VSpaces

A VSpace is your own private network — a secure mesh that links your devices directly, wherever they are. Only your devices can see each other; everyone else sees nothing.

What a VSpace is for

Use a VSpace when you want your devices to reach each other privately:

• Reach a home server or NAS from your laptop while you're travelling.
• Move files between your machines without exposing them to the internet.
• Connect to a home computer from your phone over an encrypted link.

Traffic inside a VSpace is encrypted end to end and takes a direct path between your devices when it can, falling back to a ForestVPN relay only when a direct path isn't available.

Create one

From the dashboard, open VSpaces and create a new space. Give it a name you'll recognise, then add the devices that should join it.

Each device that joins gets a stable private address and an easy-to-remember mesh name, so you can reach work-laptop from your phone without memorising numbers. This automatic mesh naming (MagicDNS) keeps working even if you rename a device.

Add and remove members

A VSpace member is one of your devices. From the space's page you can:

• Add any device already on your account.
• Remove a device — it loses access to the space right away.

Keeping it private

By default a VSpace is private to your account. Sharing a space with another person is a separate, deliberate step — nothing is exposed until you choose to share it.

Where to next

• Devices — add the devices that will join your space.
• Getting started — set up ForestVPN from scratch.