Your first connection
Sign in, pick a server, and encrypt your traffic — then confirm it actually worked.
Connect in three steps
The apps are built so the common case is a single tap. Here is the full path the first time through.
- Sign in with your VPNGeek account. The app fetches your available servers and plan.
- Pick a server. Tap Fastest to let the app choose the lowest-latency location, or open the list and pick a country yourself.
- Connect. The status turns green when the tunnel is established, usually within a second.
Connect from the CLI
On Linux, the same flow is two commands:
# Connect to the fastest server
vpngeek connect --fastest
# Or choose a specific country
vpngeek connect --country de
# Check what you're connected to
vpngeek status
vpngeek connect --fastest
# Or choose a specific country
vpngeek connect --country de
# Check what you're connected to
vpngeek status
Confirm you are protected
Two quick checks tell you the tunnel is doing its job. First, visit any "what is my IP" service — it should show the VPNGeek server's location, not your own. Second, run a DNS leak test; every lookup should resolve through VPNGeek, not your ISP.
Turn on the kill switch
Before you rely on the connection, enable the kill switch in settings. With it on, if the tunnel ever drops your device stops sending traffic entirely rather than falling back to the open network — so nothing leaks in the moment before reconnection.