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samoht513
Aspirant
Aug 17, 2016
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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 "serv...
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  • TheEther's avatar
    TheEther
    Aug 17, 2016

    It sounds like your computer is using a private DNS server.

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TheEther
Guru
Aug 17, 2016

It sounds like your computer is using a private DNS server.

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samoht513
Aspirant
Aug 17, 2016

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.