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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1911801" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>Some will know that i purchased a new M1 14" MBP in Australia and when I returned to Bali I did not have to change much other than the "Location" in Network preferences to Bali Home a location that had been transferred to this MBP during the Data Migration from my old 2015 MBP.</p><p></p><p>Everything was working fine until a couple of days ago when my VPN (Express) started acting up. I updated it, checked it's preferences, changed server locations, uninstalled and reinstalled it via Terminal you name it I tried it, or at least I thought I had.</p><p></p><p>I contacted the 24Hr chat help line and despite their best efforts the problem, although intermittent ,persisted. Today It started again, nothing up or down when the VPN was on. </p><p></p><p>Then I had a flash of inspiration. The title gives it away. Check my DNS and low and behold it's the one allocated by my ISP. I changed it to the primary and secondary for CloudFlare with Google Public DNS as 3rd and 4th. </p><p></p><p>Problem fixed. My browser is also noticeably faster although it was <em>okay</em> before except when the VPN stopped working obviously. Cloudflare has a strong focus on speed and security which I like but is no faster than Google Public DNS on my testing. </p><p>For a list, explanation and description of the best DNS for 2022 see here; <a href="https://www.techradar.com/news/best-dns-server" target="_blank">Best DNS servers of 2022: Boost your internet speed with these free, public services</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1911801, member: 204485"] Some will know that i purchased a new M1 14" MBP in Australia and when I returned to Bali I did not have to change much other than the "Location" in Network preferences to Bali Home a location that had been transferred to this MBP during the Data Migration from my old 2015 MBP. Everything was working fine until a couple of days ago when my VPN (Express) started acting up. I updated it, checked it's preferences, changed server locations, uninstalled and reinstalled it via Terminal you name it I tried it, or at least I thought I had. I contacted the 24Hr chat help line and despite their best efforts the problem, although intermittent ,persisted. Today It started again, nothing up or down when the VPN was on. Then I had a flash of inspiration. The title gives it away. Check my DNS and low and behold it's the one allocated by my ISP. I changed it to the primary and secondary for CloudFlare with Google Public DNS as 3rd and 4th. Problem fixed. My browser is also noticeably faster although it was [I]okay[/I] before except when the VPN stopped working obviously. Cloudflare has a strong focus on speed and security which I like but is no faster than Google Public DNS on my testing. For a list, explanation and description of the best DNS for 2022 see here; [URL="https://www.techradar.com/news/best-dns-server"]Best DNS servers of 2022: Boost your internet speed with these free, public services[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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