Unfortunately, some of IPVanish’s advanced features have been removed from the app in the past year or two. IPVanish also allows for unlimited BitTorrent/P2P usage, and Netflix worked for me in my testing, but that’s a bit of a cat-and-mouse game between Netflix and the VPN companies, so your mileage may vary. You can also choose your VPN protocol (IKEv2, L2TP, PPTP, and OpenVPN UDP/TCP are all supported), protect yourself from IPv6 and DNS leaks, and enable a “kill switch” that blocks all traffic if the VPN disconnects for some reason. In the Settings, you have the usual options for launching IPVanish at boot, as well as connecting to a server of your choice automatically. (Sorting by Load and Response Time didn’t seem to work for me, however.) If you’re more of a visual person, you can also see them in a map view. You can expand a country’s list of servers by clicking on the circled number to see the ping times and server load for any given option. The “Server List” tab allows you to search through IPVanish’s 1,100 servers or 60 countries to find the one you want (this is a modestly high number of servers). Using the tabs on the left sidebar, however, you can drill down even further. ![]() ![]() Once you’re connected, this main window shows a graph of your usage, which is handy. The main “Quick Connect” window allows you to connect to the nearest server with one click, or you can choose a specific country, city, or server. Brian Barnett + 1 more IPVanish – Design and FeaturesIPVanish’s desktop app strikes a good balance between offering a lot of features and ease of use, though it has lost some of its more advanced features from previous incarnations.
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