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    • DerelictD
      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
      last edited by

      You have two basic choices:

      Enable Don't Pull Routes on the client connection and policy route certain traffic out the VPN.

      Leave Don't Pull Routes checked and policy route the exceptional traffic (like your Roku devices) out the WAN_GW directly.

      Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
      A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
      DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
      Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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        Sty
        last edited by

        First, thank you to both of you. I had given up hope of getting a reply and thus hadn't checked.

        @luckman212, my goal is NOT to use the secure VPN for Roku. Ideally my traffic all goes out the normal WAN. The exceptions are that traffic to and from SECURE goes out ONLY on the secure VPN and traffic that is not SECURE but tries to go to the parent's LAN goes out that VPN. The fact that Netflix is giving me problems means I'm sending traffic out the wrong way, I just don't know how to fix it or where to start.  :( Currently I have removed all of the SECURE VPN stuff and things are working as expected. How do I add my SECURE VPN back in without breaking everything?

        @Derelict, I'm afraid I don't follow. Could you elaborate some?

        Thank you both!

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        • DerelictD
          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
          last edited by

          First look at this:

          https://www.infotechwerx.com/blog/Creating-pfSense-Connection-VPNBook

          Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
          A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
          DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
          Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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            Sty
            last edited by

            @Derelict, that's extremely similar to what I did with my privacy VPN connection. After that, I created an interface for that connection and I tried to route all SECURE traffic through it.

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            • DerelictD
              Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
              last edited by

              And what?

              Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
              A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
              DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
              Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                Koent
                last edited by

                Take a look at this document. It describes almost exactly what you want.

                https://www.techhelpguides.com/2017/06/12/ultimate-pfsense-openvpn-guide/

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                • DerelictD
                  Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                  last edited by

                  I just perused that. It looks pretty solid. I like tag/match instead of Skip Rules when Gateway is Down but other than that…

                  Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                  A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                  DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                  Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                    Koent
                    last edited by

                    Give a newbie a hand please  :) Tag/match should be done by floating rules in this context I suppose ?

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                    • DerelictD
                      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                      last edited by

                      It is all here:

                      https://www.infotechwerx.com/blog/Creating-pfSense-Connection-VPNBook

                      Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
                      A comprehensive network diagram is worth 10,000 words and 15 conference calls.
                      DO NOT set a source address/port in a port forward or firewall rule unless you KNOW you need it!
                      Do Not Chat For Help! NO_WAN_EGRESS(TM)

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                        mcarson75
                        last edited by

                        Sty make sure you don't have "redirect-gateway def1" in your advanced configuration for the PIA VPN.  That will override all of your policy based routing and send all traffic through the VPN by setting your default gateway to the VPN.

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