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Cannot connect to the internet unless I use a VPN
Hello,
I have a wndr3700v4 and a Mcbook. I use a VPN (Torguard). After diabling it, I am unable to connect to the Internet through the WIFI. If I use chrome, I get message saying the site's "server DNS address could not be found." In terminal, if I ping google, it will say "ping: cannot resolve google.com: Unknown host". All of my other devices work fine. Also, if I use the VPN, I connect just fine. I disable the VPN, then it stops working again. I am completely lost.
It sounds like your computer is using a private DNS server.
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It sounds like your computer is using a private DNS server.
I don't even know what that is and how I ended up doing that.
Edit: I figure it out. This is not a problem related to the router at all. For some reason, DNS servers are added to my configuration when I use VPN. I have not idea why, but thats the issue. Thanks for pointing me the right direction.