GL-BE3600 (Slate 7)

Their VPN app includes the excellent AdGuard Private DNS for free. They currently have a great deal if you buy AdGuard Family and AdGuard VPN. If you have already bought AdGuard Family, get the 5 year plan for AdGuard VPN (which also includes AdGuard Private DNS) and use code 'retail30' on checkout

It isn't that difficult to do if you use the right equipment. I highly recommend GL.iNet routers for doing it. This site does a walk through of it: https://thewirednomad.com/vpn I would use the Flint 2 at home and a Slate 7 or Beryl AX for the travel side. Make sure you setup goodcloud on the router

Does your student dorm allow you to set up your own router using their network? That was not allowed when I was in college, and it's not worth having any issues with your university over WiFi speeds. If you place a router in your dorm room, you're going to have double NAT (bad for gaming) unless you

I would recommend getting a travel router like a GL-iNet Beryl AX or even step up to the Slate 7 if you want wifi7. This will allow you to run your own network behind the college network so you have full control of your security. You can set it up with a VPN connection for remote access too.

Compra un travel router como el GL.iNet GL-BE3600 e instala tu VPN ahí, y nunca te conectes desde otra red que no sea la del travel router desde el Mac

Well, it kind of depends on where you got your router from. If it’s from GL.iNet, they’re a Hong Kong-based company. They typically have just one hardware version, but the ones sold in Asia or the China market come with firmware that follows local policie so things like VPN support might be restrict

AdGuard tries to use IPv6 no matter what. This results in sending IPv6 AAAA records (which are preferred) to IPv4 only hosts, and in many cases this breaks things if those hosts have IPv6 enabled but don't have a routable IPv6 address. Specifically for me it broke registering an Apple TV.

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Op have you considered the wifi 6 GL.iNet GL-MT3000? Or the wifi 7 GL.iNet GL-BE3600. These use your ethernet connection so should be compatible with every OS and you won't require drivers. Gl.iNet Slate 7 - GL-BE3600 - The Ultimate Travel Router

Unironically, if you hate the connector-and-dongle combo as much as I do and still NEED to use Wi-Fi, may I suggest the GL.iNet Slate 7? It's a portable router that can be set up as a Wi-Fi repeater for your network. You can then hard-wire your PC to it, and you can still use it as a router for ever

I'm currently using and testing GL-iNet Flint 2 and Flint 3e. Also, using the Slate 7 and Slate Plus for my travel router. https://www.gl-inet.com/products/