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Title: NordVPN will discontinue Meshnet on December 1

Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:55:38 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/vpn/no...

NordVPN announced today in a blog post that its Meshnet feature will shut
down on December 1. All aspects of Meshnet will stop working on that date,
though nothing else about NordVPN will be affected. If you were using Meshnet
to connect computers, route web traffic through a personal device or share
files, you'll need to find another solution by December.

As I mentioned in my NordVPN review, Meshnet was one of the most envelope-
pushing features on any VPN, letting users link their devices through a
NordLynx tunnel without needing to go through a third-party server. Once the
tunnel was set up, you could access either device through the other one to
share files or access services. With enough connected devices, you could
check your work email, visit a friend's media server, play a remote game on
another server and watch your home-based TV subscriptions ΓÇö all from a
single laptop anywhere on the planet. Unbelievably, it was even free to use.

I'm sad to see Meshnet go, but as NordVPN's blog post makes clear, it never
found its audience. As exciting as it was to people like me who spend all day
squinting at the guts of VPNs, it didn't provide enough everyday value to
catch on with the majority of NordVPN's customers. Hindsight shows us that
Meshnet's benefits, like remote desktop and file sharing, were mainly
business-oriented; selling those was always going to be an uphill battle in a
market where VPNs are more commonly used for personal reasons.

If you're one of the few people who was actually using Meshnet, you have a
few months to arrange alternatives. Should you want to stay within the
NordVPN ecosystem, you can replace its file sharing features with NordLocker,
which gives you 3 GB of storage for free. Of course, Google Drive is also an
option. For remote access, NordVPN recommends ZeroTier, a platform where you
can connect up to 10 devices without paying.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/vpn/no...
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