- There are three primary ways
that you can set up a VPN on your iPhone.
Manually, through an app, and through a browser.
Now in this video,
I'm not only gonna walk you through how to do it,
but I'm gonna give you the pros and cons of each approach.
Welcome to "All Things Secured", my name is Josh.
Now, the way that you set up a VPN on your iPhone
is often dictated on how you're gonna be using it.
If this is your company that's giving you VPN information
you're gonna have to do it manually.
Whereas if you're just somebody
that wants to bypass censorship or get more privacy
you might want to do it through an app or a browser.
So, if you want to jump ahead to the specific configuration
that you want to use,
you can do so using the time markers you see here.
All right, let's start with manual configuration.
If you've been given all the information for a VPN setup
what you're gonna want to do
is you want to navigate on your phone,
into the settings app.
And on the left side, you're gonna find the VPN.
Now, on the bottom there's gonna be a button that says,
add VPN configuration.
And this is where you're gonna take all the information
that you were given from your employer or for whoever it is
that's owning and running this VPN server
to give you and input that information.
That includes the server,
the remote ID, and your username and password.
All of this stuff has to be put in and filled in,
and once you have it, you're gonna click done
and it's gonna show up as a VPN configuration
in this VPN tab.
If it's the only VPN configuration you have
you're gonna have the option to just turn that on and off
easily from your settings page.
If you have multiple of them,
you're gonna have to go into the VPN tab
and choose the one that you want.
But either way it makes it very simple
once you've actually set up that VPN configuration.
And if you're having problems connecting more than likely
that has to do with the login information that you were
given by your employer,
you're gonna want to troubleshoot that with them.
The advantage with the manual setup is that you can have
remote access to your corporate headquarters
without necessarily having to be in the office.
That said, it's not the easiest thing to set up
and it requires that you get that information
from your IT director, or IT manager.
The second method of setting up a VPN on your iPhone
is to do so using a VPN app.
Now there are literally hundreds of VPN apps
to choose from on the app store,
but I recommend you choose carefully
because remember you are directing
all of your internet traffic through that VPN company
when you're using their servers.
Now I have a number of different subscriptions
to IPVanish, Surfshark, ExpressVPN,
but for the purpose of this video
I'm gonna show you NordVPN.
Now, if you go into your app store,
you can look and find NordVPN and download the app.
You can subscribe through the app store,
but I recommend you do so on your computer because it just
gives you a few more options.
It's a lot easier to get a refund
if you do it through your computer
as opposed to your phone. And if you want to get that link,
I have an affiliate link in the description that helps
support this channel,
but it also gives you a direct access
to the NordVPN's best deals when dealing with their service.
And once you download the NordVPN app,
and you have your login
from having signed up on your computer,
you can log into your VPN app and then you'll find a map
as well as a list of all the different servers
that you can connect to.
When you first connect to NordVPN,
it's gonna ask, do you want this app,
this NordVPN to set up a VPN configuration,
and you want to click Allow.
And what that's gonna do is instead of manually going in
and setting up that VPN configuration
like we just did in step one,
it's gonna do it automatically
so that you don't even have to go into your settings app.
And that's the advantage of using something like this
is it's much easier for somebody who's not as tech savvy
or somebody who doesn't want to go through
and manually do the setup.
The app does all the setup for you,
and all you have to do to connect to that VPN
is choose the server
that you want to connect to, click on it,
and it will automatically connect.
Once you see that VPN icon
in the upper right of your iPhone
you know that you're connected.
You know, that your internet connection is encrypted,
and now you can bypass any censorship,
bypass any geo restrictions,
and generally browse the web a little safer.
The third method for setting up a VPN on your iPhone
is through a browser.
And there are a number of browsers that do this.
The one that I recommend is something called Tor Browser.
It comes with a VPN.
Now, it's not free. You still have to pay for it
just like the method number two,
but it's not that expensive.
And what it allows you to do,
is any time that you're on the Tor Browser,
you can connect to a VPN server in one of many different
countries that they have available,
and they will not only anonymize your connection,
give you an anonymous IP address,
but will also encrypt that connection
just like the NordVPN app did earlier.
Now, the advantage here is that it's all just one app.
You don't have to worry about a separate app and it can all
be done through the Tor Browser.
The disadvantage here is that because it is set up through
the Tor Browser, it's not something
that's easier to use
for any app that you want on your phone.
Now, it still encrypts all the data
that comes from any other app that you might use,
but it is specifically meant for your Tor Browser.
And when you open that Tor Browser,
it'll give you the option to connect to that VPN.
This is also a very easy setup for you.
It's not something that requires manually going in
and inputting anything into your settings app,
but it also requires a little bit of payment as well
for that convenience.
Those are the three methods
of setting up a VPN on your iPhone.
It's not that hard.
I also have already gone into details of how you can do this
on your computer if you wanna watch that video.
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