DNS settings magically erased after disconnect
Posted: Sat May 26, 2018 10:11 pm
When Viscosity disconnects from the VPN without user intervention, it erases my DNS settings in my Mac Preferences > Network Settings. If I disconnect the VPN connection myself this does not happen.
The first time this happened I had just issued a terminal command and lost my internet connection. I thought that command had something to do with my inability to access the internet. I checked everything but the DNS settings on my Mac (didn't think of it) but I couldn't get connected to the internet. I ended up doing a complete system restore from time machine thinking I had issued a botched terminal command. 6 hours! Guess what the restore didn't fix anything. I finally stumbled on the empty DNS settings in Network Settings.
I chose Full DNS because for some reason when using automatic, Viscosity wasn't using my VPNs DNS servers.
The first time this happened I had just issued a terminal command and lost my internet connection. I thought that command had something to do with my inability to access the internet. I checked everything but the DNS settings on my Mac (didn't think of it) but I couldn't get connected to the internet. I ended up doing a complete system restore from time machine thinking I had issued a botched terminal command. 6 hours! Guess what the restore didn't fix anything. I finally stumbled on the empty DNS settings in Network Settings.
I chose Full DNS because for some reason when using automatic, Viscosity wasn't using my VPNs DNS servers.