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    ExpressVPN on PFSense 2.6.0 - Anyone get it working?

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      xxxoverload @newsboost
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      @newsboost you're a god!!! Thank you so much. as soon as i disabled the gateway monitoring it finally worked.

      I also disabled the outbound nat rules to the wan just in case the vpn goes down it won't let any traffic out the wan but, I have to leave it in manual outbound nat mode though or it will default to the wan if the vpn goes down for whatever reason.

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        rcoleman-netgate Netgate @xxxoverload
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        @xxxoverload You can also set the IP to something other than [blank] which will use the next upstream IP. Make it 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 and it will work that way, too

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          newsboost @xxxoverload
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          @xxxoverload You're very welcome, I'm very happy it works for you and you found my description valuable! I (too) spent so (damn!) many hours struggling with this so I thought I should give back and write some detailed instructions and contribute to the community with that information.

          By the way, I didn't figure those things out myself, I asked somewhere (cannot remember where) and a friendly godlike/guru person helped me with that same piece of info, but that information/post is probably drowning and also for that reason I thought/think it is important that we help each other with these things :-)

          About disabling outbound nat rules: Yeah, once you figure out the system, there are just so many possibilities to customize the behaviour we want :-)

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            elmo1943
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            Sorry for late reply. I had Expressvpn running, not well and very very slow. Finally removed and reinstalled pfSense (now 2.6.2). Installed Expressvpn on wrt3200acm router that is connected to pfSense and all problems are gone and speed is much much faster (same as with no vpn). Downside is wrt3200acm router is wifi ac. Tried Nordvpn on rt-ax86u but was a total failure, slow, disconnects, etc. Back to wrt3200acm on pfSense and looking for good ax wifi card for pfSense, no luck yet. Hope 2.7 will have 2.5gb drivers and I will not have to install (it worked but I am not good at that). Many people here on the net helped me to get Expressvpn installed and even more to install 2.5gb drivers, Thanks all very much.

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