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Cannot let other devices connect to hotspot when firewall is active #506

@Sundosa

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@Sundosa

Bug report

Describe your environment

  • Device: Linux
  • OS name and version: Fedora Workstation
  • IVPN app version: 3.15.0

Describe the problem

Devices cannot connect to hotspot when the firewall is enabled, even after allowing LAN traffic.

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Connect to VPN with firewall enabled
  2. Start an access point
  3. Try to connect to AP from other devices

Observed Results:

Devices can never connect

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Expected Results:

Device should be able to connect to AP.

Workaround

I have added this to the LAN exceptions to exclude any local traffic so that it works for the time being. It may be excessive but I am not an expert in networking so IDK which to keep:

0.0.0.0/5, 8.0.0.0/7, 11.0.0.0/8, 12.0.0.0/6, 16.0.0.0/4, 32.0.0.0/3, 64.0.0.0/2, 128.0.0.0/3, 160.0.0.0/5, 168.0.0.0/6, 172.0.0.0/12, 172.32.0.0/11, 172.64.0.0/10, 172.128.0.0/9, 173.0.0.0/8, 174.0.0.0/7, 176.0.0.0/4, 192.0.0.0/9, 192.128.0.0/11, 192.160.0.0/13, 192.169.0.0/16, 192.170.0.0/15, 192.172.0.0/14, 192.176.0.0/12, 192.192.0.0/10, 193.0.0.0/8, 194.0.0.0/7, 196.0.0.0/6, 200.0.0.0/5, 208.0.0.0/4, 8.8.8.8/32

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