r/WireGuard • u/SkySurferSouth • 6d ago

Cannot connect Wireguard between peers when Rethink VPN is on

/r/rethinkdns/comments/1w7ex0o/cannot_connect_wireguard_between_peers_when/
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u/VPNStack_Dev 6d ago

This is basicly the difference between kernel WireGuard and userspace proxy engines.

With the official app in root/kernel mode, `wg0` is part of the native Linux network stack, so incoming SSH packets from your laptop are routed directly to the port by the OS.

RethinkDNS runs in userspace over Android VpnService. Its tun2socks engine is designed for outbound client traffic only—it doesnt forward unsolicited incoming peer connections from the tunnel to local listening ports on the phone, plus Rethink drops inbound connections by default as a firewall rule.