I've been having a problem lately where I will be unable to connect to arbitrary websites when connected to Perfect Privacy's VPN. Most of the time I have no trouble connecting to sites, but occasionally (around 1-3 times a day) there will be a site that will timeout and not load.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think the issue is that the hostnames are not being resolved by DNS. I say this because if I try to ping the website using its hostname, it never gets as far as resolving it and trying to ping its IP address.
I am generally connected to the New York and Chicago US servers. I can't recall if I've seen this issue on non-US servers. And I've experienced this issue on multiple different devices, including two macs and an iPhone.
Sometimes when a site won't connect, simply disconnect and reconnecting to the VPN clears it up. Other times, that doesn't work, but changing to a different server will clear it up. And generally the issue clears up on its own after some number of minutes, sometime just a few minutes, and sometimes after an hour. In all cases, disconnecting from the VPN and connecting without it will reliably allow me to connect to the site.
Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there anything I can do to fix it, other than trying a different DNS server? (I'd prefer to use Perfect Privacy's DNS.)
I'm not 100% sure, but I think the issue is that the hostnames are not being resolved by DNS. I say this because if I try to ping the website using its hostname, it never gets as far as resolving it and trying to ping its IP address.
I am generally connected to the New York and Chicago US servers. I can't recall if I've seen this issue on non-US servers. And I've experienced this issue on multiple different devices, including two macs and an iPhone.
Sometimes when a site won't connect, simply disconnect and reconnecting to the VPN clears it up. Other times, that doesn't work, but changing to a different server will clear it up. And generally the issue clears up on its own after some number of minutes, sometime just a few minutes, and sometimes after an hour. In all cases, disconnecting from the VPN and connecting without it will reliably allow me to connect to the site.
Is anyone else experiencing this? Is there anything I can do to fix it, other than trying a different DNS server? (I'd prefer to use Perfect Privacy's DNS.)