What VPN server are you using and what location.Hulu blocks my vpn, gives me a message to disable my proxy and in logs i see kernel: ERR[update_qos_data_by_mac:3585] Failed to find udb entry by skb src-MAC!
happens even if qos is off. only happens when i connect to hulu. any idea what it means?
What VPN server are you using and what location.
I haven't tried PIA I use Express VPN,s DNS server from Australia and have no problem with Hulu, Amazon and Netflix. I used to use LA 3 for all three when I used Express VPN,s VPN server without a problem. You may need to contact PIA and ask what location works with Hulu l know that this may not solve your problem,l just thought you needed to give a bit more information so someone else can helpPIA with USA servers. I did at first have expressvpn and nord, but switched to PIA since it worked better with the asus router (merlin firmware policy rules). with the others I kept getting inactivity time out restarts and occasional auth fails. Tech support always ended up telling me to change my password or claimed a bug in the firmware. not the case with PIA though it works flawlessly and not a peep in the logs. Unfortunately I never tried Hulu with the other two so can't compare, but amazon and netflix do work no probs with all three.
But with Hulu the PIA never works and I get those strange messages in the syslog think I tried a dozen servers. Even with QOS off, my guess is it can't tell what type of data connection it is so throws out that it won't be able to determine qos, if turned on or not in the future.
I have a feeling HULU is extra agressive because its revenue is off ads which many vpn services filter. I'm not using the MACE DNS servers in my config. not sure what else to try.
I did at first have expressvpn and nord, but switched to PIA since it worked better with the asus router (merlin firmware policy rules). with the others I kept getting inactivity time out restarts and occasional auth fails.
I tried that. Are you using Nord Simultaneously on six devices? I think the issue is on their side and with the openvpn servers in general. They always in the end claimed my account was compromised or there was a bug in the firmware. I canceled the service.Switching to TCP will fix this. I've had connection time of over a week on my test RT-AC66U_B1 with NordVPN.
my area is prolly different. I tried contacting them already its pointless.I haven't tried PIA I use Express VPN,s DNS server from Australia and have no problem with Hulu, Amazon and Netflix. I used to use LA 3 for all three when I used Express VPN,s VPN server without a problem. You may need to contact PIA and ask what location works with Hulu l know that this may not solve your problem,l just thought you needed to give a bit more information so someone else can help
I tried that. Are you using Nord Simultaneously on six devices?
I run it on the router itself, I don't run it anywhere else. If you run it on multiple locations then you might be reaching the limit of allowed simultaneous connections.
but with the recent things going down on the internet causing routes and dns servers to get screwed up. lagging connections and constant malicious redirects I figured its time to use one.
A VPN will not protect you against any of these things.
of course it will. its not different then isp throttling. its all about the route your traffic is taking.
also everytime i was going to a certain robot vacuum website i was constantly getting redirects to fake websites asking me to install flash or just other sketchy things like claiming i had a virus.
The VPN traffic still has to go through your ISP to reach the VPN server. If your ISP network is under DDoS attacks or has router outages, your VPN will be just as affected.
A VPN will not prevent that. If you visit a malicious site, or if your browser is infected with malware/adware, you will get those popup regardless of how you access them. You need to clean up your network devices when that happens.
But If what you say is true why would vpn's be advertising using them to avoid throttling from ISP's as one of their biggest selling points?
And if it happens while using the vpn you change servers. Although most of them also have filtering for such things with their dns.
I mean you might as well just call me a liar regarding my own personal experience with the robot vacuum website.
SO does that mean QOS doesn't work on the asus router when using a VPN?
Are those DNS servers you mentioned free?
I was referring to your ISP's DPI engine used for throttling, not the router's. I don't know about the router, depends how Trend Micro implement it their engine. I suspect it will only partly works if at all, since it monitors the eth0 interface, at which point there would only be encrypted VPN packets to analyze.
Yes. Some of these may offer premium features if you pay, such as allowing you to personalize the filters, add your own rules to blocked sites, that sort of thing. But they provide basic malicious site blocking for free.
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