I am running AirVPN on an Asus RT-AC86U router running Asuswrt-Merlin 386.7_2.
I encountered a problem when trying to enable DNS-over-TLS. I’m using my VPN’s DNS as the resolver in the DoT Server List but I’ve lost internet connectivity. I also tried Cloudfare’s 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 but no connectivity there, either.
This led me to a Merlin Wiki on GitHub that mentioned this:
As I am using an OpenVPN client with Accept DNS configuration set to Exclusive, am I right in interpreting this to mean that DoT would be redundant for me as my DNS queries are already encrypted by the tunnel?
Encrypting my DNS queries was my main reason for using DoT.
Am I missing something?
I am also curious as to why I’m losing internet connectivity?
Thanks for any clarification you can provide.
I encountered a problem when trying to enable DNS-over-TLS. I’m using my VPN’s DNS as the resolver in the DoT Server List but I’ve lost internet connectivity. I also tried Cloudfare’s 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1 but no connectivity there, either.
This led me to a Merlin Wiki on GitHub that mentioned this:
“OpenVPN Clients
This will mostly work as before. OpenVPN clients with "Accept DNS configuration"set to "Exclusive" will still use the DNS servers provided by the VPN server, bypassing DNS Privacy. Setting DNS configuration to "Disabled" on the OpenVPN client configuration will allow it to use DNS Privacy, however note that some VPN providers will block the use of DNS servers other than their own, to protect you against leaking information by sending DNS queries outside of the tunnel. If you trust the OpenVPN server you connect to, it's usually best to leave the setting to Exclusive mode - your DNS queries are already encrypted by the VPN tunnel anyway (for all clients configured to use the tunnel).”As I am using an OpenVPN client with Accept DNS configuration set to Exclusive, am I right in interpreting this to mean that DoT would be redundant for me as my DNS queries are already encrypted by the tunnel?
Encrypting my DNS queries was my main reason for using DoT.
Am I missing something?
I am also curious as to why I’m losing internet connectivity?
Thanks for any clarification you can provide.