Edit: switching to https://sky.rethinkdns.com worked, thanks for all the suggestions!
Hope this is the correct forum to ask this question.
I’ve recently switched to RethinkDNS and quite like it. I’ve run a PiHole on my home network for a while, and Rethink finally gives me the same functionality and customizability while away from my house.
When I’m at work at [REDACTED BIG CORPORATION] my Internet won’t connect at all while on company wifi with Rethink active (“No Answer” response to all queries). I just turn DuckDuckGo app tracking protection on instead (also technically a VPN according to my phone), and the Internet works. CyberGhost VPN behaves the same as Rethink, so I’m unsure why DDG doesn’t run into issues.
Does anyone know of a way to automatically swap between VPNs while on certain networks? I’m sure it is possible to do so with a GPS fence and SmartThings, but I don’t want to give that app (or any for that matter) location permissions.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to do this (I’m fine using apps outside of Google Play, as you can infer from my use of RethinkDNS and DDG in the first place), I’d love to hear them!
Cheers, Hank
Not the answer you’re looking for, but can RethinkDNS not run over port 443 to bypass those blocks? I’m not familiar with it at all, but that’s generally how I get around VPN blocks.
I’ll look into that, wasn’t something I had considered yet. Thanks!
Depending on the client, yes!
I believe in Windscribe and possibly IVPN, you can set it to connect to certain servers on certain networks.
If you run Linux, you can also do this with any VPN via NetworkManager.
Thanks for the suggestion!
In your network settings did you set the private DNS server to “https://sky.rethinkdns.com/”?
DoT doesn’t work on my company network, but DoH is indistinguishable from other HTTPS net traffic.
This ended up working! Great suggestion, thank you!
I have not tried that - thanks for the suggestion!
https://openvpn.net/connect-docs/how-to-use-tasker.html maybe something similar can work for your use case
I wish I knew 100% but maybe through some kind of automation application like tasker or something similar
