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Multi-Hop Route Builder

Connection path through multi-hop nodes:

Detailed Cascade Connection Advantages

Maximum Data Protection

Your connection is routed through secure encrypted servers. Multi-hop encrypted routing adds additional layers of security, keeping your corporate and personal data protected in transit.

Distributed Connection Architecture

Your connection is distributed across independent nodes in different locations. Each node processes only its own segment, ensuring end-to-end encryption is maintained throughout the entire route.

Network Reliability

Using a local entry point makes the connection resemble normal regional traffic, significantly improving connection stability and reducing the risk of service interruptions.

Distributed Node Architecture

Nodes are distributed across multiple countries, providing redundancy and geographic resilience. The distributed architecture ensures no single node is a single point of failure for your secure connection.

Advanced Multi-Layer Encryption

Multi-layer encryption and routing through multiple nodes delivers enterprise-grade security for sensitive data in transit, meeting the demands of professional and business use.

Flexible Choice

You can easily change the exit country through your account without modifying the client configuration. The entry point remains stable in your country, ensuring low latency on the first segment.

Benefits

  • Traffic distributed across independent encrypted nodes.
  • Dual-node architecture improves connection reliability.
  • Distributed architecture with independent node processing.

Trade-offs

  • Added latency (+30–80 ms typical).
  • Slight throughput reduction (−10–25%).

When to use

  1. Handling sensitive data sources.
  2. Accessing global content and services securely.
  3. Extra security layer when using public or untrusted networks.

Traffic Flow

Connection path through multi-hop nodes:

01
Your device
02
Local entry
03
Global exit
04
Destination service
  1. Client: Your device initializes an encrypted tunnel.
  2. Entry Server: Entry server accepts your encrypted connection and securely forwards traffic to the next node.
  3. Exit Server: Exit server delivers traffic to the destination via secure encrypted routing.
  4. Internet: Destination services see the exit server IP as source.

Route Builder

Client → Direct mode → Destination

One VPN host: a direct route with lower latency.

Direct mode
Route Builder
Direct mode
1 / 2 hosts
Estimated latency
~44 ms
Segment latency
Test countries
17
Europe, Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Oceania
Client Node
Client
Local ISP edge
01baseline
Direct Node
Germany
DE · DE
Segment latency~22 ms
Destination
Internet
Last mile to destination
~22 msglobal
One VPN host: a direct route with lower latency.
Estimated latency:~44msSegment latency