Windows 10: New Router or VPN???

Hi

I have today been looking at subscribing to a VPN provider. However, my husband suggested I look at How-To-Geek to see what they say. Having done that, they are suggesting that not everyone needs a VPN - just a new router. But routers as they as used be seem to be going out of fashion and ours is getting on in computing terms (possibly 7-8 years old) and has no firmware update to correct some of the things I am looking for.

Currently I use Avast Internet Security and it reports that I am not keeping things private that should be private. There are two of us here and we spend a lot of time on the internet and currently we are allowing the following to be read/discovered:

* Anyone can see what we are doing online
* Our ISP may well be recording everything we are doing online
* Our location is exposed
* Our IP address is visible

My question is: would a new router hide these things or should I just go for a VPN? If I were to go for a router what would people suggest? If a VPN, I'd be tempted to go for NordVPN or one of the other top rated VPNs out there.

Hoping someone can help out.
Tracey

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Linksys Launches New Unmanaged Switches and VPN Routers

Linksys today announced it has re-entered the Small and Medium Business (SMB) marketplace with the launch of seven new unmanaged switches (three with PoE) and two new VPN Routers. Linksys sold SMB infrastructure products for 20 years and has been a leading provider of switches and routers. The Linksys SMB brand was dissolved a few years ago, but now is back under Belkin International to offer a portfolio of business networking and security products that will target SMB businesses and resellers.

"It's with our commitment to honor the Linksys heritage by entering back into the SMB space to target SMB businesses and resellers with solutions that are purpose-built for SMB environments," said Ben Thacker, Global Vice President of Enterprise Business, Belkin International. "Our competitive advantage is our solid 20+ experience in the SMB space and we understand customers, resellers and partners want quality products with high performance while servicing them to help grow their business. Our line-up of switches and VPN routers is the first in a series of high performance business networking and security solutions to come from Linksys."











The first product suite from the Linksys Business series will include unmanaged switches, unmanaged switches with Power over Ethernet (PoE) and VPN routers.

Linksys Unmanaged Desktop Switches
The new unmanaged managed Desktop Gigabit Switches include 5, 8, 16 and 24-port versions and 8, 16 and 24-port versions that include PoE. Features include:

• Gigabit speeds
• Auto-Sensing Ports
• Power Saving Features including
  Auto power-down disables unused ports
  Smart Power for short cable runs
  Port status switch to control LED lights
• Quality of Service (QoS) Traffic Prioritization (on 8, 16 and 24-Port only)
• Power over Ethernet functionality (on PoE versions only) for connecting access points or video surveillance solutions

Linksys Gigabit VPN Routers
The new Linksys LRT series integrates Gigabit firewall, site to site VPN and various remote access VPN technologies into two single solutions. The LRT Series includes the Gigabit VPN Router and Dual WAN Gigabit VPN Router. These routers feature:

• 4 Gigabit ports
• Up to 50 IPSec tunnels
• Five OpenVPN tunnels
• Dual-WAN Load Balance and WAN Failover (on LRT244 only)
• Integrated firewall supporting URL filtering and access rules
• 802.1q VLAN tagging
• Port Forwarding, port triggering and Port address translation for 30 devices
• DMZ Port
• DHCP Server
• DNS
• And more features can be found on the Linksys VPN Router pages

Availability
The Linksys new line-up of unmanaged switches is available now thru major distributors. The Linksys Gigabit VPN Routers are planned for availability in early December. SMBs and resellers can find a participating distributor at our website: http://www.linksys.com/en-us/business/find-a-distributor

Linksys Unmanaged Switches

• LGS105 - MSRP $49.99
• LGS108 - MSRP $59.99
• LGS116 - MSRP $179.99
• LGS124 - MSRP $229.99

Linksys Unmanaged PoE Switches

• LGS108P - MSRP $179.99
• LGS116P - MSRP $299.99
• LGS124P - MSRP $449.99, Planned for Availability by the end of November

Linksys VPN Routers

• LRT214 - MSRP $229.99, Planned for availability in December
• LRT224 - MSRP $299.99, Planned for availability in December

 

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