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    VPN on console. AC86u vs XR500 vs PC to console (Ethernet connection sharing)

    Yep, companies love to throw "gaming" in front of any products eg gaming headphones, but if you speak to anyone with knowledge in the audio community, they will tell you a proper pair of audiophile headphones are what you are after, and the gaming headphones are usually overly marketed garbage...
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    VPN on console. AC86u vs XR500 vs PC to console (Ethernet connection sharing)

    So the CPU my PC has is the Intel Core i7 7700K, and it supports AES NI I had already made my mind up on getting the ac86u with Merlin firmware, but my questions were more just to get an idea of the XR500 VPN capabilities. Up until now, there is nothing to suggest that the XR500 can do the job...
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    VPN on console. AC86u vs XR500 vs PC to console (Ethernet connection sharing)

    Hi L&LD Thanks for your reply - I did not find anything regarding AES NI with the XR500, so i would have to assume it does not have this hardware acceleration capability. In your opinion, how would the method of internet connection sharing the VPN from PC to Xbox via ethernet compare?
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    VPN on console. AC86u vs XR500 vs PC to console (Ethernet connection sharing)

    Hi everyone, I found this forum really useful these last few weeks, when looking into the best routers for VPN. I am looking to get a VPN activated on my Xbox in order to play in foreign servers, that I would not otherwise be able to do without a VPN. For example, being based in the UK I can...
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