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I was surprised to not see this in the forum, as it's very simple and works. It is a very short script added to the Custom Configuration which pulls the current IP addresses for a domain name (Netflix.com, Hulu.com) and routes those addresses "around" the VPN.

So far I've been using this for a day, and had to restart things one time to get it to pick up new addresses. I would like to find a way to run this at regular intervals to add to the IP list (without duplicating addresses already in the list).

Well just took a day for that to stop working. Netflix IPs change FAST. I just ran nslookup for netflix.com... the addresses change every time I run the command. Even after five seconds, there several new IPs. I guess it really is difficult to bypass openVPN for a domain name like that.

That said, there are only so many IP addresses that Netflix can use. It seems like there could be a script that checks the addresses every few seconds and re-builds a local list. Eventually the list would be 99% accurate, and refreshes to the script would make it complete.

I keep on plugging away at figuring out a solution. For those interested in pursuing this, there is a complete list of Netflix IP ranges. I suppose it's possible to script all those into the router and use the basic route command to get them all to avoid the VPN.

At this point though, I'm probably going to try using the airvpn software to create a new network connection, then ForceBindIP to force a certain application to use the regular (non-VPN) network connection. Then I'll use Internet Explorer (or whatever) for Netflix, Hulu, and any other non-sensitive traffic, and the rest of my connections will go through the VPN.

The description there is for browsing using the VPN when you use the VPN only for selected things (torrents and browsing/ripping geo-restricted sites). But you could put your non-VPN interface and DNS server addresses into the config file instead.

using ForceBindIP to use a dedicated browser to use your home IP is exactly what I am missing with AIrVPN so far. I had been able to do so while using another VPN but cannot get it to work with network lock enabled, even when new rules are added to the firewall after activation of network lock has been enabled. The funny thing is, the bypass via ForceBindIP is possible when using wifi, but not with a wired connection. I am in Win10, by the way. Any chance you got ForceBindIP working with network lock on and on a wired connection to your router?

Firs of all I wanna thank all Viscosity developers for a wonderful soft they created.
And now let's get to buziness =)
I need to visit some domains thru my local provider, but not thru openvpn connection, which is constantly established here. I know about ip-based route exceptions, however the problem is that most of that websites use a numerous number of ip addresses and it's almost impossible to add all of them.
Is there any way of routing domains, but not ip addresses in the way I need? Maybe some 3rd-party software, if Viscosity can't make it?

An OS's routing table uses IP addresses, so no, domains won't work. You're also not the only one wanting this, I fear there's no other way. Even adding all IP ranges sometimes doesn't yield the desired effects, especially with Netflix.

I sat on tech support with netflix and bitched about not being able to use my vpn and demanding a real answer. They are very cagey with information and would loop around the same question "why do you use a vpn" over and over again thinking they could wear me down. I even asked them why they could not lock my account to my billing address since Ive had netflix for years it is clearly me, and not some guy in another country wanting to watch shows in mine. Never the less it didn't yield much for a laughable answer that I should talk to my ISP and have them host my VPN using the IP addy that was originally assigned to me as closely geographically tied to my physical address as possible(he gave no ranges, I assume the radius is centered around my ISP). I have looked for local proxies around my house but there really arent any to see if that might work.

My solution was to just use a switch and a roku box. I tried this before when roku first came out and it was terrible, but the 4k one is quite nice. Granted, this wont help someone whose primary screen is a laptop but it suits my needs. A chromecast also works and could be used to 'cast' the video feed to your screen of choice but using a phone as a remote was annoying.

The date is correct after I move the network wire from my router (Netgear 3500L v2 running Shibby Tomato firmware) to my MTS supplied 2Wire and turn off / on the WD box. Move the wire back to router, power off / on WD box, date is wrong. It appears that the WD goes out to NTP time server on start up.

The other forum I read pointed out that no devices attached to router can find a time server. I confirmed this with my laptop by going to the time setting of my Win8 machine and telling it to sync with a time server. It trys for a while and then fails to sync.

I am going to try update to current version of Shibby firmware with current settings then default Shibby and finally stock Netgear firmware. I run a pretty custom set up on my router (static ips and port forwards for webcams etc) with tomato firmware.

The solution for me was to upgrade the firmware on my router. I have a Netgear 3500L v2 running Tomato firmware by Shibby. I upgraded from version 101 to 116 and my time is correct on WD TV Live Plus.

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