I have a VPN, but don’t use it that often. Whenever the VPN is not active, I’d like to use nextDNS. Is there a smart/automated way to do that?
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Thanks @Vexz@kbin.social and @lckdscl@whiskers.bim.boats, I really should have actually tried this before getting all confused about the issues of people who want to use it at the same time.
It’s not super automated, but the switching with the Android and Windows Apps do not take more than 30 seconds.
What kind of device are we talking about? Do you use the client software of your VPN provider? What’s your VPN provider?
Let’s assume you use a desktop PC with the client software of your VPN provider:
Make your OS use the DNS servers of NextDNS. This will make your PC always use NextDNS. Now when you activate your VPN connection with the client software it overrules your OS’s DNS settings (as long as you’re connected to the VPN server) and tunnels all DNS traffic through your VPN tunnel to avoid a DNS leak.
What OS are we talking about? Does the link below help?
https://help.nextdns.io/t/60hjkxf/using-nextdns-private-dns-with-vpn-does-it-work