- Oct 9, 2016
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As a person offering Mullvad I can not tell you that I recommend it or not ... obviously because of the conflict of interest ....
But as a user, I would recommend it but you should make some changes in your settings.
If some websites block WireGuard, that means no VPN would work. One solution that has worked for me at least till now is to change the WireGuard port. Not many VPN providers have this option in their app. You can try different ports for WireGuard. And for OpenVPN, you can also see if changing the protocol from UDP to TCP makes any changes. Also the OVPN ports.
From a technical point of view this is the same issue for all VPN providers no matter if it is Mullvad or not.
I am personally using NextDNS private DNS service with my own custom profile. Try to use this method too as some websites/services might had blocked Mullvad DNS servers.
You can find a how to article here:
How to get Mullvad VPN work with NextDNS with custom configurations - AiONETS Guides and Courses
How to set NextDNS in Mullvad VPN to use NextDNS profilesaionets.com
I hope that I could have helped.
In the use of 3rd-party DNS with Mullvad VPN does Mullvad VPN hijacks the DNS queries over WireGuard? The article below seems to say so
Use Custom DNS Servers With Mullvad And Any WireGuard Client
I’ve been using Mullvad VPN for a while now but only ever used it with the official client on my workstation. I use DNS extensively in my home network, so as soon as I activate Mullvad, I can’t resolve DNS names locally. Of course, this is by design and expected. I own an OPNsense appliance, so...
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Of course using Mullvad's default DNS is best to avoid DNS leaks but many seems to use say NextDNS with Mullvad VPN. Mullvad VPN's DNS blocklists is given below
GitHub - mullvad/dns-blocklists: Lists and configuration for our DNS blocking service
Lists and configuration for our DNS blocking service - mullvad/dns-blocklists
github.com
So NextDNS is superior than Mullvad DNS as more blocklists can be added, right?
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