BBS:      TELESC.NET.BR
Assunto:  vpn over hotspot..
De:       August Abolins
Data:     Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:53:00 -0500
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Hello Rug Rat!

 AA>> Is there a VPN service that supports mobile hotspotting?

 RR> Is there a setting on the VPN software to route ALL traffic through the
 RR> VPN?

Chatgpt research tells me that ProtonVPN and some other common ones do NOT  
support mobile hotspot connections for a variety of reasons:

"In most cases regular VPN apps on iPhone or Android do not support routing  
hotspot traffic through the VPN tunnel - meaning devices that connect to your  
phone's mobile hotspot won't have that traffic encrypted by the VPN on your  
phone. That's a limitation of how iOS and Android isolate hotspot/tethering  
traffic, not a shortcoming of the VPN services themselves.
?? Why Most VPN Apps Don't Support Hotspot VPN

"On Android and iOS, VPN tunnels only encrypt traffic originating from the phone itself. Hotspot/tethered devices' traffic bypasses that tunnel.

"Because of OS network namespaces and security restrictions, the VPN can't "upstream" the hotspot traffic unless you use workarounds like rooting/jailbreaking.

"Most major VPN services (e.g., Proton VPN, Surfshark) confirm this limitation.


However..  the same chatgpt mentioned one that DOES work with mobile hotspot:

        ForestVPN.

A free level offers 2GB data.

I'll give it a go later.

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