Mullvad customer - openvpn windows 10 dns server help

freebo9911

hi

this is probably a real noob question but i have installed the newest version and installed the server files and it connects to the vpn and my ip changes but the it still uses the dns servers of my isp not my vpn? how do i fix this?

thx

TinCanTech

Push your preferred DNS server.

HOWTO: For OpenVPN Community Edition

freebo9911

hi

i tried to insert push "dhcp-option DNS 10.66.0.4" with 10.66.0.4 being replaced with my dns server in the vpnname.ovpn file at the bottom saved it but it did not anything even after ipconfig /all.

could someone show me a windows vpn.ovpn example and where to insert push "dhcp-option DNS 10.66.0.4"

i am total, complete noob so, please an idiots guide please

thx

TinCanTech

freebo9911 wrotean idiots guide please

examples

freebo9911

hi

still not got a clue

this is my vpn.windows.conf

where and what do i do?

# Notice to Mullvad customers:
#
# For those of you behind very restrictive firewalls,
# you can use our tunnels on tcp port 443, as well as
# on udp port 53.
client

dev tun

proto udp
#proto udp
#proto tcp

remote se.mullvad.net 1300
cipher AES-256-CBC

#remote openvpn.mullvad.net 443
#cipher BF-CBC

#remote openvpn.mullvad.net 53
#cipher BF-CBC

#remote se.mullvad.net 1300 # Servers in Sweden
#cipher AES-256-CBC

#remote nl.mullvad.net 1300 # Servers in the Netherlands
#cipher AES-256-CBC

#remote de.mullvad.net 1300 # Servers in Germany
#cipher AES-256-CBC

#remote us.mullvad.net 1300 # Servers in the USA
#cipher AES-256-CBC

# Tunnel IPv6 traffic as well as IPv4
#tun-ipv6

# Keep trying indefinitely to resolve the
# host name of the OpenVPN server. Very useful
# on machines which are not permanently connected
# to the internet such as laptops.
resolv-retry infinite

# Most clients don't need to bind to
# a specific local port number.
nobind

# Try to preserve some state across restarts.
persist-key
persist-tun

# Enable compression on the VPN link.
# Don't enable this unless it is also
# enabled in the server config file.
comp-lzo

# Set log file verbosity.
verb 3

remote-cert-tls server

ping-restart 60

# Daemonize
service mullvadopenvpn

ping 10

ca ca.crt
cert mullvad.crt
key mullvad.key

crl-verify crl.pem

# Limit range of possible TLS cipher-suites
tls-cipher xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

please help thx