Just got my Flint 2 and playing around.
Simple setup of router + vpn and Everything just works!
Until streaming...
This is NOT the routers fault in any way but the providers like HBO Netflix and so on...
Started Reading up on things like split tunnel and PBR and trying different things, still confused though.
I have a couple of streaming devices in the house and the cry from fam when HBO didnt work was Amazing - and trying to find what domain names HBO uses for it's service so I can filter that traffic to not go trough VPN was a bigger challenge than I though.
So, how do you ppl "do it"?
There must be things I'm missing.
Well there’s the problem. I’d like all devices always go trough VPN and filter out the stuff that should not go trough VPN. And there is the problem.
So I was hoping this was “normal” and that there was a fairly simple solution to is, like a subscription URL for most streaming services or some “hidden secret” obvious to everyone who have been doing PBR for a while but not for a beginner like me?
You could exclude the smart tv ip or mac, sure the tv will be always on wan but would it be needed on vpn?
You can also try with domain names, but the risk of this is that most AWS share the same ip ranges in other services which then actually could cause a unintentional leak over your vpn.
Or even the best of best, only use vpn on the devices which need vpn, because a full network vpn is tricky and you will get trouble if you also start messing around with iot equipment like zigbee devices often they block vpns.
It won’t help if you’re working around geo-blocks, but if you’re working around throttling of streaming services, it will. It may also provide ideas about solution options for geo-blocks.
