But here's my question: is this issue not occurring solely because the user is trying to connect to said VPN through software?
Yes, or their ISP forces them to use it..
So if the OP had such a router (or, alternatively, if and when I get my bf to switch to Linux, making this a one-OS household), such a kernel patch would no longer be necessary, would it (because the router understands VPN perfectly well, so as long as I give it the correct configuration details, it would work fine)?
I think that is correct. But I'm probably not the person to ask, I don't really know much about this functionality.
Daniel
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