AC66U vpn client and port forward not working?

[picaye]

have some small issues:

i can enable vpn client 1 (and 2) to connect to my vpn provider. it enables and shows active. But traffic is not rerouted via those connections as it's supposed to (i still see my local ISP filter - which would be bypassed if traffic goes via VPN).

any ideas how to really redirect?

also: trying to have a port like 17000 exposed so external traffice can reach my device in the local lan on that port. Did setup a port forward to the ipaddress - but the portforward still shows as closed to the outside. happens whatever port i choose. any ideas?

using AC66U, latest stable merlin firmware

thanks for help
picaye