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15 Jun 2025 22:07 - 15 Jun 2025 22:08 #105054 by Jonathan
Default Route - NordVPN issue was created by Jonathan
Hi all

I've setup a NordVPN Dial Out connection on my Vigor 2927.   I've checked 'Change Default Route to this VPN tunnel' to use this VPN but it will not resolve via the browser.

After doing some testing, I noticed that if I leave my DNS set to my PiHole (by default all of my devices point to this for DNS filtering) the VPN won't resolve websites.   But if I set my laptop to something like 1.1.1.1 it resolves via the VPN connection...

Do I need to put in a static route or something similar so my NordVPN 'default route' can resolve using my internal |Pihole DNS (10.7.0.x) rather than having to set my device to use a third-party DNS like Cloudflare?

Also, what should 'local network' be set to when creating dial-out VPN connections?  Can this subnet be anything of your choosing or should it match LAN1 for example?

 
Last edit: 15 Jun 2025 22:08 by Jonathan.

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