Is It Possible to Use VPN as a Proxy ?

[Alia J]

My phone's off for a while and I have access to my school's locked wifi. A classmate of mine was telling me that he was in the same predicanent but it doesn't really bother him because he can use the VPN on his ipod to get access to blocked apps (such as Twitter or Instagram). He showed me how to activate/connect his VPN on his ipod, and it's as easy as sliding it on. On my Android phone, it's not so simple, however.

I'd like to know how to use my VPN client like that. I know it's possible, because that classmate did it right in front of my eyes. I googled VPNs and found out what it's generally used for, and hopefully I can figure out how to do that too. But for right now, I want to know if I can manipulate my school's Wi-Fi so that I can access the apps on my phone that are refused connection. Here's some info about my situation:

1. I have no control over my school Wi-Fi service (of course)
2. I have the password to my school's Wi-Fi service
3. My phone is a Samsung Exhibit 2 4G


If I CAN'T do this, I'd just like to know how I can access blocked apps during school; using an open Wi-Fi connection, maybe?

Your mature, straightforward answers are appreciated.

[Fred]

A VPN uses a tunnel over a non secured line to connect two computers or two networks. A Proxy is a machine that you are connected to over a secured or unsecured line that will behave as your identity online. Two different technologies and only a Proxy will do what you ask. If a VPN service is claiming to do it too it is because they have built in a proxy to their VPN service.

[Free2Surf VPN]

They are two seperate technologies. Your school network probably already uses a proxy to restrict traffic, which means, you cant use another proxy to unblock things.

Normal PPTP/L2TP/SSTP type VPN's willl not work wiith a proxy type internet. Alas, there is hope, with OpenVPN SSL service, you could connect to VPN via the school network, even if it has a proxy.

You just need a VPN service provider with OpenVPN SSL service. There are quite a few out there, make sure they support Anddroid, this can be done on Android with apps like FeatVPN.