Windscribe VPN Causes No Signal

[redpoint5]

For the life of me, I cannot remember what simple setting I change to get Blue Iris to not drop my cameras when I enable Windscribe VPN.

It was all working until I had to reinstall Windscribe, and now I get "No Signal" whenever I flip on the VPN. Somehow Google and search is failing to give me the answer, despite that being how I learned how to resolve the issue last time.

 

[mikeynags]

Sounds like it's working as desired. By connecting to a VPN, you are basically "removing" that PC from the local LAN which would result in dropped cameras. Why would you install this on the Blue Iris PC to begin with? Are you looking to access Blue Iris remotely? If so, you are looking at the wrong type of VPN.

 

[IAmATeaf]

No idea about Windscribe but with other corporate VPN solutions you can configure ip address and subnets which effectively bypass the VPN.

Could it be something like that you had previously configured?

 

[redpoint5]

Sounds like it's working as desired. By connecting to a VPN, you are basically "removing" that PC from the local LAN which would result in dropped cameras. Why would you install this on the Blue Iris PC to begin with? Are you looking to access Blue Iris remotely? If so, you are looking at the wrong type of VPN.

As I stated, it's not working as desired because it was working perfectly before, with a setting change.

The reason I use a proxy service is my own business. It's escaping me why local cameras would drop when enabling an internet proxy service, though it made sense to me when I had it configured correctly last time.

This post reminds me of another one I once made. I had asked and discovered the solution to something, then years later forgot, Googled the question again, and was referred to my own post. Nothing makes me feel dumber than myself telling me something I already (ostensibly) knew.

 

[Mike A.]

Because it's putting the machine/client that you're using to access the VPN on another network. Typically there are two ways to do it - routing all traffic over the VPN or only traffic destined for the Internet/outside of your network. Look for some setting like that. May be called split-tunnel.

 

[mikeynags]

As I stated, it's not working as desired because it was working perfectly before, with a setting change.

The reason I use a proxy service is my own business. It's escaping me why local cameras would drop when enabling an internet proxy service, though it made sense to me when I had it configured correctly last time.

This post reminds me of another one I once made. I had asked and discovered the solution to something, then years later forgot, Googled the question again, and was referred to my own post. Nothing makes me feel dumber than myself telling me something I already (ostensibly) knew.

Well then - was just trying to help but good luck anyway with Googling your answer.

 

[fenderman]

Well then - was just trying to help but good luck anyway with Googling your answer.

Some people love paying to provide their web browsing data to some random small vpn provider that slow their traffic and promises not to share vs their isp...

 

[SouthernYankee]

My general VPN post
There are two types of VPN, do not get them confused.
The type depends on where the traffic conversation originates

1) origination: local home network, destination the internet.
This type of VPN is purpose to hides your activity from the internet, it is outbound, it normally costs a monthly fee to use. Direction is from your home PC to the internet, going to your bank, google, porn sites,,,, this not what you want. This VPN uses a VPN server that is in the middle of your communications.

2) Origination: the internet world wide web, destination: your home network.
This VPN type is used to provide a secure connection onto your local network, in bound to you local home network, from your office computer, your cell phone in your car, tablet at the coffee shop.. This is what you want, it does not have a monthly fee and is normally completely free. OpenVPN is this type of VPN.

If you home internet provider is a cellular network, then DDNS (dynamic Domain Name System) may not work, the DDNS is needed for most Inbound VPN services (OpenVpn) to get your home IP address (it is not static) so OpenVPN may not work for you.
Look at ngok or Hamachi for remote access to a home cellular network (I have NOT used these)

A video on the paid VPN.

 

[redpoint5]

Finally figured out the super simple fix...

By default, Windscribe enables a firewall when you start the proxy service. That blocks camera traffic to the PC I'm running BI on.

Change the Firewall Mode to "Manual" so that you still get the proxy benefit, but no port blocking.



Another method is to leave the firewall on, but also enable "Allow LAN Traffic".

Just providing this update so the next time I forget how to do this, I'll google it and find my own post.