Follow Up to Surfshark VPN Review:
This guide shows how to install Surfshark on Firestick and Android TV devices in 2022.
When using Syncler and Surfshark is active I get the following error. There is no rhyme or reason I can discern why.
Java. Net. Exception: failed to connect to 0-cdn2-ovh-bea.energycdn.com/127.0.0.1:43
It is completely random when it happens unless Surfshark is stopped and then it never happens. , Most of the time I don’t use Surfshark because it is unreliable and constantly interferes unless completely shutdown. Surfshark randomly messes with my IPTV and my legal subscription to Dish Network on my Firestick Max. For no particular reason, both apps will not connect unless I turn it off. Plain Jane vanilla sites won’t allow connections
I have tried different VPN servers both in and out of the country. I have tried using split tunneling excluding the apps Surfshark keeps fouling up and it still messes with them unless I completely stop Surfshark. I have switched VPN protocols (i.e. automatic, open VPNs, wireguard, etc.) Reboot my Firestick, and switch my networks from 5g to 2.4. My minimum download speed is 300 MBps while up is north of 150.
What is the most perplexing is it totally random? What didn’t work yesterday does today and what worked 2 hours don’t. The only definitive adjustment that works without fail is turning of Surfshark
Try using the “route Through” option in settings and set only what you need on the vpn to route through.
I assume you are referring to the option of what used to be called “Split tunneling” what Surfsahrk is now calling Bypasser? I have routed it through and around Surfshark. Didn’t I point that out in my initial post?
Surfshark still continues randomly to interfere with Kodi, Syncler, Dish App, and IPTV even though I bypass the VPN. Today it works, tonight it won’t, tomorrow it does and then it doesn’t. On several occasions, it happens in the middle of a VIDEO. The ONLY thing I have been able to recreate is to choose 720p files over any 1080p or 4k files in Syncler. But even that is hit or miss and for the most part fails.
I have tried different players like EXO, MX, VLC, KODI, etc. They all produce the same result.
For example, when I use Syncler I click the disconnect option and everything works fine. I use VPN Monitor Dot which shows a Red flashing light when the VPN is disconnected and as soon as Surfshark decides it wants to reconnect for no apparent reason it turns green and everything stops working. The only solution is to stop the app. Bypassing and disconnecting Surfshark is a waste of time.
All my apps have been updated to the most current versions.