AMAN VPN

Overview

What this release is

AMAN VPN is a small client that does the obvious job without demanding much attention. Open it, pick a region or let it choose the fastest, and the connection is up in a few seconds. There is no dashboard full of statistics and no attempt to sell you anything from inside the window, which is more than can be said for most of the category.

The protocol on offer is the modern lightweight one that most clients have moved to, which connects faster, reconnects better after a network change, and costs less battery on a laptop than the older approaches. A more compatible fallback protocol is available for networks that block the newer one outright.

The kill switch is the feature that matters most and it is implemented at the network level rather than by watching the connection and reacting late. If the tunnel drops, traffic stops rather than falling back to the ordinary connection, which is the entire point of having one at all.

Split tunnelling lets specific applications bypass the tunnel entirely, which is what you want for anything latency sensitive or for a service that refuses to work from a different region. The rule list is per application rather than per destination, which is simpler to reason about and covers most real cases.

The premium configuration in this build removes the free tier restrictions. The full server list across every region is available rather than a handful, there is no bandwidth ceiling and no speed cap, several devices can connect on the same configuration, and the advertisement panel in the client window is gone.

Feature set

What you get

Changes in this build

What changed

• Faster connection establishment through a reworked handshake sequence
• Improved reconnection when a laptop moves between wireless networks
• Split tunnelling rules now survive an application being updated to a new path
• Server list expanded with additional locations in several regions
• Fixed the kill switch remaining active after the client was closed while disconnected

Installation

How to install it

1. Extract the archive to a short path.
2. Run the setup executable as administrator, since the network adapter it installs requires it.
3. Allow the virtual network adapter when Windows asks. Nothing will connect without it.
4. Apply the included licensing step before the first launch so the full server list appears.
5. Turn on the kill switch in settings before relying on the connection for anything.

Hardware

System requirements

Package

Release information

Questions

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