Tor Mode and Connection Problems & Questions

Routers
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I would like to use Tor mode to connect to Tor on the router.

When I connect, and have the menu set to block any connection without VPN, will this then block any connections without Tor or if Tor fails will packets leak?

When I use LUCI to inspect my connections after connecting to Tor, I see 2 connections to Tor occurring, for example one with port 9001 and one with port 443. Although this is typical for Tor to have two guard nodes, I am finding that if I use an openvpn TCP connection on top of this that the packets are getting routed randomly through both tor exit nodes, which is creating some problems, like missing so many packets that things won’t load.

Is there a way to limit to this just one connection instead of 2, or force the router to put all the packets from the same incoming IP to the same Tor route? I know this Tor module does things differently and I am pretty sure it’s not a full tor connection of guard, middle, exit but instead just finds an exit node during the boot process, but I am not sure!

There are times when Tor nodes will be blocked but temporarily using a free openvpn tcp connection will help me get past the block. I do not want to put just the VPN on the router because some free openvpn tcp connections probably log and are detrimental to privacy.

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Hi,

Please try manually editing the Tor configuration file to specify a Guard node:

vi /etc/tor/torrc

Then add the following line:

EntryNodes $6781225A605D3897F142324DF4FAFE6E72672D54

Here, 6781225A605D3897F142324DF4FAFE6E72672D54 is the fingerprint of a Guard node.
You can find and choose fingerprints on the Tor metrics website:Relay Search

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does anyone know if tor being on will prevent leaks if somehow tor disconnects (like with vpns)?

will this result in a connection just to that guard node only, or will it eventually exit from an exit node?

are you saying that if i only choose one guard node, then there will only be able to be one outgoing connection instead of 2?

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Yes, when Tor is on all client traffic is redirected to the Tor network.
If the Tor connection drops for any reason, you won't experience a leak; instead, your network connection will simply be interrupted.

The router will only connect directly to the Guard node you have specified, but the traffic will still exit to the public internet through a randomly selected Exit node .

Yes. But please note that Tor also needs to communicate with Directory nodes to get information about the network, so the router will establish a few other connections to the outside.

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