I did a search but to my surprise I didnt find anything about Vilfo VPN router here at Wilders (searching for "VILFO"). I thought that maybe would interest people interested in privacy. Using VPN in a regular router can be done, but they are seldom made with VPN encryption in mind so they have quite weak hardware for VPN encryption. I tested using VPN in my ASUS RT-AX88U. It decreased the speed from 500Mbit/s to ~140Mbit/s. And if you have several VPN providers for some reason (as I do) you can only use one at a time. Then I read about Vilfo router. A router that is built with VPN in mind. It has for a router more powerful hardware specs so it can handle the encryption fast(er). It has many VPN providers integrated so you just have to provide the login credentials instead of importing configuration files. you can chose which device uses which VPN provider, or no VPN at all if you so whish. (and you can use their browser extension to bypass VPN for specific web sites) For the time being it uses openvpn protocol, but Wireguard is in the works, and if the support are to be believed they will update the router software with Wireguard this year. It of course have Killswitch. It has Wifi, but it is not as good as in most regular routers (I use my old AX88 as an accesspoint to get the fastest Wifi speed) But the speed with VPN is much faster of course since the CPU is much stronger and can handle the encryption faster. I get ~440Mbit/s out of my 500Mbit fiber from my VPN provider (OVPN) when connected to a server in my country (Sweden) When I use the VPN app in my computer I get ~480Mbit/s (497 without VPN). I find that an acceptable loss when using VPN in a router. After all my computer has much better hardware than any router. I have been using Vilfo for a couple of months now. I have three diferent VPN providers, OVPN, Surfshark and Ivacy. The only downside I have noticed is that if you are into streaming you can not see the specific streaming service servers that VPN providers have, like in the app. Unless I have not misunderstood something? Anyway it is a hit and miss if that specific server has been banned by the streaming service. That is not a biggie for me since I rarely find anything interesting to watch in streaming services (netflix, hbo, amazon and so on) in other countries either nowadays So far I have not had any stability problems. The router is quite expensive because it has more powerful CPU more RAM and a, albeit small but still, SSD, but if one is interested in having a VPN in a router and preserve good download speed and stear what devices uses a specific VPN, or not VPN at all, it is easy to let a device bypass VPN, might be interesting to look at. They have released their router software, "Vilfo OS" (yearly subscription) which is based on the open-source Linux-based OpenWRT so you can do all of the above in a regular router too if you whish, but of course you wont get the same speed..
Quick question, can this also be used to access foreign streaming services, like US versions of Netflix and Prime Video?
Yes, it can, I dont have Netflix or Amazon prime anymore, but I just now tested to watch BBC iPlayer in UK and it worked fine so I guess Netflix and Amazon USA would work too, especially since there usually are more servers to chose from in USA, atleast with Surfshark and ivacy, so if one doesnt work you can try another.
OK thanks, I think a router with built-in VPN may come in handy. Because I haven't got a clue how to make this stuff work on smart TV's and media players, I still need to do some research.
Can the wifi on the Vilfo VPN router be permanently disabled (in such a way as to prevent it being re-enabled remotely), and used exclusively as a wired-only router? Does it have NAT & SPI capability (or some other/better hardware firewall)?
