Windows 10: IPv6 leak while using PIA

I use Private Internet Access as my VPN. The service worked great while I was usingWindows 8.1. After installing W10 Inoticed that I was getting local adds while visiting certain websites eventhough I was using a server in another town. I checked whatismyipaddress and sure enough my physical address wasdisplayed. I contacted PIA via theirchat. I was given many instructions onhow to plug the leak. The last oneinvolved changing the DNS settings and disabling the IPv6 setting on theEthernet connection. Before I changedthe DNS server settings from obtaining automatically to specific setting I thoughtwhy not just disable the IPv6 setting and see if that would work. It did work and I did not have to change theDNS settings. If you are using PIA youmight just want to check if your connection is leaking your IPv6 address to theworld.

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Lose internet connection after VPN disconnection - how do I change network default gateway route

Hi,

I'm using Private Internet Access (PIA) as my VPN on a Dell 7910 Workstation running Windows 10 Professional.

I basically need help on:

• How I can manually change my Internet primary gateway route
• Solve the problem of losing Internet access once I disconnect my VPN

Details

Recently, I set the strictest security - DSN Leak On, IPv4 Leak On etc. Since then, whenever I disconnect from PIA I am unable I lose my internet connection. I can only reconnect to the Internet by reloading PIA.

However, I've discovered that if I do not install PIA at startup, I can connect to the Internet. Once I connect through PIA, though, I can only connect to the Internet through PIA.

I was having problems with web pages loading slowly ("resolving host" issue), so I switched my DSN settings to the DSNs used by the PIA servers.

PIA technical support suggested I configure my security software (Norton, Malwarebytes, SecureAPlus, Kerish Doctor, Zemana Anti-Logger and Unchecky) to work with PIA. I have done that to no effect. They also want me to uninstall PIA and then re-install it.
I am reluctant to do that as I fear that as I am in part at least, unable to connect to the Internet without PIA, I might lose all Internet access if I uninstall PIA.
In consequence I would be unable to re-install PIA and, to boot, be unable to seek technical assistance on the Internet.

I found one solution on an October 2016 Microsoft Forum Post (https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/efd7c70c-e652-4101-93ac-2c57884e162e/no-internet-access-after-disconnecting-from-vpn?forum=w7itpronetworking).
The suggested solution is:

Hey all, I was having the same problem on Windows 10. The PPP adapter is not removed after disconnecting from the Windows VPN client and I cannot connect to any ipv4 outside of my local
network (still could connect to ipv6 though). I think the primary issue is that the VPN gateway route is not removed from the routing table and therefore is still trying to send ipv4 traffic over the PPP adapter. I fixed this issue by manually setting my primary
gateway route for my main network lower than the VPN gateway route. You can do this in cmd cli with "route", or in the Adapter settings:

TL;DR - change your default gateway route to metric 1

No one replied to say if this worked, but I would like to try it. I will do it using TimeFreeze in order to test it, without making any permanent changes to my PC. I'll also create a System Restore point.

Unfortunately, I don't know how to effect this change to the primary (is this the "default" gateway) gateway in Windows 10 Professional.
So, I'd be grateful to anyone who could explain how I can do that and which of my Internet connections I need to make this change to.

I connect to the Internet through an Ethernet cable ("Ethernet 3" as my PC labels it). I also have the VPN PIA connection, labelled "Ethernet 5", "TAP Windows Adapter V9 . . ." I'd be grateful to anyone who
could explain what I'm exactly doing when I change the gateway route (presumably on Ethernet 3) to "Metric 1". I'm worried that I may cause damage to my system.

I would also obviously be very interested to hear from anyone who has any other suggestions as how I might fix this disconnection/loss of connection problem.
I've Googled the problem to death but cannot find a solution, other than re-boot the PC/re-install the Internet connection (in my case Ethernet 3).

My thanks in advance, for any help and suggestions that can be offered.

 

Win 10: DNS resolution of remote network via VPN connection not working

I am using Private Internet Access (PIA) on Windows 10 and was having the exact same issue described here. My DNS lookups were taking a long time and actually failing when using nslookup. Setting the metric value of the physical network interface, for both
IPv4 and IPv6, to a value higher than that of the TAP interface resolved the issue for me.

Thank you, Keenans and ECC-Dan.

 

If you are getting ad's, first question is what web browser are you using. Just because you are using a VPN to mask your real Gateway outside IP, is not going to stop ad's from being served up on any web pages you are visiting.

The only reason that someone may use a Anonymous VPN, would be if say they want to watch BBC programming in England, but cannot access with a U.S. IP.

I really do not see a need to pay extra money for something that unless you are doing something illegal, which your real IP could be found with the right Blackhat tracing you home.

 

I have that issue, unfortunately IPV6 is needed to be part of a homegroup.

 

My intent in posting the information about theDNS/IPv6 leak was to help others who may be experiencing the same problem I was. The post did not ask anyone for suggestionson how to solve it, since I had already found a viable way. Your assumption that the only reason forusing a VPN is to hide one’s identity and engage in criminal activity isincorrect. My reason for using one is toprotect myself from prying eyes while engaging in perfectly legal activitiessuch as online shopping or banking.