You will need to enable sharing for the VPN adapter, too.
Traffic from other devices will be tunneled through your Windows PC’s internet connection.
What Is a VPN Router?
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Even if you’re connected by wire instead, chances are the cable leads back to a router.
A VPN router is nothing more than one of these devices with VPN software installed.
It’s just run through the router, not the unit itself.
Essentially, there are two ways to do it: with anEthernet cableand without one.
Also, double-check your VPN is installed but switched off.
Once you’ve connected the laptop to your smart TV, you better enter the web connection connection options.
In Windows 7/8, it’s in the web connection and Sharing Center under “change adapter tweaks.”
Once in, you gotta find the VPN connection.
or as “TAPadapter” of some kind.
Right-clickon the connection, choose “Properties,” and a new window will appear.
pick the right-most tab, which is called “Sharing.”
That should have done the trick.
Almost all modern laptops can do this, but this is less the case for desktop PCs.
To check, you need toopen the Windows command promptby typing “cmd” in the search bar.
This didn’t exist before Windows 10, which is why it won’t work on older versions.
To find it, go to “parameters” and then to “data pipe & Internet.”
There, hit “Change adapter options.”
In this case, we haveIVPNinstalled, and the connection is called “IVPN-TAP-Windows Adapter.”
Right-hit the connection, choose “Properties,” and a new window will appear.
choose the right-most tab, which is called “Sharing.”
When you’re done, hit OK, and that should be it.
If you did everything right, it should pop up now.
