DNS servers defaulting to specific servers I've changed from

[rh71]

Not related to the laptop DNS issue I posted about yesterday (this is just on my PC at home, with Torguard client).

Internet works fine normally but when I connect with Torguard after a reboot, it often has issues connecting - says something about my public IP being unverified in the Torguard client (but still indicates "connected"). I can't load any webpages. Disconnect from Torguard and I load pages fine.

I check my TCP/IP properties and DNS shows Level 3 DNS servers 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.3. I don't believe they allow anonymous/proxies and that may be why it fails when I connect with Torguard. I update it to another set of public DNS servers like 208.67.220.220 and 208.67.222.123 and Torguard verifies/connects fine right after and pages load. But the next time I reboot or something, I see that my TCP/IP settings have DNS servers back to 4.2.2.2 and 4.2.2.3. It also defaults back to those even when I choose to obtain DNS servers automatically. Why does this happen?

I checked my FIOS router settings and it was set to obtain automatically. I even tried setting it to my 208.x.x.x DNS servers there, but I still find it defaulting back to the 4.x.x.x. A google search indicated that I may have malware/virus but I've checked that already. I looked at torguard's forums and people have indicated this initial connection issue also (no mention of DNS servers though) and there's no official resolution for months.

 

[rh71]

To add, currently I'm connected and TCP/IP properties show I'm using 208.x.x.x, but when I go into powershell, it shows:

PS C:\Users\Me> get-netipconfiguration


InterfaceAlias : Ethernet
InterfaceIndex : 3
InterfaceDescription : TorGuard Virtual Adapter V9
NetProfile.Name : Unidentified network
IPv6Address : fd00:1234::1
IPv4Address : 10.22.0.6
IPv6DefaultGateway :
IPv4DefaultGateway :
DNSServer : 4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3

InterfaceAlias : Local Area Connection
InterfaceIndex : 8
InterfaceDescription : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
NetProfile.Name : Network
IPv4Address : 192.168.1.8
IPv6DefaultGateway :
IPv4DefaultGateway : 192.168.1.1
DNSServer : 4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3

God networking is such a PITA.