kvm/qemu guest nat blocked by network lock

[cheeze 9]

This has been an issue for years.

 A kvm/qemu guest using NAT (default) to connect to the internet via the host does not work because Eddie network lock prevents it.

Can or will AirVpn whitelist libvirt's virtual interfaces by default in Network Lock. 

Thank you

[lotuslove165 0]

Having the same issue here with FreeBSD and Lubuntu as client OS, strangely Linux Mint works fine.

Didn't know this was a thing do you use bridge mode or manually whitelist it or?

[cheeze 9]

On 9/12/2026 at 10:32 PM, lotuslove165 said:

Having the same issue here with FreeBSD and Lubuntu as client OS, strangely Linux Mint works fine.

Didn't know this was a thing do you use bridge mode or manually whitelist it or?

I've only used NAT (default). 
Are you saying a NAT Mint guest does not suffer this issue and the connections works when Eddie lock in in?

I've only tested this with a  MXLinux, guest.  Debian 13 derivative. 

[lotuslove165 0]

16 hours ago, cheeze said:

I've only used NAT (default). 
Are you saying a NAT Mint guest does not suffer this issue and the connections works when Eddie lock in in?

I've only tested this with a  MXLinux, guest.  Debian 13 derivative. 

It looks like I was wrong, sorry. I should have been clearer I was talking about LMDE but I just tried it again and I have the same issue there too. It used to work for me there some time ago (I've done a fresh install since then) I think the settings might have been different (tried but nothing worked) or maybe my network lock just wasn't configured right and was allowing the connection anyways (seems to drop out / forget to activate sometimes). I could have been using bridge mode or something there too I don't remember exactly to be honest.

 

[cheeze 9]

That's understandable.

I'm in the midst of going back and forth with staff at AirVPN. They are very responsive and are sincerely trying to figure this out.
I'm feeding them logs etc. 
Yet, From what I gather so far this may not be solved.

If they can figure it out I'll be sure to inform you of what we did.