Do I need a dedicated IP address? What products do you use to secure your personal devices?

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Home Networking@selfhosted.forumEnglish · 10 months ago

I work from home and frequently work in coffee shops and hotels on guest WiFi. My home network consists of a 12-port POE switch, 4 enterprise class wireless access points, and cloud management. I have a company issued MacBook Pro for business that I don’t change security settings on.

Also have a iPad Pro and an iPhone that I use for personal use. I have been using NordVPN’s VPN on my iPad and iPhone and they are currently offering a dedicated IP address. What are the advantages/disadvantages of using a dedicated IP address?

I have also noticed that NordVPN is having trouble staying connected to my iPad and iPhone, so I am considering leaving NordVPN altogether and going with something like CloudFlare.

What products do you use to secure your personal devices? What would you say are your must-haves when it comes to security for personal devices that you use for things like banking on unsecured networks? If you use a service like CloudFlare, which of their products do you use?

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