Tiekom Spanish Sim , VPN and Logging into Work Intranet

[jopparocks]

I'm a bit puzzled by the some aspects of the VPN thing.
I'm off to Spain tomorrow and when I get there I want to watch Netflix, Amazon etc on my tv. I think I'm ok with this as to do the TV streaming thing I have purchased a Tiekom sim card as it gives me a lot of gb's and I will use this as a hotspot. I have also installed a VPN (Proton VPN) on my android phone so that I can access my UK login and stream the tv shows on my Roku stick as if I was in the UK. I think I've go my head round that - so far so good
However, my wife will also be doing some work when we are away and will be logging onto her work intranet on her work laptop. She will be using my android phone and Tiekom sim as a hotspot. It is here I am on shakier ground. My question (a) is will the VPN on my phone cover my wife logging onto her work intranet on her laptop or does the laptop need a VPN installed as well? and (b) will she need a VPN at all to login to her work intranet?
Cheers Martin

 

[meanders]

Hi Martin.

It depends on the company she works for, and the sensitivity of any data to be accessed, but I would be astounded in this day and age if they were not providing a secure gateway login complete with what effectively is a VPN. She will need that installed on the laptop if not already so. Does she login to the intranet at home on the same laptop? If so, it should work fine irrespective of how its communicating to the web because all your phone and SIM is providing is a pathway to the web. However, as you are going abroad, the IT team may need to permit connection from a different geographical area unless the secure gateway includes a VPN. What I am saying here is that she really needed to talk to her IT team/helpdesk/support, which is clearly now too late.

Some companies provide a web interface and all the security is between that and the systems being accessed, and rely on login credentials to secure it, but no company I have ever worked for or provided IT support to would ever do that apart from for the off-site hosted actual website that was a separate entity with no on-line access possible to the internal systems. It's absolutely fine for anything of a non-sensitive nature, or if it's hosted as a webservice segregated from the core business systems.

However, that said, I am reasonably certain it will work, if it currently works from home.

Email will work fine so she can always contact the IT support if she has problems.

Good luck .... Robin

 

[Kups]

You will need a VPN installed on each device that you want to watch British TV on.

 

[RV-AL]

You will need a VPN installed on each device that you want to watch British TV on.Lots of the tv providers can detect a VPN and will not give you access. Bbc iPlayer, itvX, Apple TV, prime sky etc

 

[jopparocks]

Thanks for the brilliant thoughtful answers. Just the info I need.

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[jopparocks]

You will need a VPN installed on each device that you want to watch British TV on.

I am accessing an Avtex TV through my phone with a Roku stick. I am assuming that my phone is the only device that needs a vpn for this.