ExpressVPN in place of port forwarding

**Travellintroll** · May 8th, 2018, 13:20

Living and working in China, I do not have access to my router to change port forwarding, though I do have a VPN which I use regularly. It also seems to be the only VPN that works here. I have tried PureVPN and it does not work, possibly blocked by the Great (Fire)Wall. However when I have attempted to test the connection with the VPN on it does not work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

**Trenloe** · May 8th, 2018, 13:25

The chances are ExpressVPN doesn't support port forwarding. Most VPN companies share the VPN public IP address with many users, so you're not actually having a direct connection on the VPN IP address. Check with ExpressVPN to see what options they have, if any, to allow port forwarding for peer-to-peer gaming on TCP port 1802.

Otherwise, people have got PureVPN working in China. See a comment here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...l=1#post360711

**Gwydion** · May 8th, 2018, 14:29

Originally Posted by Trenloe

The chances are ExpressVPN doesn't support port forwarding. Most VPN companies share the VPN public IP address with many users, so you're not actually having a direct connection on the VPN IP address. Check with ExpressVPN to see what options they have, if any, to allow port forwarding for peer-to-peer gaming on TCP port 1802.

Otherwise, people have got PureVPN working in China. See a comment here: https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...l=1#post360711

As you'll see in the PureVPN discussion, the main way we have been able to get PureVPN to work is with the dedicated ip option added....

**Talyn** · May 8th, 2018, 16:59

I have ExpressVPN and it's nice for the usual VPN stuff, but no, they do not support port forwarding at this time.

**Gwydion** · May 8th, 2018, 17:14

Travellintroll, If you haven't already, you might want to check out this thread to see if any of the other options work:

https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...d-Alternatives

**Travellintroll** · May 9th, 2018, 00:07

Alright, if I get PureVPN do I need to get the dedicated IP service? Do I need to purchase 2 dedicated IPs to connect my laptop?

**Gwydion** · May 9th, 2018, 01:19

I believe there was one report of someone being able to get PureVPN working with help from their support team without the dedicated ip address, but the only way I was able to get it to work was with the dedicated ip address and I didn't have to mess with the portforward. You shouldn't need two dedicated ip addresses as you will only use one computer (at a time) to host a game.

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