I also have hops on. Is there connection locations I should be staying away from?
YES.
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Best set-up is to go router level VPN for your home network.
Use a based router like Flint 2.0 made by GL.iNet and it's integration is seemless.
Discussion
If you're gonna use hops, might as well use Tor IMHO. I don't see the point otherwise since Mullvad is running the servers. Seems like an increase in latency for not much benefit.
As for locations to stay away from, no idea. Rule of thumb is latency shoooould be better if the location is as close as possible. So for me that's Hong Kong or Singapore. But the Great Firewall of China fukcs things up so that my latency is generally trash. I actually route my home through Switzerland.
I appreciate the comment sbout hops/Tor. Makes sense with simple logic. 🫡
My home route chosen for me first by Mullvad was same as you. Just curious. This is interesting 🤔
Newb questions as you can tell I’m sure
I meticulously code my server for my home using Flint router based on what gave me maximum download bandwidth.
Latency isn't great though