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    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Rug Rat on Sat Feb 21 10:12:00 2026
    Hello Rug Rat!

    ** On Friday 20.02.26 - 21:50, Rug Rat wrote to Aug:

    On Fri 20-Feb-2026 7:14p, Aug@2:460/256.0 said to Aug:

    oops, wrong echo.

    I don't mind, it has been the only activity I have seen in this echo for AWHILE..

    OK.. will be ontopi for this one..

    I just noticed, that when I enable VPN (ProtonVPN) on my phone, and enable hotspot mode, the pc that I link to does NOT use the phone's new IP.

    Is there a VPN service that supports mobile hotspotting?
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    ../|ug

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  • From Rug Rat@1:135/250 to August Abolins on Sat Feb 21 10:35:18 2026
    On Sat 21-Feb-2026 10:12a, August Abolins@2:221/1.58 said to Rug Rat:

    I just noticed, that when I enable VPN (ProtonVPN) on my phone, and enable

    hotspot mode, the pc that I link to does NOT use the phone's new IP.

    Is there a VPN service that supports mobile hotspotting?
    --
    ../|ug

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

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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Rug Rat on Sat Feb 21 18:53:00 2026
    Hello Rug Rat!

    Is there a VPN service that supports mobile hotspotting?

    Is there a setting on the VPN software to route ALL traffic through the 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.

    --
    ../|ug

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