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provider:private internet access  

209.222.18.222

209.222.18.218

 

did the dns leak test but fail "Looks like your DNS might be leaking..."

 

my provider wrote

 

"We use our own private DNS servers for your DNS queries while on theVPN. After connecting we set your operating system's DNS servers to 209.222.18.222 and 209.222.18.218. "

 

i use the pia dns on the router and it didn't work,still getting the leak(my real ip was revealed).Than Try insert it in ivp4 custom dns and it work..no leak.But the problem is my bank homepage will not load.

 

i try disable the VPN  on the router and start up  PIA client than try open my bank homepage and it work just fine.

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Guest Netduma Fraser

Hey Sweeper, ill try and help if I can. So if I can summarise:

 

1. You connected to the VPN via the router which resulted in a DNS leak which caused your IP to not be masked and no internet access? 

2. You input the DNS yourself and your banking page didnt load but your IP was covered. 

3. Using their client everything works. 

 

When 2 occurred could you connect to other websites just fine? 

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Guest Netduma Fraser

When you connected via the router, did it come up as connected? Was there anything in the VPN log? Could you provide a copy of it to help us diagnose the issue please.

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yes it connect

 

 

Tue Mar 31 19:54:13 2015 WARNING: file '/tmp/vpncred' is group or others accessible
Tue Mar 31 19:54:13 2015 NOTE: the current --script-security setting may allow this configuration to call user-defined scripts
Tue Mar 31 19:54:13 2015 UDPv4 link local: [undef]
Tue Mar 31 19:54:13 2015 UDPv4 link remote: [AF_INET]108.61.228.166:1194
Tue Mar 31 19:54:14 2015 [Private Internet Access] Peer Connection Initiated with [AF_INET]108.61.228.166:1194
Tue Mar 31 19:54:16 2015 TUN/TAP device tun0 opened
Tue Mar 31 19:54:16 2015 do_ifconfig, tt->ipv6=0, tt->did_ifconfig_ipv6_setup=0
Tue Mar 31 19:54:16 2015 /sbin/ifconfig tun0 10.185.1.6 pointopoint 10.185.1.5 mtu 1500
Tue Mar 31 19:54:17 2015 /www/scripts/vpnup.sh 4470 tun0 1500 1542 10.185.1.6 10.185.1.5 init
Tue Mar 31 19:54:17 2015 Initialization Sequence Completed
 
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client
dev tun
proto udp
remote us-midwest.privateinternetaccess.com 1194
resolv-retry infinite
nobind
persist-key
persist-tun
ca ca.crt
tls-client
remote-cert-tls server
auth-user-pass
auth-nocache
comp-lzo
verb 1
reneg-sec 0
 
 
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Guest Netduma Fraser

Fantastic thanks for all that info, I've passed this along to Iain and he will be available in the morning to help out :)

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Guest Netduma_Iain

Hi Sweeper,

 

Its really not designed that way, if you would prefer to have a separate DNS then its best to just set it manually on the platform. All the VPN does is pass all traffic from that device through the VPN tunnel(or tap).

 

I guess if you wanted to you probably could go to "Settings > LAN" and change the DNS. But then devices not on the VPN would act funky.

 

Does that help?

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Guest Netduma_Iain

Ahh I see, after setting the LAN DNS you may have to either:

  • if its wired pull out the ethernet cable wait 10 seconds or so then reconnect so it reacquires the DHCP lease
  • if its wifi, disconnect and reconnect

If they both fail does a restart fix it? 

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209.222.18.222 is showing as your dns this is good as it is the vpn's dns , that is not a leak, a leak is if it was showing your real dns.

 

All that website test does is look for a dns and show it with a warning because it can see "a" dns , which it will wether you use a vpn or not.

 

All you need to worry about is if it shows your isp's dns which is does not :)

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Ok great news mate. I'll make sure to put that on the wiki when its back up :)

yes for it to work you need static ip/dns in ipv4 properties (same for wifi)

and do the same with Lan>DNS(dont know why but it will not work if i skip this step)

unplug/reboot

 

welcome to the dark side

 

again thank for your help :)

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