Questions about protocols

VPN
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  1. I get that ‘Smart’ picks the ‘best’ one. So what is ‘best’? Fastest? As a practical matter I notice that for me where I am (USA) it always picks WireGuard (UDP).
  2. What exactly is ‘Stealth’ and what are the benefits and/or trade-offs?
  3. Same question about either flavor of ‘OpenVPN’.

Thank you.

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afaik “stealth” tries to mask that you’re using a VPN

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Thanks for all answers.

I have gone through the various VPN profiles I have set up.

Stealth for all secure core connections.

Stealth for my PSP connections.

WireGuard (UDP) for the rest.

Of course I will keep on fiddling with it, but that will do for now for routine usage.

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Thank you. A good rundown that answers most of my question, including some I didn’t know I had.

Still doesn’t explain how ‘Smart’ decides.

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Again thank you.

I’m getting this implies I don’t need it if I’m on a computer that I physically control and also physically control the router?