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zaneschepke / wgtunnel

An alternative Android client app for WireGuard VPN
https://zaneschepke.com/wgtunnel-docs
MIT License
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[FEATURE] - auto tunneling only specific apps #171

Closed JohannCR closed 7 months ago

JohannCR commented 7 months ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Using local wireguard vpn server (to access my LAN when out of home) + remote express vpn (to secure home connection). When I'm back home, I use auto tunneling (awesome feature, thx a lot !) to deactivate wireguard, and navigate behind my express vpn. But some websites (Google for example) don't like express vpn, and throw a ton of Captchas... So annoying !

Describe the solution you'd like This could be solved if, instead of pausing the wireguard vpn we could pause it only for specific apps but keep it running for others.

Kind of a mix between split tunneling and auto tunneling. (Split tunneling lets us exclude or include apps from wireguard tunnel, but is not affected by auto tunneling)

Describe alternatives you've considered Only alternative is for me to deactivate express vpn for my device, but I would like to keep it for some apps, so it's not ideal...

Does that make sense or did I miss something ? Is that feasible?

zaneschepke commented 7 months ago

Hello! I hope I am understanding the exact ask, but I think this is already possible. I am not familiar with expressVPN, but this should be possible.

I know other VPN providers (like Surfshark) allow you to export WireGuard configs from their service to use in third party apps.

I think the solution to your problem would be something like this:

Let me know if that answers your question or if there is something I missed! Thanks!

JohannCR commented 7 months ago

That would work if expressvpn used wireguard, but they do not... I may try to switch to nordvpn but not sure how nordlynx works and if it's compatible...

In case I wasn't clear, another way of describing the requested feature is to exclude some apps from the auto tunneling, effectively never disconnecting the tunnel for those apps. Would it be complex to add ?

zaneschepke commented 7 months ago

That would work if expressvpn used wireguard, but they do not... I may try to switch to nordvpn but not sure how nordlynx works and if it's compatible...

In case I wasn't clear, another way of describing the requested feature is to exclude some apps from the auto tunneling, effectively never disconnecting the tunnel for those apps. Would it be complex to add ?

That's crazy to me that they do not use WireGuard.

Android has a limitation where only one VPN can be connected at a time so what you are asking for would not be possible unless you have a rooted phone.

If you end up switching VPN providers, you should be able to find in their docs if they support exporting WireGuard configs for third party app use.

JohannCR commented 7 months ago

I have not mentioned it but I use expressvpn on my router, not via mobile app 😉

zaneschepke commented 7 months ago

Ah, I see. Your router is the VPN client.

Well, I don't think there is an action here for WG Tunnel. I think some of these issues you are having will probably disappear if you switch VPN providers or augment your network configuration.

We can continue discussing different strategies on this issue, but I'll mark it as closed for now.