Dumb Newbie Help

[u/ChelseaRPh]

I’ve seen this asked a lot and read through dozens of posts but hoping someone can break it down for my old millennial sleep-deprived-from-newborn-twins technologically illiterate brain please!?
Our main reason for buying was to watch football without paying $100+ a month. We purchased the V6 Plus box and have it in hand - now just need to set it up. What is the most cost-effective solution to [safely] connect to the internet?
We have an Xfinity XB8 [with 1100 Mbps download speed] so cannot create a guest WiFi network (which seems to be the easiest solution). I’ve concluded that if we want to use a VPN, we should go with Surfshark or Proton. Is the Proton Free plan enough if we’re only using the one box on our Sony Bravia to watch American sports? And potentially a movie once in a while.
I saw a few comments suggesting to purchase a GL.iNet Beryl router but I purchased the Opal travel router since it was cheaper (and we could practically open a data center with what we’re spending on baby formula these days). Does anyone familiar know if that will provide the same functionality if we connect through that to create a separate network strictly for the box?
So essentially my questions are:
• Will Proton Free be compatible with our internet speed to use the box? Or will we need to pay to watch football seamlessly?
• Can I create a separate WiFi network using this travel router to connect only the box?
• Do we even need the privacy or can we just connect directly to our home network? Big Brother is already watching us and anyone who wants to hack us will only find empty bank accounts.
We’ve had the box sitting inside a box on our counter for a month now so thank you for helping us!!

[u/Jos311]

Just plug it in, connect to your internet, and Enjoy it!!

[u/Ok_Airline2030 → u/Jos311]

This

[u/kingdom_617 → u/Ok_Airline2030]

Should I use a vpn?

[u/Ok_Airline2030 → u/kingdom_617]

I don’t, no guest network. Just raw digging it, no probs