ANSWERED Fritzbox 7530 ax

[GreiverX 0]

Hello to everyone I'm newbie regarding vpns..I have some questions for you guys .
1) is it possible to install airvpn on the router to be available for all the connected devices (fritzbox 7530 ax) so I don't have to on/off ?
2) if not how everyone in home will be protected under airvpn?
3) my main use is torrent from laptop,stremio from LG TV,and mobile devices for stremio etc etc I have to install specific app for each of the above devices ?
4) is air vpn ok for competitive ps5 games ( ping blah blah )

Thanks in advance 
Looking forward for your help 
 

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[OpenSourcerer 1467]

7 hours ago, GreiverX said:

1) is it possible to install airvpn on the router to be available for all the connected devices (fritzbox 7530 ax) so I don't have to on/off ?

If the 7530 is your router and you really like to tinker, Freetz can be used to install OpenVPN and iptables. At the same time you must get rid of some AVM tech through the Freetz config (for example, starting with Fritz!OS 5.x there's the AVM PA which ships its own versions of common Linux kernel network libs, rendering iptables useless for OpenVPN's use case; but if PA is not there you might get degraded performance).
 

7 hours ago, GreiverX said:

2) if not how everyone in home will be protected under airvpn?

The recommendation shall be to connect a different *Wrt-capable router to the 7530 (OpenWRT, DD-WRT, AsusWrt, etc.), configure OpenVPN/Wireguard on that and henceforth connect all your devices to it. No other features than DSL and maybe telephony will be used on the Fritz!Box.
 

7 hours ago, GreiverX said:

3) my main use is torrent from laptop,stremio from LG TV,and mobile devices for stremio etc etc I have to install specific app for each of the above devices ?

Well, I think yes? Not familiar with that service.
 

7 hours ago, GreiverX said:

4) is air vpn ok for competitive ps5 games ( ping blah blah )

Subjective. Put it to the test with various servers, ports and protocols and see what works best.
But in general, I strongly recommend against competitive gaming via VPN. Not only because you artificially increase the latency, but you also paint a big mark on your back saying "watch me closely, I'm probably up to no good".

[GreiverX 0]

28 minutes ago, OpenSourcerer said:

If the 7530 is your router and you really like to tinker, Freetz can be used to install OpenVPN and iptables. At the same time you must get rid of some AVM tech through the Freetz config (for example, starting with Fritz!OS 5.x there's the AVM PA which ships its own versions of common Linux kernel network libs, rendering iptables useless for OpenVPN's use case; but if PA is not there you might get degraded performance).
 
The recommendation shall be to connect a different *Wrt-capable router to the 7530 (OpenWRT, DD-WRT, AsusWrt, etc.), configure OpenVPN/Wireguard on that and henceforth connect all your devices to it. No other features than DSL and maybe telephony will be used on the Fritz!Box.
 
Well, I think yes? Not familiar with that service.
 
Subjective. Put it to the test with various servers, ports and protocols and see what works best.
But in general, I strongly recommend against competitive gaming via VPN. Not only because you artificially increase the latency, but you also paint a big mark on your back saying "watch me closely, I'm probably up to no good".

Thank you for your reply.
So I have to buy another modem or modify 7530ax in order to use airvpn,if that's the case it's a little bit hard for me.
I just wanted all the devices that are connected to the Internet via my currently modem to be protected through airvpn...

[Staff 10111]

21 hours ago, GreiverX said:

4) is air vpn ok for competitive ps5 games ( ping blah blah )

Hello!

We don't play competitive or online games so you need to ask for reports from those who do:
https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/46019-is-airvpn-suitable-for-gaming/?do=findComment&comment=244500
https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/46019-is-airvpn-suitable-for-gaming/?do=findComment&comment=244813

The above ones are very recent reports but of course each case is different due to ISP policy, routing, peering with our transit providers... also consider that while online gaming consumes a tiny amount of bandwidth and the main variable you want to monitor is the round trip time (a ping time as low as possible), streaming games is on another level (in this last case, you should connect only to 10 Gbit/s servers in our infrastructure).

You can consider to ask for a free trial (through a ticket), test the service, and report back your gaming experience on the above thread.

While most VPN for consumers advertise their service as "good for gaming" for valid reasons such as protection against DDoS attacks (the attack would involve the VPN server and not your own IP address which is not exposed to other malicious players exploiting game vulnerabilities for attacking strongest players and getting an unfair advantage, or just to disclose the public IP address for more sinister purposes) and access to different regional servers, we don't do it because each case is different. It is not possible to say for sure that competitive gaming via VPN is suitable for everyone, from every line and ISP. Also consider that while gaming via VPN is typically allowed by most games, some games forbid it when it causes regional licensing problems (you may access the game from a region which is not allowed or from which you should have paid more to join, etc.).
 

21 hours ago, GreiverX said:

3) my main use is torrent from laptop,stremio from LG TV,and mobile devices for stremio etc etc I have to install specific app for each of the above devices ?

No problems for torrents of course. We do not have any direct experience with Stremio but we can confirm that it is accessible and usable, according to many reports of our customers, from our VPN servers.
 

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So I have to buy another modem or modify 7530ax in order to use airvpn,if that's the case it's a little bit hard for me.

If you do not want to buy another router or modify your 7530ax, you can anyway count on the five connections slots included in any subscription. So you can connect up to five devices at the same time (the router would always count as one, no matter how many devices are connected to it), but the LG TV would remain excluded: as far as we know LG TV can not run directly WireGuard or OpenVPN.

Kind regards
 

[GreiverX 0]

3 minutes ago, Staff said:

Hello!

We don't play competitive or online games so you need to ask for reports from those who do:
https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/46019-is-airvpn-suitable-for-gaming/?do=findComment&comment=244500
https://airvpn.org/forums/topic/46019-is-airvpn-suitable-for-gaming/?do=findComment&comment=244813

The above ones are very recent reports but of course each case is different due to ISP policy, routing, peering with our transit providers... also consider that while online gaming consumes a tiny amount of bandwidth and the main variable you want to monitor is the round trip time (a ping time as low as possible), streaming games is on another level (in this last case, you should connect only to 10 Gbit/s servers in our infrastructure).

You can consider to ask for a free trial (through a ticket), test the service, and report back your gaming experience on the above thread.

While most VPN for consumers advertise their service as "good for gaming" for valid reasons such as protection against DDoS attacks (the attack would involve the VPN server and not your own IP address which is not exposed to other malicious players exploiting game vulnerabilities for attacking strongest players and getting an unfair advantage) and access to different regional servers, we don't do it because each case is different: it is not possible to say for sure that competitive gaming via VPN is suitable for everyone, from every line and ISP. Also consider that while gaming via VPN is typically allowed by most games, some games forbid it when it causes regional licensing problems (you may access the game from a region which is not allowed or from which you should have paid more to join, etc.).
 
No problems for torrents of course. We do not have any direct experience with Stremio but we can confirm that it is accessible, according to many reports of our customers, from our VPN servers.

As far as we know LG TV can not run directly WireGuard or OpenVPN, so you'll need a dedicated router sharing the VPN traffic as you assumed. In any case you can connect up to five devices at the same time, where the router always counts as one, no matter how many devices are connected to it. Additional, concurrent connection slots are available, if needed (probably not your case).

Kind regards
 

thank you again for the reply
I just bought the three days to test some things,
Right now i downloaded eddie on my laptop and is working great.
Then i downloaded wireguard
Downloaded the config file from your site.
Transfered all the settings on my router which supports Wireguard 
And now im trying to check if every device connected on the router has netherlands IP for example 

[Staff 10111]

4 minutes ago, GreiverX said:

Transfered all the settings on my router which supports Wireguard 
And now im trying to check if every device connected on the router has netherlands IP for example 

Hello!

Very good, if that's the case then even the "LG problem" would be solved. Let us know how it goes with Stremio and online gaming.

Kind regards
 

[GreiverX 0]

7 minutes ago, Staff said:

Hello!

Very good, if that's the case then even the "LG problem" would be solved. Let us know how it goes with Stremio and online gaming.

Kind regards
 

So if i understand this correct i can connect 5 total devices,
Router is counted as 1 of course, if all my devices are connected to the router still count as one?

And one more question im cheking my Ip location and in some sites it says is netherlands and some other sites shows my original location 
Tested from mobile and LG 
Is there any way to be 100% that everything is working correct? i mean any other way to check 

Thanks in advance

[Staff 10111]

12 minutes ago, GreiverX said:

So if i understand this correct i can connect 5 total devices,
Router is counted as 1 of course, if all my devices are connected to the router still count as one?

Hello!

Yes, that's correct. The amount of devices that can connect is unlimited, the limit is that no more than 5 can be connected at the same time.  Router or any computer sharing the VPN connection and acting as a 'hot spot' counts as ONE device in any case.
 

12 minutes ago, GreiverX said:

And one more question im cheking my Ip location and in some sites it says is netherlands and some other sites shows my original location 
Tested from mobile and LG 
Is there any way to be 100% that everything is working correct? i mean any other way to check 

The intermittence of the problem is enigmatic, unless it is caused by a browser which does not block HTML5 geo-location. Are those mobile device and LG TV both connecting to your router and share the VPN connection? Is your "real" IP address (the public IP address assigned by your residential ISP to you) ever shown, or is the problem limited to the location?

Kind regards
 

[GreiverX 0]

1 hour ago, Staff said:

Hello!

Yes, that's correct. The amount of devices that can connect is unlimited, the limit is that no more than 5 can be connected at the same time.  Router or any computer sharing the VPN connection and acting as a 'hot spot' counts as ONE device in any case.
 
The intermittence of the problem is enigmatic, unless it is caused by a browser which does not block HTML5 geo-location. Are those mobile device and LG TV both connecting to your router and share the VPN connection? Is your "real" IP address (the public IP address assigned by your residential ISP to you) ever shown, or is the problem limited to the location?

Kind regards
 

step by step im learning so i googled which is my public ip address ( without using any vpn) and it showed 99.999.99 (random numbers)and the correct country i live in. (this was made from my laptop)
then i enabled from my modem the wireguard and made the same checks and it shows different ip and different country so it seems its working on my laptop.
So all of my devices have the same public ip the one from my isp? or it changes? 
The problem was the location in this sites when i checked from other devices.

Edit Update
After running some tests (enabling and disabling which devices i want to passthrought the vpn from my modem)
I figured out that when i enable Wireguard from modem side all the devices i enabled share the same NEW public ip BUT only from my laptop it shows that im "located in Netherlands"
my other devices have the same NEW public IP but it shows that im located in my country
Will this be an issue? Edited ... by GreiverX

[Staff 10111]

2 hours ago, GreiverX said:

I figured out that when i enable Wireguard from modem side all the devices i enabled share the same NEW public ip

Hello!

This is correct and fine, very well.
 

2 hours ago, GreiverX said:

BUT only from my laptop it shows that im "located in Netherlands"
my other devices have the same NEW public IP but it shows that im located in my country

Geo-location can be finalized not only through IP address, but also through other methods such as cellular and Wi-Fi networks evaluation (a technique used by HTML5 geo-location method for example), GPS, language and time zone cross-checked with other info.
 

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Will this be an issue?

In some circumstances it can indeed weaken your anonymity layer and in general harm your privacy so we recommend that you disable HTML5 geo-location on the browser(s), and turn off GPS on the equipped devices when not needed and when connected to the VPN. For Android, our software Eddie Android edition features a GPS coordinates spoofing option (disabled by default) which comes handy in some circumstances. When this option is enabled, Eddie spoofs the coordinates determined via GPS and make them match with the location of the AirVPN server the device is connected to.

Kind regards
 

[OpenSourcerer 1467]

On 3/28/2025 at 11:42 AM, GreiverX said:

Transfered all the settings on my router which supports Wireguard 

You are correct, there is Wireguard now in Fritz!OS 7+, and it can be configured to route all v4 traffic via this connection. I stand corrected

Be advised, though, that you must edit other options to prevent leaks.

• Only v4 traffic is routed. Make sure to disable IPv6 or set the IPv6 option to "Use native IPv4".
• Explicitly set different DNS servers according to Specs. Optionally enable and set DoT, and disable fallback to public DNS servers.

[GreiverX 0]

56 minutes ago, OpenSourcerer said:

You are correct, there is Wireguard now in Fritz!OS 7+, and it can be configured to route all v4 traffic via this connection. I stand corrected

Be advised, though, that you must edit other options to prevent leaks.

• Only v4 traffic is routed. Make sure to disable IPv6 or set the IPv6 option to "Use native IPv4".
• Explicitly set different DNS servers according to Specs. Optionally enable and set DoT, and disable fallback to public DNS servers.

Right I didn't knew that one , actually I have to search what is the difference between ipv4 and ipv6.
And how to set different DNS according to specs list and DoT

*Update with screenshots
Which of the below settings have to remain ticked?
I already ticked Ipv6 use native Ipv4
Also i Unticked Fallback to public DNS servers when DNS disrupted.
I dont fully understand where and how i should use the specs for wireguard   
Thanks a lot 

[OpenSourcerer 1467]

It's on the specs page:

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DoH, DoT

Every gateway/daemon assigned to you acts as a DNS (port 53), DoH (dns-over-http, port 443), DoT (dns-over-tls, port 853).
DoH and DoT don't add any actual benefit, because plain DNS requests are encrypted inside our tunnel anyway.
However, users might need it for special configurations. In such cases, use dns.airservers.org (automatically resolved into VPN gateway address).
Our DNS returns a NXDOMAIN for "use-application-dns.net", for compatibility reasons.

If you decide, despite the note about its usefulness, that you want to use DoT, enter dns.airservers.org there. Be advised that this also means that DNS resolution will only work if the respective Wireguard connection to AirVPN is enabled and active.