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    Express and NordVPN only accept DNS Exclusive.

    Sorry I appear such a dunce. I think I may be labouring under a misapprehension. Question: Does loading Merlin mean I'm using split-tunnelling or policy based routing? Are they the same thing? I don't have x3mRouting loaded at the moment. I tried Express vpn this morning. It didn't work with...
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    x3mRouting x3mRouting ~ Selective Routing for Asuswrt-Merlin Firmware (1-Nov-2020)

    I CAN get it working, but it's frustrating I can't get it to do everything I want, and my requirement is restricted by the DNS issue. What I wanted was a configuration that worked without me having to think about it, and constantly make changes to achieve what I want to do. I think x3mRouting...
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    Express and NordVPN only accept DNS Exclusive.

    Just for my own peace of mind..... Nordvpn is pushing a public DNS address: PUSH_REPLY,redirect-gateway def1,dhcp-option DNS 103.86.96.100,dhcp-option DNS 103.86.99.100,sndbuf 524288,rcvbuf 524288,explicit-exit-notify,comp-lzo no,route-gateway 10.8.3.1,topology subnet,ping 60,ping-restart...
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    x3mRouting x3mRouting ~ Selective Routing for Asuswrt-Merlin Firmware (1-Nov-2020)

    A couple of points. It's Merlin, not x3mRouting that doesn't work with Express/Nord vpn's unless Exclusive is set. I HAVE got both vpn's working by finding the DNS they push when you turn them up, putting that address in the router WAN DNS settings AND as a rule on the destination address side...
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    x3mRouting x3mRouting ~ Selective Routing for Asuswrt-Merlin Firmware (1-Nov-2020)

    Hi X. thanks for the update. To be honest, doing the analysis was very interesting. I don't mind that kind of problem solving at all. It was not being able to get ANYTHING working that was so frustrating. eibgrad has been very helpful in explaining some of the intricacies of DNS configuration...
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    NordVPN and DNS

    Understood. Thanks for the no-nonsense explanation. Mediastreamer is setting the router WAN DNS to an Express DNS, which geolocates me in the USA, unblocks most TV services, but leaks. I like your DNS approach, but it sort of defeats my objective, as some of my connections only work over...
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    NordVPN and DNS

    Once again, sorry. I must learn to read first, jump second.... I had noticed express's leak check only reported favourable results when connected via their servers, so I was suspicious... I'll take a look at the link and do some testing/investigating. I should probably come clean and explain my...
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    Express and NordVPN only accept DNS Exclusive.

    Sorry eibgrad. I read and replied to your later post, didn't even see this one. Let me read and try to understand.....
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    NordVPN and DNS

    Yes, I used Express vpn's own app, and online dnsleak. Both show a UK IP address and DNS servers, the results are exactly the same. When I change the DNS config to anything but Exclusive, both tests show DNS leaks, and unblocking stops working, when it DOES work when DNS is set to Exclusive. I...
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    NordVPN and DNS

    I'm trying to get x3mRouting working, but at every turn, when I take DNS config off "Exclusive", it fails and I see DNS leaks. I'm using NORD and EXPRESS. I've just read through eibgrad's posts. I did a what's my ip and DNS leak test using Expresses app. My ip address is the same as reported by...
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    Express and NordVPN only accept DNS Exclusive.

    Sorry. Should have said I'm running Merlin 386.2.4
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    Express and NordVPN only accept DNS Exclusive.

    My 2 vpn providers won't work with any DNS settings other than Exclusive. Anyone got any ideas how to work around this?
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    bash aliases

    Thanks Colin. I'm already using Merlin, so that's excellent.
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    x3mRouting x3mRouting ~ Selective Routing for Asuswrt-Merlin Firmware (1-Nov-2020)

    OK, so I've pretty much tried everything, and nothing works. Only "Exclusive" works with Nord and Express. Nothing else. DNS reverts to whatever the router is configured for, and leaks. Why does x3m NOT work with Exclusive? The help files say "Strict, Add to list but use in the order specified"...
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    Express and NordVPN only accept DNS Exclusive.

    I'm trying to implement policy-based routing on my AC86U, but I've found as soon as I set "DNS Configuration" to anything but "Exclusive", DNS leaks occur. Does anyone know how to get around this?
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    bash aliases

    Good morning. I want to add some aliases to my ssh sessions, but I can't find where to put them. There must be a bashrc file, or equivalent, but I can't find it. Any helpwould be greatly appreciated.
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    x3mRouting x3mRouting ~ Selective Routing for Asuswrt-Merlin Firmware (1-Nov-2020)

    I already tried making Custom 1 and Custom 2 vpn provider DNS addresses as you suggest, but no luck. I tried setting the router DNS to Nord and Express DNS addresses, too, and set DNS filter to router, but just the same result. It doesn't work. Tried Disabled, relaxed. strict....the only...
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    x3mRouting x3mRouting ~ Selective Routing for Asuswrt-Merlin Firmware (1-Nov-2020)

    I've spent literally hours and hours trying to get this working. Nothing works. So, I've deleted x3mRouting. I've got one express vpn running. I've got my Roku stick connected to that vpn. In the "Rules for routing client traffic through the tunnel" window, I've set it so ALL Roku traffic goes...
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    x3mRouting x3mRouting ~ Selective Routing for Asuswrt-Merlin Firmware (1-Nov-2020)

    This is part of the output from the dnsmasq log when I connect to Britbox. Which entries should I be using, which can be ignored? Should I be using only xxx.yyy domain names? Or aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd names?
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    x3mRouting x3mRouting ~ Selective Routing for Asuswrt-Merlin Firmware (1-Nov-2020)

    This is part of the output from the dnsmasq log when I connect to Britbox. Which entries should I be using, which can be ignored? Should I be using only xxx.yyy domain names? Or aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd names?
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