Hi all. Hoping someone can answer my question. I’ve set up a surfshark open VPN client on my home router (an Asus AX8) but it’s causing me some issues.

I live in the UK and my kid loves watching cartoons on the BBC through our smart TV. Because the BBC app is location locked to the UK it doesn’t work with the VPN on, and even when I’ve turned the VPN off in the router settings, my location seems to jump around all over the place, and I’ve confirmed this with IP location searches.

I’m aware I could run VPNs on every other device, but I’d really like to put my entire network behind the VPN (other than the TV) if possible. Is there a way of creating an exception for my TV so that it can bypass the VPN? If so can anyone advise how to do it? OR is there a way of location locking my VPN to show as being within the UK? Normally apps on my devices I can choose where I’m located, that doesn’t seem to be an option on the router.

Any advice appreciated! Thanks!