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VPN to LAN, great for remote access of other things on your home LAN as well. Once connected it will be as if your phone was on your home WiFi.
Don't do this. This is going to trip alarms on any half decent IDS, and your net admins are busy enough without having to write up a report to go to the HR people deciding if they are going to fire you for breaking the computer use policy
Using a VPN on wifi shouldn't trip anything.
Whose WiFi? The companies WiFi? Why would that be any different to the wired network?
If you're letting random mobile devices on the internal network, you've already failed security 101.
Obviously random personal phones shouldn't have access to stuff like file servers, domain controllers, or even normal endpoints. But it's perfectly fine and normal to host a guest network that only gives internet access and nothing else.
Exactly! And you shouldn't care if someone fires up a VPN on a guest network! I would expect them to actually.
So I have Windscribe as my VPN, what do I do exactly?
That's not "Windscribe as my VPN", it's a VPN to Windscribe's servers.
You want to setup a VPN to your home network. This is one option: https://tailscale.com/
ooo, this looks very nice. I shall try setting this up, thanks
This is the answer.
... to get him fired.
Haha, downvote me all you want. Your job's IT is blocking this, going around it is very stupid, unless you don't care about your job.
Forgive my ignorance, but how would they know? Wouldn’t they just see a VPN connection and where it’s going, but not what’s happening across the VPN?
I’m just glad I don’t have to deal with this. Even if I use the WiFi at work, it’s for public use and there’s no restriction with regards to streaming.
They'd see a VPN connection, where it's going, how much traffic it's using, and the origination point on the network. Might as well put up a giant red arrow over your desk.