NEXTPVR Kodi connection lost...I know what the problem is, but how to solve it??

[rocky_mtn]

So everything works flawlessly with regards to my NextPVR setup...until, I enable my VPN on my Kodi box. Essentially, because the set top kodi box is behind the VPN, it's IP address is "external" from my network and pointing NextPVR towards 192.168.1.127 no longer works because its an internal network address, which technically, Kodi is no longer a part of with the VPN running. I'm sure this has been covered before, I just had no idea how to search for my specific problem to be honest. I tried pointing the NextPVR client to my external public IP address but that didn't work either...maybe some sort of router config needs done to allow the external VPN address access to my PC on my network with the NAS attached? If there isn't an easy solution I'm just missing, then I'll just forget the VPN unless its needed at the time. It would be nice to have my VPN just startup when the Kodi box starts, but not if it's going to screw with my recordings. I'll just enable the VPN when needed, and leave it disabled otherwise. I REALLY hope this makes sense to someone and they have the perfect answer...thanks in advance folks.

[mvallevand]

Split tunnelling or add a second NIC

Martin

[rocky_mtn]

So it sounds as if this is possible. I have no clue how to split tunneling, but I can add another card to the PC with the NAS attached if that's what you mean...I'm not asking to be spoon fed here, but I need some steering in the right direction and I can surely figure it out over time. Actually, the PC with the NAS attached has both wireless and a NIC onboard....is there a link to somewhere you or anyone else can find to help with this issue? I've been looking for hours and can't seem to find anything. Although I surely cannot be the first person with this situation to arise. Thank you!

[mvallevand]

No you aren't the first but I guess you didn't bother typing split tunneling into a search engine.

Martin

[rocky_mtn]

Well my friend, you'd be guessing wrong. I absolutely searched it in the ol engine, and to be quite frank, it seemed quite a bit above my pay grade. I was more curious what you meant by adding another NIC. I'm sure when I have some free time and can do some reading, I'll get it figured out. Thank you for taking time to reply though, I truly do appreciate it.

[mvallevand]

Well my friend, you'd be guessing wrong. I absolutely searched it in the ol engine, and to be quite frank, it seemed quite a bit above my pay grade. I was more curious what you meant by adding another NIC. I'm sure when I have some free time and can do some reading, I'll get it figured out. Thank you for taking time to reply though, I truly do appreciate it.

Split tunneling will be a lot easier to set up (if it is not a corporate VPN) Basically it just means that if the route finds a device on the local address it will use it otherwise it routes to the VPN. It is done by unticking one box on the VPN connection, with Windows 10 you need to run one command to get the tick box.

Martin