Laptop won't connect to internet when VPN is active

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I’m wondering if you inadvertently have a VPN policy set to block client devices from using the VPN & if so, the 'net in general (aka ‘Kill-Switch’ functionality).

(Another place to check is that devices aren’t toggled to be blocked in general (GL GUI → Clients → $device → Block WAN))

See these screenshots in a related thread:

Wireless client MAC-address filtering on GL-AXT1800 Slate

Wouldn’t it just be easier to not give those to be blacklisted devices the Wi-Fi password? I think you’re looking for GL GUI → Clients → $device → Block WAN but that’s per device. Otherwise one can put all those devices to be blocked on a Guest SSID/Wi-Fi network & block the Guest network from WAN access but that’d take a bit of customization to the firewall & isn’t provided as a stock feature of the GL GUI. It would also be completely isolated from your LAN proper so they could only communic…