Well I had no idea my "simple" question would open up this can of worms. Appreciate everyone's help with the issue. I also forgot to mention the version of Diversion I'm using which is 5.5.
I have smetrics.foxnews.com in my allow list but it is showing up in the follow (f) > Follow Blocked domains, by device IP (4).
Here is a screenshot from f > 4
And here is a screenshot from show file content (sf) > shared-Diversion-whitelist (84)
I keep looking for a typo in the allow list...
If I'm not mistaken, spdMerlin defaults to 12 and 42 minutes past the hour for speed tests. Not that the two can't coexist but just thought I'd point this out.
I have both WireGuard and OpenVPN servers running when I'm traveling. I've had a few instances where WireGuard (my preferred tunnel) wouldn't connect but OpenVPN would.
Sorta off topic... I've been using the "OpenVPN for Android" app by Arne Schwabe. Thoughts on this app vs the OpenVPN...
Have you tried a different wifi channel? I had a stable 2.4 GHz network on channel 11 for years and recently started having devices disconnecting. I messed around with some settings to no avail and ended up trying channel 1. Once I switched to channel 1 all my disconnects went away. For the...
I'll just add that those looking into purchasing the GL-MT6000 "Flint 2" for VPN purposes should not upgrade their purchase to the Flint 3 as its VPN performance is slower than the Flint 2. Flint 3: "Enjoy Speeds Up to 680 Mbps on both WireGuard® and OpenVPN-DCO". Many upset users on the...
As @Tech9 mentioned, you'll need a public IP to run a VPN server on your router. Confirm that you have a public IP before spending time researching the VPN server. If you don't have a public IP there are other methods to accomplish what you are trying to do such as Tailscale.
It's amazing how many times I've come across difficult to read text in commercial software/apps with my assumption being the developer uses dark mode and never tested their software with light mode. I blame SNB forums for teaching me enough "coding" knowledge to recognize this kind of thing. A...
Sorry, I don't have any answers to your questions but will say that I've seen some inquiries regarding PIA WireGuard on a router over at r/PrivateInternetAccess. You may find some helpful information over there.
That did it! Added a rule for inbound to port 3000 which the OpenSpeedTest Server uses and added the 10.6.0.0/24 subnet to scope. Thanks so much for your help.