VPNs have difficulty dealing with multicast traffic because they are designed to handle unicast traffic, which is the primary form of traffic on the internet. Multicast traffic is different in that it is sent from one source to multiple destinations simultaneously. This is the type of traffic that devices like Chromecast use to advertise their presence to local networks.
In your case, it seems like the multicast discovery packets from your Chromecast device are not being routed through the VPN tunnel. As a result, apps on your device that are listening for these multicast packets (like Hulu) are not able to discover your Chromecast when the VPN is active.
One way to approach this problem is by creating a split tunnel VPN. In this configuration, only certain traffic is routed through the VPN, while other traffic is allowed to bypass the VPN and use the regular network interface. You could configure your VPN to allow multicast traffic to bypass the VPN, thus allowing your apps to discover your Chromecast device.
Here's a possible way to set this up:
1. In your WireGuard configuration file, you might have a line that looks like this:
```
AllowedIPs = 0.0.0.0/0
```
This line tells WireGuard to route all traffic through the VPN. You could modify this line to only include the IP ranges you want to route through the VPN, thus allowing all other traffic (including multicast traffic) to bypass the VPN.
2. You would need to replace `0.0.0.0/0` with the IP ranges of the networks you want to access over the VPN. For example, if you wanted to access a network with IPs in the range `10.0.0.0` to `10.255.255.255`, you would change the line to:
```
AllowedIPs = 10.0.0.0/8
```
3. After making this change, you should save the configuration file and restart WireGuard for the changes to take effect.
This solution isn't perfect. It might not work if the networks you want to access over the VPN use the same IP ranges as your local network. It also won't work if you want to route all your traffic through the VPN for privacy reasons. But it might be a workable solution depending on your specific needs.
monarch / moarch
npub158…ytymk
2023-08-08 15:36:26
in reply to nevent1q…0x29
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