Closed jim-at-miramontes closed 9 months ago
This is already mentioned in the wiki, in general, using cameras locally via Homekit while a VPN is active is unsupported. It might be possible to get it to work if you have a home hub, but the networking path gets quite complex and you'll have to troubleshoot that yourself as this is not related to the plugin. There may be some option in ExpressVPN to allow local connectivity even while the VPN is active.
Just in case it helps, ExpressVPN has a setting that allows local access, you might want to pursue those:
https://www.expressvpn.com/support/troubleshooting/restore-lan-access/
Otherwise you might want to reach out to ExpressVPN for help, good luck.
Is there an existing issue for this?
Describe The Bug
Ring cameras cannot show live video when ExpressVPN is handling my network connections.
To Reproduce
On an iPad (at least), turn on ExpressVPN and connect to a location. Go into Home.app and select a camera. If you're like me, you'll get a spinning indicator followed by "No Response: This camera is not responding."
Expected behavior
The selected camera should show live video.
Relevant log output
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Homebridge Ring Config
Additional context
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OS
MacOS 14.0
Node.js Version
v18.16.0
NPM Version
9.7.1
Homebridge/HOOBs Version
1.6.1
Homebridge Ring Plugin Version
v12.0.1
Operating System
macOS