. I really need to get the #VPN, so I can use the network without whatever interference their provider is introducing.
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Feb-2021 23:35:55 EST lnxw48a1

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      I went with #Mullvad #VPN. The connection is perceptibly slower, but the DNS errors are gone. The original plan was to get both Mullvad and #NordVPN, but I think I'll just use the one for a while.
      
      #Hotel_INET (whether "wired" or #Hotel_Wi-Fi) is generally not trustworthy enough to use without a VPN. When #Tunnelr (a now-closed VPN service) shut down, I didn't get their announcement. I was in a hotel in #MO and found a large list of sites that were suddenly blocked because I couldn't log into my VPN.
      
      In that case, the hotel's service provider was local, so when I told the lady at the front desk I was going to move to another hotel over the blocking, the hotel manager called and put someone from the service provider on the phone ... he then logged into the firewall and edited the rules until I was satisfied.
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 25-Feb-2021 01:53:28 EST lnxw48a1

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         I don't normally use the service's own client. I generally use #OpenVPN with whatever GUI front-end is provided with the OS repositories, but in this case, I'm using #Wireguard and found no front-end. (I've done the "write a script to launch the VPN" thing before, but I dislike when the #VPN disconnects, but the Internet connection still works. That could leave you unprotected for some time until you notice the change.)