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Hi, I came across AirVPN and I wanted to ask whether it is possible in their Windows app (Eddie) (Split tunneling ) to exclude an IPv4 address so that this IP is not routed through the VPN. I would really appreciate a response and I hope I’m in the right thread.

If you can use another application with a Airvpn Wireguard config, i recommend to have a look at WireSock ( https://www.wiresock.net/ ). It is miles better for split-tunneling. Per IP, per application, per folder, anything is possible. -kind regards

Hi, thank you very much for your quick reply. I have one more question: How do I activate the Kill Switch? Thank you.

Eddie Preferences > Routes +, enter the IP address, select Outside the VPN tunnel, Save, Save.

What I mean by what you quoted was only now in 2026 when VPNs are soon to be 'in scope' (in UK) and surely covered elsewhere is that VPN providers finally starting to raise the alarms. That a VPN provider backs the EFF who was active early on is good and my comments aren't really directed at AirVPN whom I don't think has been as some of the 'leopards at my face' VPN providers I have seen on social media/tech news sites as of late. Per the Discord hack, this is part of what I call the "big platform AV fallacy". Not a single AV law requires *only* face scans and/or submitting an ID. Every one allows third-party database checking. In other words, for US and UK at least, simply typing in a phone # or inputting one's street address *and nothing more* for almost all users is enough. Discord will stick to face scans/ID submissions because they are a freemium platform that wants to stay as much in the black as possible. This means they will only use the verification methods with the highest friction as any user who doesn't want to do that has a high chance of never becoming a Nitro user/not that active on Discord to begin with. Of course, they messed up badly per the leak but if they allowed third-party DB checking, there would not have been a leak to begin with (or at worst a significantly smaller one). But just like some VPN providers (again, not Air), when the writing was on the wall leading up to AV bills working through the government, they were quiet. Censorship may begin with the lowest hanging fruit (adult), but it will rise and affect other venues of free speech in good time. Per the EU AV methods via an app/device, looks promising! TBD per actual implementation. I'm hopeful though.

@Tech Jedi Alex Hello! Just to point out that age verification should have nothing to do with identity check. Various countries, the European Commission and some Italian bodies are studying methods of age verification that don't force the citizen to show his/her ID card at any step, and surely not to private entities they don't even know. If the UK wants to implement age verification through identity verification we don't know, but it would be a giant mistake that would allow potentially shady entities to steal and build highly reliable ID databases with huge monetary value on the black market. The Discord Hack catastrophe is a useful reminder https://www.404media.co/the-discord-hack-is-every-users-worst-nightmare/ Then of course you can debate ad nauseam about whether it is right or wrong that a person younger than 21, 18 or 16 should be forbidden to connect to a virtual private network, Tor, proxy, etc. For the readers, our position is close to EFF position, see here: https://www.eff.org/issues/age-verification We were with EDRi and EFF as usual, how can you not know?! Check our mission and endorsement page. The same must be said of some other VPNs to be honest. Kind regards

Hello! Important update: OpenVPN 2.7 and DCO deployment entered its final stage. Check the update on this thread first message. Now you can start using OpenVPN + DCO on a wide portion of AirVPN infrastructure and very soon on all of it. Kind regards & datalove