OpenVPN BBC iPlayer re-route

stuCONNERS · July 18, 2016 at 9:25 AM

I have openvpn running on my chroebox with pia VPN. The BBC iPlayer cant be reached due to the VPN running. Is there anything I can do to reroute so it doesnt use my vpn. This is due to geo-restrictions but im the uk. The ITV player addon is another addon that isnt working under pia. I believe I need to add some rules to the iptables, but i could be wrong.

Grimson · July 18, 2016 at 12:12 PM

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stuCONNERS · July 18, 2016 at 8:06 PM

Not sure what openvpn would have to do with this at all. Can I check some info here. my VPN would go into tun0, and I would need to add a rule to the iptables which routed traffic for 85.233.160.22 to eth0 which would bypass my VPN. The Ip address is the iplayer website.

**chewitt** · July 19, 2016 at 8:44 PM Official Post

It can be done by fiddling with routing tables and not-routing traffic to the IP ranges used by Auntie's CDN infrastructure. However, as those IP's are not publicly listed anywhere and some are dynamicly allocated (much more than the website needs to be handled) it's not a simple task. You'd be better off using the LE box for TV and a NAS for whatever dubious function requires a permanent VPN to mask your traffic.