Windows 10: OPEN VPN Google public DNS servers (Ipv4)

Hi there

Any better / faster public DNS servers than Google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 for using with Web browsing on OPENVPN. (IPV4)

Using the Google DNS's is OK but I'm sure they are collecting info all the time !!!! -- mind you Google just has SO MUCH I'm sure they can't do too much with it - mega information overload !!!.

I don't really want to use my own ISP's DNS servers - also they will be going to IPV6 any time at all. That's another issue BTW - for later !!!.

Cheers
jimbo

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

Changing the metric worked for me, but my situation was a little different:

DNS resolution with my VPN had been working flawlessly with Win10 (first with Preview, then with RTM, always kept up-to-date) using Dell SonicWALL NetExtender (currently version 7.5.223)

Then this morning DNS resolution with my VPN stopped working suddenly. I hadn't explicitly made any changes or installed any updates or software. Perhaps an automatic update broke things.

Though the VPN still connected fine, and though the interface binding order HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\LanmanServer\Linkage\Bind was properly updated on connection of the VPN (i.e. the VPN's interface was added to the top of the list),
NSLOOKUP would use my LAN's DNS servers rather than the VPN's DNS servers. The VPN client was however showing properly-configured DNS servers.

In my case I was unable to open TCP/IPv4 properties for the "SonicWALL NetExtender" interface: the "Properties" button was displayed as being active, but clicking on it did nothing / did not open a properties dialog.

So instead I went to TCP/IPv4 properties for my Ethernet interface, clicked Advanced, and unchecked "Automatic metric", and assigned an arbitrary metric of 100.

After doing this DNS resolution once again works properly: When the VPN is connected the VPN interface's DNS servers are used. When the VPN is not connected, the Ethernet interface's DNS servers are used.

 

Windows 10 - default DNS server on VPN adapter not used primarily when on Ethernet

Just did some more testing and I also have problems with DNS resolving on WiFi connections now when working from another location.

It's also impossible to modify the TCP/IPv4 properties of the VPN adapter in Windows 10 using the GUI to add the DNS servers manually. I just can't open it.

I've read somewhere that editing the rasphone.pbk file to add the DNS servers the VPN connection should use would the trick, but that doesn't seem to work either.

 

Opened it blocks bad sites as well 208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220