Unbreakable VPN Connection for Online Gaming by Combining Starlink, Wi-Fi, 4G, 5G, and DSL with Speedify
One brief network hiccup is enough to lose a ranked match or drop you out of a tournament lobby.
Speedify is a VPN app built for that risk. Speedify encrypts everything you send and receive, and spreads game traffic over Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, wired Ethernet, Starlink and other internet connections at the same time. Sudden slowdowns get smoothed over, and one failing internet connection no longer ends the session. That needs two or more internet connections; on a single connection, Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and can be a little slower. Up next: how a gaming VPN works, why a dedicated VPN server reserved for you beats a server shared with strangers, and what Speedify gets you in a match: fewer lag spikes and no surprise exits.
Speedify minimizes gaming lag by sending data through all available connections
How a VPN for Online Games Works
When you use a VPN, your computer or smartphone connects through a secure tunnel to a remote server. That server can be anywhere in the world and has its own IP address, which is the address the game server sees. So, you’ll be able to:
- Hide your IP address from other players, which helps against DDoS attacks
- Use gaming servers anywhere in the world when traveling
- Keep the added lag small by connecting to a VPN server close to your gaming server.
However, using a VPN for online games has its disadvantages as well:
- You might not be able to connect to certain game servers if the IP address of the VPN server you’re connected to has been blacklisted. This may happen if another person using the same server broke the rules when playing online;
- Seeing slow speeds across the board. If many people are connected to the same server, the VPN for online games will be slow. You can switch between available VPN servers, but that takes time and there are no guarantees.
- Getting disconnected from the VPN server because the server runs out of processing power. As above, this happens when many people are connected to the same server and compete for its resources.
How to Choose a VPN for Online Games: Pick One with a Dedicated VPN Server
To remove the downsides of using a VPN for online games and keep the benefits, connect to a dedicated VPN server. If you already use a VPN for online games, check whether it offers one: not a dedicated IP, but a dedicated VPN server (see here the difference).
With a dedicated VPN server you choose the server’s location, close to the gaming servers, and the server’s bandwidth and processing power are yours alone. Speedify’s Dedicated Servers offer up to 1 Gbps, 3 TB of data a month and a static IPv4 address.
With a dedicated VPN server, you keep the latency to the gaming servers as low as a VPN allows, and you do not compete with other users on the same VPN server for its resources and bandwidth. No VPN lowers your ping below a direct connection; what Speedify adds is a game that stays connected, with less packet loss, when one internet connection drops.
A dedicated VPN server also avoids the IP bans some games place on shared public VPN servers because of other users.
How to Get a Dedicated VPN Server for Online Gaming with Speedify
A dedicated VPN server from Speedify works together with Speedify’s technology for combining internet connections. Combine 2 or more connections together on your devices and get more bandwidth from your encrypted connection.
To get a dedicated VPN server with Speedify if you do not have a subscription yet:
- Go to the Speedify Store page on speedify.com.
- Select your desired subscription type.
- Finish the payment.
- Login to your Speedify account using the email you used in the purchase process.
- From the dashboard click on “Manage” under your subscription and then “Add a Dedicated Server”
- Speedify sends you an email; reply with the location of the server you want.
- A member of the Speedify team then confirms the details of the dedicated server with you, such as its location and hosting provider. Setup takes up to 24 hours.
If you already have a Speedify account (Individual, Families or Teams), follow steps 4 to 7 above.
Choose a Speedify Dedicated Server if you want a server location you pick, bandwidth nobody else shares and an IP address no one else uses; with two or more internet connections, Speedify also keeps the game connected when one of them drops.
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