Chris wrote:
That red banner is the kill-switch doing its job — SparkBox cut your downloads the second the tunnel dropped, so nothing leaked. The box itself is fine. Since you're on ExpressVPN through a custom OpenVPN file, the likeliest cause is the one I warned about when we set it up: that file points at a fixed IP, and ExpressVPN rotates them, so a line that worked on Saturday can go dead. Check before changing anything: sudo sparkbox logs gluetun If it's stuck trying to reach 185.192.16.223, run getent hosts ireland-ca-version-2.expressnetw.com, put that fresh IP on the remote line (IP, space, then the port), then sudo sparkbox restart media. If the log says something else, paste it here. — Chris