
Successful use of NextDNS paired with a VPN!
I tried for a bit how to outfit my computers with both a VPN and NextDNS, but the two don't seem to be compatible. Anyone figured out how to do this on both Windows and Mac computers? Slightly frustrated.
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There are several options, yes.
Viscosity works on Mac and Windows, while Passepartout works on Mac and iOS…
https://help.nextdns.io/t/60hgxn7/guide-using-openvpn-nextdns-together-on-mac-ios
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I'm using the NextDNS provided application on Windows 11. It appears to be working for me, I think. I am using ProtonVPN (wireguard protocol).
I came across this Github issues post: https://github.com/nextdns/nextdns/issues/431It appears that nextdns closed the issue stating that the "next revision of Windows" would resolve the issue.
If I sign into my.nextdns.io prior to connecting to my VPN, it states "the devices is using nextdns...". As soon as I connect to my VPN, it switches to stating that I am using the DNS servers of my VPN provider. However, checking from https://ipleak.net both before and after it reports the same DNS servers.
If I run nslookup from Windows, I can see that after I connect it is not using nextdns.HOWEVER, if I disable then enable from the nextdns client it reverts back to using nextdns servers while I am still connected to my VPN. While it's disabled, DNS is broken entirely on my system until I re-enable the nextdns client.
No VPN:
nslookup google.com
Server: dns1.nextdns.ioAfter initial connection to VPN:
nslookup google.com
Server: UnKnown
Address: 10.2.0.1After toggling disable/enable of nextdns client from Windows, while still connected to VPN:
nslookup google.com
Server: dns1.nextdns.ioHopefully this is something that the @nextdns team can work on.