Need your help will pay 20$: PIA on pfsense Netflix detects proxy
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@johnpoz @z71prix said in Alarming WAN Leaking using fast.com (Resolved):
Thank you KOM for trying. Really strange that everything on mine seems to be working other than a few sites seeing my real IP. I'll provide details. I followed these instructions. https://nordvpn.com/tutorials/pfsense/pfsense-openvpn/
Disregard looks like it's ok after all. fast.com uses netflix servers. I have netflix passed through VPN. Also www.myipaddress.com uses amazon servers, I allow amazon to pass. Looks like everything is ok. Thank you
seems like this guy was able to do it
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@skilledinept Unfortunately Ive already payed for PIA and have gigabyte internet Thanks for your answer tho
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What @Gertjan and @johnpoz are trying to say is Netflix hates VPN providers (in a manner of speaking). They are constantly searching for VPN provider IP network blocks and then blacklisting those IP addresses from using the Netflix service. Netflix does this because they have contractual obligations for the content they stream that prohibit certain content from being shown in particular geographical areas. They know some users attempt using a VPN service to get around this contractual obligation that Netflix has. Should Netflix turn a blind eye to this circumvention attempt, the folks they buy content from will either stop selling to Netflix or might even sue them. Thus Netflix has a team whose mission is to identify VPN network providers and block them, and thus their customers, from accessing Netflix content. Other streaming providers do the same.
So whether or not Netflix works for your VPN setup is mainly dependent on two things. First, has Netflix found the VPN exit node IP subnet for your provider (or more specifically, for the particular exit node your provider has assigned to you)? If the answer is "yes", then Netflix is blocked for you when using the VPN. And that leads to the second dependency. You would need a subscription to a VPN provider who was willing to continue playing the whack-a-mole game with Netflix by swapping around the various exit node IP networks they assign to their users. However, in the end, even this is a losing game as eventually Netflix will find all of the provider's networks and block them.
So you might have your Netflix never work from the start, work fine for some period of time and then break, or if you have a provider such as user @skilledinept mentioned that actively seeks to counter moves by Netflix to block access, then your Netflix will work a while, fail, then start working again for some time, fail ... and rinse and repeat. However, it is likely to eventually fail for good once Netflix finds all of the VPN provider's IP networks.
So the best thing to do is use policy routing on pfSense and route your traffic from streaming appliances to your normal WAN gateway (the one your ISP gives you) and bypass the VPN for streaming traffic. There are several ways to do this. Search this forum and you will find those suggestions. I know you said you didn't want to do that, but it really is the best way to have dependable streaming.
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Just wondering if anyone has tried using their own VPN from a VPS like linode, AWS or similar?
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datacenter IP ranges are usually blocked by Netflix as well IME.
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I subscribe to a few service providers that advertise Netflix working over their service, and it does work using their app.
Over pfsense it does not.
Best luck, I use the over wan method
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i use expressvpn and work great for netflix install on pfsense box
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@yepitro1986 unfortunately cant cancel my PIA subscription.
BUMP
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https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/4lcfdf/netflix_to_wan_not_opt1vpn/d3mgta4/
This guy got it and it works for me too. I'm not sure how his second approach works; I only did the first.
On the same computer, I am now able to go to ipchicken.com and see my VPN IP address but Prime Videos doesn't give me a VPN warning anymore.
It's somewhat related to: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/96559/routing-netflix-through-wan-and-else-through-vpn/4
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He is just policy routing, he routes netflix/amazon out his normal wan and other traffic out his vpn.. Duh! Nobody ever said this wouldn't work.. That is how normally do it, netflix not going to block your normal wan IP - they block vpns..
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@johnpoz said in Need your help will pay 20$: PIA on pfsense Netflix detects proxy:
He is just policy routing, he routes netflix/amazon out his normal wan and other traffic out his vpn.. Duh! Nobody ever said this wouldn't work.. That is how normally do it, netflix not going to block your normal wan IP - they block vpns..
Guess I misunderstood the ask. I thought he wanted to use his ISP for Netflix and everything else over VPN.
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That what we are suggesting he do ;)
He hasn't been back. bmeeks suggested he just policy route some 22 days ago.
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Also if he insists on his PIA account he paid for (and obviously didn't read the other posts telling him it won't work unless PIA has a network Netflix didn't already block), then he'll be stuck with his problem.
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@JeGr said in Need your help will pay 20$: PIA on pfsense Netflix detects proxy:
Also if he insists on his PIA account he paid for (and obviously didn't read the other posts telling him it won't work unless PIA has a network Netflix didn't already block), then he'll be stuck with his problem.
Well I don’t wanna compromise my gigabyte speed using a slower vpn neither lose money on a vpn I already purchased before starting this thread
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@MrLinux said in Need your help will pay 20$: PIA on pfsense Netflix detects proxy:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PFSENSE/comments/4lcfdf/netflix_to_wan_not_opt1vpn/d3mgta4/
This guy got it and it works for me too. I'm not sure how his second approach works; I only did the first.
On the same computer, I am now able to go to ipchicken.com and see my VPN IP address but Prime Videos doesn't give me a VPN warning anymore.
It's somewhat related to: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/96559/routing-netflix-through-wan-and-else-through-vpn/4
Thanks will try that again maybe this one will help.
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@asphalt3 said in Need your help will pay 20$: PIA on pfsense Netflix detects proxy:
Well I don’t wanna compromise my gigabyte speed using a slower vpn neither lose money on a vpn I already purchased before starting this thread
Understandable, but if Netflix has anything from PIA listed it is pretty much useless for your usecase in running Netflix over it. That's just the way it is with Geo- and VPN-Blocking. Either you exclude Netflix/AWS/Amazon things from the VPN or you (mostly) get blocked for using a VPN. Nothing we can do about that if you don't want to either switch VPNs nor run Netflix "unencrypted" via your normal WAN.
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You can use whatever vpn want for your vpn stuff, but for netflix you just route that out your normal wan, without vpn... Which is what he linked too, and what brought up 22 days ago.. Policy Routing..
If you insist on sending your netflix traffic through your vpn then its going to be wack-a-mole.. It may work, it may not - as soon as they block that vpn it will stop, etc. etc.
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Netflix over a blocked - by Netflix - VPN can be made working ....
The concession will be : look out for a second VPN that is accepted by Netflix - or run your own on a VPS or something like that. Or : run a VPN server at your neighbours house ^^
Now, you must be willing to hook up your TV set - using a HDMI - to your PC - or use the Window 10 trick : stream your PC image to your TV set.
Initial setup : pfSense tunnels everything - your entire LAN - through your initial VPN service.
From your PC : before looking Netflix, launch a VPN to your own VPN server, the one that Netflix accepts. Throw the image on your TV set.
You created a tunnel in a tunnel !
This works !
( I tested it ones )Netflix works now .... but your new problem might be the black helicopters over your house. There are agencies that get nervous when you make tunnels in tunnels ... (darknet etc).
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@JeGr said in Need your help will pay 20$: PIA on pfsense Netflix detects proxy:
@asphalt3 said in Need your help will pay 20$: PIA on pfsense Netflix detects proxy:
Well I don’t wanna compromise my gigabyte speed using a slower vpn neither lose money on a vpn I already purchased before starting this thread
Understandable, but if Netflix has anything from PIA listed it is pretty much useless for your usecase in running Netflix over it. That's just the way it is with Geo- and VPN-Blocking. Either you exclude Netflix/AWS/Amazon things from the VPN or you (mostly) get blocked for using a VPN. Nothing we can do about that if you don't want to either switch VPNs nor run Netflix "unencrypted" via your normal WAN.
That’s exactly what I want to do “exclude Netflix/AWS/Amazon ” maybe I wasn’t clear
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@johnpoz said in Need your help will pay 20$: PIA on pfsense Netflix detects proxy:
You can use whatever vpn want for your vpn stuff, but for netflix you just route that out your normal wan, without vpn... Which is what he linked too, and what brought up 22 days ago.. Policy Routing..
If you insist on sending your netflix traffic through your vpn then its going to be wack-a-mole.. It may work, it may not - as soon as they block that vpn it will stop, etc. etc.
What do you mean by “route that out your normal wan”? Right now I’ve assigned a static ip to my smart tv that I route through wan. I am not sure to understand what you’re saying. You mean that by using policy routing there’s another way around... I don’t understand
