NextDNS over PIA VPN : Windows

So… every time I activate both PIA and NextDNS (using the official GUI packages), the connection goes down. I tried “Use existing DNS” in PIA, but it seems it does not recognize the DNS configuration. Have anyone managed to make them work together in Windows?

EDIT: after playing around, I determined that NextDNS implemented thru YogaDNS seems to work well with PIA VPN in Windows. Kind of a sketchy workaround, but it answers my question.

I was unimpressed with the feedback here. I’m very well aware of the limitations of the VPN. I’m just stress testing some interesting configurations for my pleasure and curiosity. The true Internet related privacy is only possible by reducing or eliminating exposure to it. Everything else is a compromise!

The gui implements doh via a local VPN which is the problem. I am using yogaDNS and it works fine along with Nord VPN. I’m quite sure that there are other solutions as well. I think the CLI client would be good too. I’m sure that others will fill us in. :slightly_smiling_face:

turbovpn is the best vpn 2020 and no doubt 2021. like you said everything else is compromise!

Good to know YogaDNS setup can work alongside PIA.

I didn’t try it, so I ended up setting up their plugin on my router, so now my whole LAN is running via my NextDNS and DoT (just in time of becoming a paid customer as those queries…boi, those pile up with a speed of light, only now I realize how much Samsung TV is calling home even if it is used just as a TV/cast).

Yeah…I’ll wait for my fellow brainwashed NextDNS users to address that question.

Curious… What makes it the better?

I know a guy who works for the Samsung AD software division. He works on projects ultimately implemented through firmware in any connected Samsung made device. So… yeah! But Samsung are not the only ones. Everybody does it and they are fighting for the last piece of it.

Asking for an answer and you help me with three questions…

Ok. You made me curious. Why are VPNs only marketing and better to avoid? Enlighten me.

yogaDNS, did that not work?

YogaDNS works. See EDIT in my original post.

Yep. Read that. Thanks. Here’s a quote from the “more cat pictures” version : In most circumstances, VPNs do very little to enhance your data security or privacy unless paired with other changes. Now, back to my question: How do I set up NextDNS over PIA VPN in Windows?

I don’t think yogadns is sketchy. At some point Windows will be supporting DoH…

Not saying yogaDNS is sketchy (maybe it is, I dont know, that’s not the point for now). But implementing nextDNS though a third party software to make it work with a VPN configuration is an unnecessary complication. Yet, it’s the only way I managed to make it work in Windows. DOH would probably solve this, yes.