I’ve moved my Plex server to Truenas Scale, and I’m about to get Sonarr/Radarr/Ombi/etc setup, but first I need to get VPN going. Truenas Scale uses OpenVPN and my current VPN service is ExpressVPN (which I’ve been very happy with). Setting up ExpressVPN with Truenas has proven challenging because of certificate import issues.

Previously I’ve always run ExpressVPN locally. Do you think it’s a good idea just to put it on my router (PfSense) and call it a day? They do provide specific instructions to set it up on that specific router OS. I imagine I could always use a custom route to bypass it if needed (ie local sports on Fubo TV).

  • phx
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Seems to be an increasingly rare thing these days from VPN providers. Mullvad recently dropped it, but it does look like ExpressVPN may still support it

    • WeAreAllOne@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Unfortunately this is true and I can’t figure out why…

      Proton still supports it; easier in windows than in Linux. Also windscribe does.

    • Melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Nah that ExpressVPN article is about regular port forwarding, not through the VPN. If you use that type of port forwarding you’ll be leaking your IP.

      • phx
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Ugh, wait what? Why would anyone even do that with a VPN?