Using VPN for select programs only

ionzig

Hi, Let me first say I don't have much experience with optenVPN.

Im currently giving airVPN a go after coming from HMA.

Im on Mac OS X 10.7 and testing with both Viscosity & Tunnelblick

Im trying to get a set-up running where only select programs (torrent client, firefox) will use my VPN connection while other programs like mail & chrome will continue to use my normal connection.

After doing some research it seems airVPN pushes the "redirect-gateway" property from server config, forcing the client to redirect all connections over VPN.

Is this correct?

So Im wondering can "redirect-gateway" be overridden from the client side?

In Viscosity I can choose to NOT "pull options". I can connect however I do not get assigned a IP address.

I have also tried setting my default gateway to "net_gateway" & then binding my torrent program to the tun0 interface. Other programs will connect on my normal connection, however my torrent program dose not connect to any peers.

has anyone had success with a similar setup?

thanks

Staff

Hello!

The routing table pushed by our servers will tunnel all the traffic, since our service is aimed to encrypt everything which gets out of your client device. You can, as you correctly wrote, bind the programs which you don't want to be tunneled on your physical interface, or modify your routing table after the push. However, please proceed with caution, any mistake might destroy the anonymity layer.

Another option is using, on your client configuration, the "route [...] net_gateway" directive:

https://forums.openvpn.net/topic7161.html

Kind regards