Configuring and Activating the VPNĪrmed with your VPN’s info, entering the VPN is a straightforward affair. If you’re sticking with Amazon’s built-in VPN settings, however, read on. Once you’ve done that, you can easily follow along with our guide to using VPNs on Android, where we talk in more detail about using official and third-party OpenVPN apps. Instead, if you want to use beefier VPN protocols on your Fire tablet, you’ll most likely need to either sideload a VPN app’s APK or insntall the Google Play Store on your Fire tablet (which is so much better than relying on the Amazon App Store that you should do it anyway). If you wish to use OpenVPN on your Fire tablet, we recommend checking to see if your VPN provider has a companion application that would make the process easy for you (but unfortunately the chances of this are very low). RELATED: How to Sideload Apps Onto Your Amazon Fire Tablet In addition to the inherent limitation of using Android, there is also the limitation of the Amazon Appstore: there is a very paltry selection of third party VPN apps and no official OpenVPN app to speak of. RELATED: What Is a VPN, and Why Would I Need One?īecause each VPN provider has its own settings (server addresses, etc.) it’s important that you take a moment to review the help files for your VPN provider of course (or the information your workplace sent you on the matter) as you’ll need the specific information for your specific VPN later in the tutorial.Īdditionally, it’s important to know that we’ll be using the built-in VPN functionality in the Fire OS which, because Fire OS is an Android derivative, has the same limitations of Android’s VPN support-that means it supports the IPSec, L2TP, and PPTP protocols right out of the box but does not support OpenVPN.

While you’re at it, we also have some great recommendations for VPN providers with tips on how to pick one that best fits your needs.

Obviously you need a Fire tablet but you also need a VPN of some sort-if you’ve heard about VPNs (and that they’re good for privacy) but you’re not really sure about them, be sure to check out our guide to what a VPN is and why you might want to use one. To follow along with today’s tutorial, you only need a few things.

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