just what the title says, I've been using PIA fine on Ubuntu for months. suddenly when I disconnect from PIA I can't use Firefox or Chrome, has dns errors. Opera works fine.
I actually have this same exact problem but I'm on Linux Mint, and my killswitch option isn't checked either. So can confirm it affects more than one user.
after you've disconnect from PIA: 1. what does your route table look like? route -n 2. what is the configuration of your DNS resolver? cat /etc/resolv.conf
ps: once upon only a couple versions of OpenVPN ago (and a similar number of kernel releases ago), it was necessary to manually replace the default route after shutting down a VPN.
Hey radec, I am sorry to hear you are experiencing this issue. If you can open up a ticket here and DM me your ticket number, I will be happy to assist you
after you've disconnect from PIA: 1. what does your route table look like? route -n 2. what is the configuration of your DNS resolver? cat /etc/resolv.conf
ps: once upon only a couple versions of OpenVPN ago (and a similar number of kernel releases ago), it was necessary to manually replace the default route after shutting down a VPN.
So I checked my resolv.conf file and when I turn the VPN off the file is
blank. But when the VPN is on the file has 2 entries in it.
okaayy... you'll need to figure out what the nameserver ip addresses are when you're just simply connected to your 'home' network. for most folks, it will be automatically supplied and entered into your resolv.conf as a side-effect of obtaining an ip address via DHCP.
try disconnecting and then reconnecting to your network. then save the contents of resolv.conf for safekeeping. the nameserver(s) listed are how the resolver needs to be configured when the VPN is down.
Still not working at all, disconnecting and reconnecting to the network still yields a blank resolv.conf which leaves me nothing to work with. To top it off I reinstalled my distro(Linux Mint) and the network connection worked fine for a couple days but again I ran into this issue with the network allowing me to enter the internet outside of using the vpn. I'm just going to quit using the client for awhile.
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1. what does your route table look like? route -n
2. what is the configuration of your DNS resolver? cat /etc/resolv.conf
ps: once upon only a couple versions of OpenVPN ago (and a similar number of kernel releases ago), it was necessary to manually replace the default route after shutting down a VPN.
if you have it, running /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf should put things back to rights.
try disconnecting and then reconnecting to your network. then save the contents of resolv.conf for safekeeping. the nameserver(s) listed are how the resolver needs to be configured when the VPN is down.
(something might be wacky with your DHCP server)