L2TP VPN set up on MT so that they cannot detect it's a VPN

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Hi.

I am using ExpressVPN to stream some videos online and MikroTik router 951Ui-2HnD

I’ve made a simple configuration of L2TP but when I try to stream the stream provider detects that I am using VPN/proxy and blocks me. If I use the ExpressVPN application there is no problem. Me connected to VPN is not detected and I can stream.

The problem is that I need to route the entire network traffic of the house via the VPN, not only the computer.

Please assist.

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  1. Try changing MTU so MSS is changed also accordingly to some random uncommon value.
  2. Test with http://witch.valdikss.org.ru/ and https://ipleak.net/

If it fails, maybe your external ip is probed for common vpn ports and the vpn provider app uses some other ip that doesn’t expose those ports. Or maybe the l2tp external ip is blacklisted by your streaming website.

L2TP if setup properly should not leak any info that you are using a VPN. I’m also using L2TP to stream Netflix and no issues ! (MTU size is set to 1446 manually by me according to my PPPoE wan connection). I used this link to calculate my MTU over VPN : https://forum.ixbt.com/topic.cgi?id=14:49725 (use google translate).

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Just make sure that you DNS is not leaking, test with some best and recommended tools like https://www.vpninsights.com/dns-leak-test or ipleak.net. also test for IP leak whether your WebRTC is not leaking.