I use the free Radius VPN server that comes with my Ubiquiti UDM router. It works 100% for my needs to log onto my home network's UI3 during a Blue Iris MMS text/.jpg alert while out grocery shopping or after driving somewhere. The setup I have running: Blue Iris will send a MMS with .jpg picture of alert when 2 specific outdoor cameras are triggered via IVS & Dahua human AI detection. I then fire up my VPN connection on my Pixel 4 Google Fi smartphone, and connect to my home network's UI3 to see what's up. Not exactly super fast of a response but it works. After seeing what triggered the alerts (kids on bike or FedEx man), I log off my VPN and back to normal cellular network use. For some reason, I am very spooked at leaving my VPN connected when in my work environment 8 hours a day of driving around doing service calls (no free wifi environments so all cellular networks). I pay Google Fi a small amount for limited download (4GB, I believer) as I am not a power user and I have a day job to concentrate on.
I was thinking about the delay/response time of firing up the VPN, Chrome, and then UI3. Maybe, I should get the Blue Iris mobile app for Android to do faster alerts and quick visual identification and leave VPN on when at work for 8 hours? I have no idea what kind of data is used up. Not to mention, how leaving VPN running all the time affects other network programs (gmail, chrome browsing, etc).
Those who use VPN all the time, are you in a wifi environment where you are not using cellular network? If not, how much data flows back and forth?
I was thinking about the delay/response time of firing up the VPN, Chrome, and then UI3. Maybe, I should get the Blue Iris mobile app for Android to do faster alerts and quick visual identification and leave VPN on when at work for 8 hours? I have no idea what kind of data is used up. Not to mention, how leaving VPN running all the time affects other network programs (gmail, chrome browsing, etc).
Those who use VPN all the time, are you in a wifi environment where you are not using cellular network? If not, how much data flows back and forth?