Applications that require an internet connection do not work

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Connected to a tor connection through the whonix gateway.
But on the whonix workstation and other OS I tried to connect to via the whonix network, I have the same problem:
Websites work through the browser, but applications that require a network connection do not load (e.g. game launchers, crypto wallets, etc.)

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First we need to confirm that connectivity is generally functional. That should be done by using common, “non-special” applications. What do I mean by “non-special cases”? Something simple such as curl.

For example, this can be done using systemcheck.

systemcheck --ip-test

And/or:

Once it has been established that Transparent Torification is possible, there are a few reasons why the “special cases” are failing.

What are special cases?

  • Geo-blocking - Unreachable Websites (says websites but applications such as crypto wallets are often just light wallets using some API behind cloudflare. Not at all decentralized or censorship resistant.)
  • UDP
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This came up on the TCP and DNS test:

curl: (7) Failed to connect to check.torprojectorg port 443 after 1 ms: Couldn’t connect to server
zsh: exit 7 UWT_DEV_PASSTHROUGH=1 scurl

And this command systemcheck --ip-test gave it away:

Connected to Tor.
[INFO] [systemcheck] Whonix is produced independently of, with no guarantee from, The Tor Project. Whonix is a research project. httpswwwwhonixorg
[INFO] [systemcheck] Whonix APT Repository: Enabled.
When the Whonix team releases BOOKWORM updates,
they will be AUTOMATICALLY installed (when you run apt-get dist-upgrade)
along with updated packages from the Debian team. Please
read whonix to understand the risk.
If you want to change this, use:
sudo repository-dist
[INFO] [systemcheck] SocksPort IP Leak Test: Testing Tor’s SocksPort (SOCKS_PORT_SYSTEMCHECK: 9110)…
[INFO] [systemcheck] SocksPort IP Leak Test: Connected to Tor.
[INFO] [systemcheck] system default networking IP Leak Test: system default networking IP Leak Test…
[INFO] [systemcheck] system default networking IP Leak Test Test Result: Ok, Tor’s TransPort was not reachable.
This is expected on Whonix-Gateway’s default configuration.
(curl exit code: [7] - [Failed to connect to host.])
[INFO] [systemcheck] Stream Isolation Test: Ok, skipped, because TransPort test failed! Can not test stream isolation. This is expected on Whonix-Gateway’s default configuration.

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These tests must be run on Whonix-Workstation because this is where applications should be run.

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  1. systemcheck --ip-test

[INFO] [systemcheck] Connected to Tor.
[INFO] [systemcheck] Whonix is produced independently of, with no guarantee from, The Tor Project. Whonix is a research project. whonix
[INFO] [systemcheck] Whonix APT Repository: Enabled.
When the Whonix team releases BOOKWORM updates,
they will be AUTOMATICALLY installed (when you run apt-get dist-upgrade)
along with updated packages from the Debian team. Please
read whonix t to understand the risk.
If you want to change this, use:
sudo repository-dist
[INFO] [systemcheck] SocksPort IP Leak Test: Testing Tor’s SocksPort (SOCKS_PORT_SYSTEMCHECK: 9110)…
[INFO] [systemcheck] SocksPort IP Leak Test: Connected to Tor.
[INFO] [systemcheck] system default networking IP Leak Test: system default networking IP Leak Test…
[INFO] [systemcheck] system default networking IP Leak Test: Connected to Tor.
[INFO] [systemcheck] Stream Isolation Test Result: Functional.
[INFO] [systemcheck] Debian Package Update Check: Checking for software updates via apt-get… ( Documentation: )
[INFO] [systemcheck] Debian Package Update Check Result: No updates found via apt-get.

  1. DNS TEST (nslookup check.torprojectorg)

[workstation user ~]% nslookup check.torprojectorg
;; communications error to 10.152.152.10#53: timed out
Server: 10.152.152.10
Address: 10.152.152.10#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: check.torprojectorg
Address: 116.202.120.181
** server can’t find check.torprojectorg: NXDOMAIN

3-DNS TEST, 4 - TCP and DNS Test - all done

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All functional.

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But the problem with applications that require internet not loading remains

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And the answer that can be given remains the same.

You can only follow these links, read and act according to documentation.