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moonmonkey
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Feb 11, 2012, 11:08 PM
 
I want only one app to connect via a VPN, everything else to connect normally.

Anyone know if this is possible?
     
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Feb 12, 2012, 12:21 AM
 
What app?
     
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Feb 12, 2012, 02:21 AM
 
Connect to what via a VPN? What are you trying to do? Does this VPN force all traffic through it?
     
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Feb 12, 2012, 02:32 AM
 
Its an automated app to download my BBC iPlayer content when I am outside the UK.

I have a UK VPN which works perfectly (standard Lion VPN), but I don't want all traffic to go through it, just the iPlayer app.

Any ideas?
     
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Feb 12, 2012, 02:58 AM
 
I think you are out of luck, the traffic that is tunneled through it is configured at the server level.
     
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Feb 12, 2012, 10:52 AM
 
There is a checkbox under the VPN settings to send all traffic through the VPN. Traffic won't usually go through the VPN unless its the only way to get there.

The easiest way might be to configure the VPN to route everything through the tunnel and just have it download overnight when you aren't using the rest of the net.
I have plenty of more important things to do, if only I could bring myself to do them....
     
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Feb 12, 2012, 11:37 AM
 
Or get a us VPN and configure the iptables to connect the bbc ip through the VPN interface you will need to configure at that VPN server.

How do you ensure that the iplayer app doesn't leak out some requests from your non uk ip and hint bbc that you are not in their contract audience?
     
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Feb 12, 2012, 12:09 PM
 
You might be able to do it by getting one of those modem/routers with a VPN built in. The Netgear FSN series should do what you need.
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