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    DNS server and gateway by IP address and destination?

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    • P Offline
      pfsensory
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      Unfortunately, I still want the remainder of the traffic to exit via the VPN.  I guess this is not possible, and the best course of action is to use a different device (with a different IP address on my LAN) to access netflix, and that device can use the WAN interface instead of the VPN.

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        KOM
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        The problem is that Netflix is now blocking traffic coming from VPNs.

        From known VPN providers.  Rent yourself a VPS for $5/month, configure OpenVPN on it and then connect to that instead of using a global provider.  Netflix is only trying to appease content providers, so as long as you're not using a well-known VPN provider or one that advertises specifically for getting around geoblocking, you should be good.

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          pfsensory
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          Hmm.  Very interesting suggestion.  What are the privacy implications of this method? (I would suppose that all the traffic exiting from the VPS could easily be snooped and traced back to you, since it is not mixed with anyone else's traffic as it would be with a commercial VPN provider)

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            cmb
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            @pfsensory:

            Hmm.  Very interesting suggestion.  What are the privacy implications of this method? (I would suppose that all the traffic exiting from the VPS could easily be snooped and traced back to you, since it is not mixed with anyone else's traffic as it would be with a commercial VPN provider)

            Depends on what type of VPS it is. I have a few largely for test purposes from lowendspirit.com which are NAT-only IPv4 (with a handful of ports forwarded), public IPv6. In that case there are hundreds if not thousands of VPSes going out the same IPv4 IP.

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              pfsensory
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              What kind of throughput can you get if the VPN server is hosted on one of these VPS, and pfSense is the client?

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                cmb
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                It depends. I don't use them for VPN performance testing, or for VPN at all on any routine basis, but generally can get multi-hundred Mbps Internet and maybe 100 Mb VPN. At ~$5 USD/year per VPS, you can't expect consistently top notch performance.

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                  pfsensory
                  last edited by

                  I will definitely look into this possibility.

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                  • KOMK Offline
                    KOM
                    last edited by

                    I just tested download throughput from my VPS and it almost saturated my 30 Mbps link.  VPN would add some overhead to that, but it's still good enough for me.

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                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                      I run multiple vps, low end can be had for a lot less than $5 a month… I have multiples in the $15 a year range, couple at $12 a year and 1 even at $6 a year (but they no longer sell at this price).

                      Installing openvpn access server on them is click click.. You don't need all that much to move some packets around.. My $15 a year vps come with 500GB a month xfer..

                      Happy to send your some referral links if you want, the $15 a year comes with IPv6 as well.

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                        KOM
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                        Happy to send your some referral links if you want, the $15 a year comes with IPv6 as well.

                        Please post them publicly.  I'd be interested in not just cheap VPS but reliable from your point of view.

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