I got my Blue Iris PC set up over a year ago and had been successfully connecting to my Blue Iris PC using OpenVPN for Android with the OpenVPN server on my Synology RT2600AC. I've been going through a ridiculous run around with Synology support regarding my router OpenVPN server not working due to an expired certificate (that I could not connect to get renewed) problem for 6 weeks. Long story short, I finally was able to get a new Let's Encrypt certificate, re-exported my VPNconfig.ovpn file, and can connect to my network via OpenVPN for Android. When I connect, I get the little key icon, can verify data incoming and outgoing, and can even see the hit on the firewall on the router page. I haven't changed anything in my Blue Iris android app since I last was able to use it before this fiasco. Blue Iris and UI3 both connect while I am on the local network. Once I turn off wireless data or leave home and connect the VPN, neither the Blue Iris app nor the UI3 page will load. The app says it is unable to reach the server. The LAN and WAN are both set to 192.168.1.6:81 which is the local static IP for my Blue Iris box.
I took a screenshot a year ago of my firewall rules in case they were to ever inadvertently get erased, and confirm that they are exactly the same as when I was successfully connecting to Blue Iris via VPN. In the OpenVPN for android setting under allowed apps, I have it set to "VPN is used for only for selected apps," and I have Blue Iris checked.
I am out of ideas to try to figure out why the Blue Iris app won't connect when on VPN. I even pinged the Blue Iris PC while the VPN is connected and the Bitdefender firewall on the camera PC is seeing the hits. I have the Blue Iris folder excluded from the Bitdefender antivirus. I tried turning off the Bitdefender firewall and still cannot connect while using VPN.
Any ideas are appreciated.
I took a screenshot a year ago of my firewall rules in case they were to ever inadvertently get erased, and confirm that they are exactly the same as when I was successfully connecting to Blue Iris via VPN. In the OpenVPN for android setting under allowed apps, I have it set to "VPN is used for only for selected apps," and I have Blue Iris checked.
I am out of ideas to try to figure out why the Blue Iris app won't connect when on VPN. I even pinged the Blue Iris PC while the VPN is connected and the Bitdefender firewall on the camera PC is seeing the hits. I have the Blue Iris folder excluded from the Bitdefender antivirus. I tried turning off the Bitdefender firewall and still cannot connect while using VPN.
Any ideas are appreciated.
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