ANSWERED 2 Devices getting same exit IP

[DarkKman 2]

Hi folks. I have two QNAP NAS devices on the same LAN (obviously different LAN IPs) which are getting the same exit IP from AirVPN which is causing some issues with Port Forwarding. I have tried disconnecting (one of them) from the VPN Client page within QVPN Service in the QNAP then reconnecting but still getting the same IP (and same server from AirVPN). I see that the "Your VPN IPv4" in the AirVPN Sessions page are different but don't understand why both the sessions are on the same server and moreso the same Exit IP? I'm sure I'm doing something wrong here but not sure how to make sure they both get different exit IPs so I can work with port forwarding correctly. Hope someone can advise.

Thanks in advance!

*edit* I should add that I have been using both these devices together for over 6 months with both using WireGuard and had created a "VPN Device" in the AirVPN Client Area for each so I can identify each a little easier and have not had this issue until today (after I had to reboot my router)

*update* I have re-attempted to disconnect/reconnect the QNAP QVPN Service and a new AirVPN Server and new exit IP has been allocated so all is working. However still unsure why this occured in the first place and if there is something I can do to prevent this happening in the future.

[Staff 10360]

15 hours ago, DarkKman said:

*update* I have re-attempted to disconnect/reconnect the QNAP QVPN Service and a new AirVPN Server and new exit IP has been allocated so all is working. However still unsure why this occured in the first place and if there is something I can do to prevent this happening in the future.

Hello!

You will appear on the Internet with the same IP address if you connect to the same VPN server. In order to prevent this from happening please make sure to connect each device to a different VPN server.

Kind regards
 

[DarkKman 2]

Thanks for the information. I usually just create the config file from the Config Generator using Country selection only rather than a specific server so will note that for the future. Maybe I'm just usually lucky that each device usually picks a different server each time but noted. Thanks again!