Overall, I am stuck here, I do not seem to find a way to use tunnelblick in a way as the target statement describes. The chance for a DNS leak should be small / zero then? I would really like the VPN DNS server to be queried first, and if it fails, the local DNS server should be queried. The guide provides a way of checking to see if the DNS query you are doing from your OpenVPN client device, is actually making it through the VPN tunnel. In fact it seems that only 1 DNS server gets queried, even if the answer is NXDOMAIN no other DNS server gets queried. If that works, the problem has to do with DNS resolution. Unfortunately, using: pull-filter accept "dhcp-option DNS”īefore or after "dhcp-option DNS " will not(!) influence the order in which DNS servers are queried. If you are using a host name, please try once using its IP address instead. If that does not work, set it to nameserver (3.0b10) and. Click on the Set DNS/WINS option and select Set nameserver and re-connect. On the Details window, click on Settings. Please follow the steps below to resolve it: Click on the Tunnelblick icon in the taskbar and choose VPN Details. Then local machine names do get resolved, but when resolving names on the WAN, this will also be done by the local DNS server, which represents a DNS leak (as is verifiable using ). This issue is caused by the Tunnelblick DNS configuration. Tunnelblick can get stuck with the status Resolving domain name if your computer has invalid DNS configuration, a previous connection was disconnected improperly, or you do not have a working network connection. Problem: When using "dhcp-option DNS ", it will be prioritized over the VPN DNS server. 15:54:31 Tunnelblick: NOTE: The DNS servers do not include any. I am aware that modern macOS does not use /etc/nf and therefore I am testing the resolution using the browser to access local or remote machines and to check which DNS server is used! 15:54:22.768750 MANAGEMENT: CMD password. In this situation local machine's DNS names do not get resolved, if connected to the openvpn server at the provider. When connected to the VPN provider, the openvpn server pushes dhcp-option DNS. end user problem 306 fundamentals 279 networking problems 281 scenario 305 seven-step approach 279, 281 Tunnelblick about 204 reference 204 types, DNS. Situation: a local DNS server provides names/IPs for machines on the LAN, and also resolves names on remote DNS servers for names of machines on the WAN. Troubleshooting the OpenVPN/home wifi connection issues is above my paygrade, in my estimation.Target: I would like the openvpn client on macOS using tunnelblick to use the VPN provider's DNS server first, and if it cannot resolve a DNS name there, it should use my local DNS server. Therefore, I suspect that these connection issues are related to my home wifi network. However, I have to be close enough to the node to establish that connection (and since this is a direct connect to the node, OpenVPN is not involved). Second way: I can switch the iPhone wifi service to the Dappnode wifi emitted from the node itself (Intel NUC). First way: I turn off the iPhone’s wifi, and OpenVPN will then promptly connect via my cellular provider.
I can connect the iPhone in two ways, however. With wifi connected on my iPhone, I can get no OpenVPN connection using my home wifi.
I have to quit Tunnelblick, restart it, turn off the Mac’s wifi, turn it back on, all in various orders, to get the OpenVPN connection going. Non-work Tunnelblick VPN config that works great.
#OPENVPN TUNNELBLICK DNS FAIL MAC#
It also takes some fiddling with both Tunnelblick and the wifi service on the Mac just to establish the OpenVPN connection. 1 is a private address but is not being routed through the VPN. My Mac is connected to the internet by wifi, not by ethernet.
I’m also running Little Snitch on the mac.
#OPENVPN TUNNELBLICK DNS FAIL MAC OSX#
I get the same error message when I start OpenVPN on my Mac OSX 10.14.6.