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ralph026

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Registered: 2015-04-05

Posts: 8

Dns Leak How to fix

Hello, I make a test on dnsleaktest.com and my dns is leak. I looked on google but the methods do not work for me. I will be very grateful for your help.

dice

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From: Germany

Registered: 2014-02-10

Posts: 413

Re: Dns Leak How to fix

What kind of VPN are you connected to? How do you connect to it? Do you use any tools (e.g. NetworkManager) for configuring your networking.
You should give us more information about your setup.

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ralph026

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Registered: 2015-04-05

Posts: 8

Re: Dns Leak How to fix

Thank you for respond dice. I use Mullvad vpn, I do not use any tools, I use default network manager. Can I use wicd for example, and how to configure properly?

Thank you.

Buddlespit

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From: Chesapeake, Va.

Registered: 2014-02-07

Posts: 501

Re: Dns Leak How to fix

Does your provider also provide vpn config files? I had issues with openvpn and networkmanager and started opening my vpn thru a script calling on my providers openvpn config.

#!/bin/bash
#vpn.sh
cd ~/Documents/openvpn/
sudo openvpn --config ibVPN-CA-Toronto1-P2P.ovpn

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ralph026

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Registered: 2015-04-05

Posts: 8

Re: Dns Leak How to fix

I have here some config files
ls -l
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6296 Oct 28 09:27 ca.crt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1905 Oct 28 09:27 crl.pem
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 2143 Apr  3 15:27 mullvad.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4908 Apr  3 14:17 mullvad.crt
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1704 Apr  3 14:17 mullvad.key
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1607 Apr  3 14:17 mullvad_windows.conf.ovpn
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Apr  3 15:17 OSX
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1457 Apr  3 15:28 update-resolv-conf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root   99 Apr  4 01:22 update-resolv-conf.sh

How to configure them?

Last edited by ralph026 (2015-04-05 21:47:13)

dice

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From: Germany

Registered: 2014-02-10

Posts: 413

Re: Dns Leak How to fix

Ask your provider or (better: AND) look into those scripts to see what they are doing.

Hint: When you show directory contents on the forums it is easier to post output of  ls -l rather than posting a screenshot.

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I put at button on it. Yes. I wish to press it, but I'm not sure what will happen if I do.  (Gune | Titan A.E.)

ralph026

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Registered: 2015-04-05

Posts: 8

Re: Dns Leak How to fix

I change to ls -l   I ask my provider, they do not answer from 5 days. Nobody have problem with dns on arch?

dice

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From: Germany

Registered: 2014-02-10

Posts: 413

Re: Dns Leak How to fix

I used networkmanager to set my dns server  to opendns. This way I avoid the dns servers of my ISP. The reason was the unreliability of my ISP's servers not any privacy aspect.
If your VPN provider also provides DNS servers you could set their ip in network manager for the vpn connection.

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I put at button on it. Yes. I wish to press it, but I'm not sure what will happen if I do.  (Gune | Titan A.E.)

Strike0

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From: Germany

Registered: 2011-09-05

Posts: 1,429

Re: Dns Leak How to fix

Make sure you have openresolv installed: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=openresolv
If your VPN provider properly pushes the DNS config, this alone works. If not, you can specify them in the networkmanager connection as suggested by dice.
If you run openvpn from the console, you will need to use the resolv-update script according to https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/OpenVPN#DNS