How can I find a VPN server?

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lmsrcmig06

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I need a VPN for playing games, so administrators don't ban my own IP adress in servers. What do I need to do to use a VPN? How can I setup it? How can I find a VPN server adress (If you know portuguese, french or spanish server please tell me)?
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No, I don't want a VPN app. I want a VPN server to easily (And free, since your page shows a paid) connect to. Ip adress like: 123.banana.com
 

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Hum, I would play by the rules, and if you're talking about that, I. Need it because admins would check my IP and my PC, so they will call the pizza guy and police to my house, and I don't want that. Please, read the post and answer the question. Simple.
 

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Depends on what you need the VPN for. If you were just needing it for browsing, I would just say use the Opera browser, as it has a built-in VPN (you just select the country you want for your IP address from USA, Canada, Singapore, & the Netherlands)...but that's only good for surfing within Opera itself.

If you want a VPN that you can use while gaming, you will need to actually install a VPN on your PC. VPN servers will not work without an actual VPN application to connect to the server.

There are probably dozens, if not hundreds, of "free" VPNs out there. That being said, the "free" ones are usually either a) limited in their configurability, b) limited in their bandwidth (i.e. you may see your ping shoot up quite a bit using it), & c) the VPN provider may not charge you anything because they're making their money selling your browsing history (& any personal information they can get from it) to 3rd parties. And even with paid VPNs you can run the risk of your information not necessarily remaining private.

From my personal experience from online gaming, there are primarily 3 ways to get your IP banned (whether temporarily or permanently):
1. You're not following the server rules (i.e. most Race games on Halo:CE only allow the use of the Warthog guns if someone else is already driving, & repeated attempts to "hog camp" without driving around tend to result in temporary bans from the server);
2. You're being offensive to other players (technically an extension of #1, as most servers have rules regarding offensive /derogatory/insulting language towards other players, including the use of swear words); or
3. You're using a hack/code glitch/aimbot specifically banned by the server (again, usually an extension of #1, as they usually specify in the rules whether hacks are allowed or not).

I've been playing online for over a decade now on multiple games, & have yet to be banned or permabanned because I follow the rules. If you follow the rules, you won't have to worry about hiding behind a VPN.
 
Most the good paid services are only about $5/month. There really are not any truly free services especially that you can run games though. They either have really low data caps or they do crap like force advertising into your machine.

The larger paid services have many more data centers. The vpn causes little problem when the data center is near you and the game server. These so called free or even very inexpensive services the overhead of using the vpn will cause performance issues in the game.
 

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1 - I always follow the rules.
2 - I need a VPN for Minecraft because admins will ask to check my PC for havks, woch I don't have. I need to hide my IP.
3 - I was asking all of this because my PC (W10) has a VPN option, and I need to enter a IP or server/proxy. How can I find one? Thanks.
 

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1. Then you have nothing to worry about.
2. Then you really have nothing to worry about. And I strongly suspect that, since they're checking the players' Minecraft installations for hacks, then using a VPN either a) will cause them to refuse access to the server anyway, or b) since the VPN only changes your IP address to make it look like you're physically in a different country but doesn't actually prevent a connection to your PC (else how would you be able to connect to & play on the server?), using the VPN won't prevent them from being able to check for hacks.
3. You need to have more than just an IP address to access a VPN. As pointed out in the article you listed:

"Setting up a VPN connection with Windows 10 requires you having the proper credentials to access a server. Be sure you have these before you continue. You may have to coordinate with your system administrator." (emphasis added)

Using a VPN service means setting up access to it -- not just the IP address for the server, but your unique username & password for that server. Someone could give you the IP address for a VPN server that they happen to use...but they're not going to give you their username & password, so if you haven't set up your own username/password for that server then the IP address is 100% useless to you.
 

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Ok, you all don't understand my point, probably since you don't play Minecraft PvP Servers... What do I need to do when connecting to the VPN server? (http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-2569630/set-vpn-connection-windows.html). Please, I need your help, or I can't play Minecraft PvP anymore...
 
A proxy and a vpn are not the same thing. Proxy pretty much only does web browser traffic. Maybe this would do some of the facebook games but I am pretty sure minecraft uses other ports.

You see to think you can just key some magic thing into your PC and it will work. Step 1 is to get a VPN service that you likely must pay for. Follow the instructions on the providers site. Many require you to install a vpn client. If there is some interface into win10 then they will tell you what to put in the blanks. Part of the reason you pay these services is they pay someone to write instructions on how to set things up.
 

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I need a VPN for gaming, I mean, when minecraft pvp servers admins check my PC for hacks wich i dont have, they can find my ip and hack it like they did to my friens. I saw a youtibe guy that used that metod I linkes and it workes, can you teach me how to do it? I just need to hide my ip, and not just in the browser. Thanks.
 
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