how's it going everybody welcome back and today i wanted to quickly show you guys a little tutorial
on how to use a vpn and i'll be using my favorite vpn expressvpn to just kind of demonstrate very
quickly i'll talk about the features that are available within expressvpn and they're very
basic features really that are uh or that should be available actually in every premium vpn okay
so before i begin if you guys are interested in expressvpn or if you'd like to learn more about it
with regards to the privacy policy speed streaming 20 capabilities as well security
and features you'll find a full in-depth review in the description below or if you'd like to just
get straight to the pricing or coupon codes and discounts you'll also find a link to the
latest discounts available for expressvpn okay so with expressvpn as you can tell
um it's really one of the easiest vpns to use and it is as straightforward as just
clicking the button right here once you click the button it'll
uh select a specific location a smart location what it calls just it's just smart selects
um whatever it thinks is best for you depending on your location what it thinks is your fastest
um or the fastest server for your location but you know sometimes it could be right could be wrong
i don't like using the smart location uh or the quick connect kind of feature in any vpn really
what you can do with expressvpn the cool thing is that it has a speed test feature and with
this speed test feature i'll just move it right here uh you can run tests let's say for let's
say just recommended locations and it may it does give you very accurate latency by the way
but the download speed may not be too accurate however it does give you uh the well
rough aggregate you know which vpn which server excuse me could be the best choice for you
now usually the france server the french server right here is the best for me followed up by the
italian one so this is definitely correct and i've tested this in other vpns and it does seem that i
always i am in the european region and i do always get the best connections with france and italy
so this is one feature that really saves you a lot of time so you can do that um how to let's say
let's just go through the options and i'll show you how you can check that your ip address indeed
changed okay so here are the locations of course you've got over 3000 servers in 94 countries
and 94 countries is a massive number of countries by the way so yeah most vpns will have 30 to 40
50 60 countries 94 is definitely a lot and yeah you've got plenty of servers plenty of
options here not too many with the middle east and africa but most vpns don't even have that
many in middle east and africa so not bad at all and a bunch in asia so yeah great stuff overall
with regards to location diversity and now if we go to the options again expressvpn is really
made for just ease of use in compatibility and just it's a vpn that's supposed to be simple and
it appeals to beginners as well as advanced users it'll appeal to beginners because it is very easy
to use and there's nothing complicated about it there it requires little to no
configuration honestly and it'll appeal to advanced users because of its reliability
when it comes to unblocking streaming services and overall compatibility with most modern
and smart devices so uh yeah you've got all you need to worry about really or know about is well
you've got a bunch of startup startup options here which you can customize to your own liking
so network lock uh also known as the kill switch will make sure that you're only connected to the
internet when you're connected to the vpn so if i turn this on and then turn my vpn uh back on
uh if the vpn happens to disconnect unexpectedly it will disconnect me from the internet
just to stop any leaks from happening especially if you're in a censorship heavy country and you
don't want your isp to know what you're doing online you know it really it rarely happens
when it comes to unexpected disconnections especially with expressvpn but if it does happen
this kill switch will make sure that you don't link back you don't connect back to
the isp servers so yeah this can be very useful for a lot of people split tunneling
is another very useful feature which should be in any premium vpn really and it works very well in
expressvpn it's super simplified you know you've got do not allow selected apps to use the vpn and
only selected only allow selected apps to use the vpn it's self-explanatory really so you can have
certain applications use the vpn while the rest of your network is untouched by the vpn connection
or vice versa so this can also be really useful for a lot of people you know if you want uh if you
don't want your entire connection to be using the vpn and only perhaps your uh torrenting client to
be secured by the vpn while leaving everything else intact so yeah this is great overall and
then you've got a handful of protocols right here you can use the automatic that works totally fine
i prefer to use the best performing protocol which is lightweight udp and you've got openvpn
which offers a little bit more security ikev2 is great for speed but you know i don't think
it's faster than lightweight udp and it works only on a handful of servers so it's not too reliable
uh l2tp is outdated at this point with lower security so i wouldn't recommend it in advance
i mean you've got nothing here with shortcuts and you know you can just create your shortcuts if
you'd like browsers you can get browser extensions and with the advanced options there's nothing i
recommend touching here except for sharing crash reports if you'd like to opt out of that i prefer
to just keep it on and then by the way if you notice i was connected to the french server right
so this is how you know that you actually connected to the vpn so it says here i'm
not in france but it says that i'm in france because of the uh vpn server right here so
if i go ahead and let's say let's not select one of these let's just go to vpn locations
obviously you know this is how you use a vpn you select a certain location let's say you want to
unblock netflix us connect to la3 um actually for us for yes netflix la-3 miami 2 and atlanta
are the best let's just go with la3 and as soon as i you can just select it from the list right
here and then click on or you can just double click and it will connect to you automatically
um lightweight udp will usually connect you very quickly much quicker than the other protocols
and that's another reason why i like it so you know you can go to whatismyipdashaddress.com
and then just refresh and i should show up to be in la so it really is as simple as that that's
pretty much how you use a vpn again if you're interested in learning more about expressvpn
you'll find the full review down below and keep in mind that all of the plans here with expressvpn
are covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee and the way you claim your refund if you're not
satisfied with the service for whatever reason you can just go to the website hover over the bottom
left bottom right excuse me and you can get access to the website to the live chat support right here
and you can ask them about the refund or any other question you might be having again you'll
find links to special deals and discounts in the description down below especially if you
want to claim the offer where you're able to get three extra months for free feel free to take
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