IP Leaks during reconnection (OpenVPN Community Edition)

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Novice Usr
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IP Leaks during reconnection (OpenVPN Community Edition)

Post by Novice Usr » Mon Jun 20, 2022 2:02 am

Hello,

I'm a new user of OpenVPN, and facing some challenges.

I've a shoddy WiFi. Even if I lose my connection momentarily, OpenVPN loses its link and tries to reconnect. While reconnecting, there is a gap of 2-5 seconds that it pauses in disconnected state. I found that prior open browser windows are leaking the IP during this 2-5 second wait period.

Any solution to fix it?

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Re: IP Leaks during reconnection (OpenVPN Community Edition)

Post by TinCanTech » Mon Jun 20, 2022 7:01 pm

Are you connecting to your own VPN server ?

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Re: IP Leaks during reconnection (OpenVPN Community Edition)

Post by Novice Usr » Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:27 pm

I'm connecting to a 3rd party VPN provider. Can I configure openvpn-gui.exe to block all traffic while there is a 2-5 second auto pause during reconnection? I'm using Windows 10.

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Re: IP Leaks during reconnection (OpenVPN Community Edition)

Post by TinCanTech » Tue Jun 21, 2022 10:36 pm

The openvpn-gui.exe does not do that.

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