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DNS while Mozilla VPN switched on

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Hi, Local piHole is my DNS forwarder, and I have LAN devices turned on in Mozilla VPN so can access it (and all other local devices) no problem. However, I believe with the WireGuard Tunnel turned on the DNS server is 10.64.0.1. One particular oddity is that bbc.co.uk (and every other domain I have tried so far) will resolve but www.bbc.co.uk will not. I am in the UK, using a Manchester exit IP, and not attempting to bypass the BBC's license - just listen to the radio. It would appear at first glance that I need a way to set the DNS server, so opening the properties of the adaptor (IPv4) I see the DNS is set as above, but oddly the IP address is not DHCP but "Use the following" - except the following is blank. So I set this to automatic, saved the adaptor settings, but it appears that enabling/disabling the VPN always overwrites the adaptor settings with 10.64.0.1 While I don't have a problem with enabling/disabling the VPN (I have to do this a lot as I use various VPNs for work), I do want to block all adverts at the router using my local DNS forwarder, and I do want to listen to BBC Sounds. Any help appreciated (hw/sw engineer of 40 years) Mark

Hi, Local piHole is my DNS forwarder, and I have LAN devices turned on in Mozilla VPN so can access it (and all other local devices) no problem. However, I believe with the WireGuard Tunnel turned on the DNS server is 10.64.0.1. One particular oddity is that bbc.co.uk (and every other domain I have tried so far) will resolve but www.bbc.co.uk will not. I am in the UK, using a Manchester exit IP, and not attempting to bypass the BBC's license - just listen to the radio. It would appear at first glance that I need a way to set the DNS server, so opening the properties of the adaptor (IPv4) I see the DNS is set as above, but oddly the IP address is not DHCP but "Use the following" - except the following is blank. So I set this to automatic, saved the adaptor settings, but it appears that enabling/disabling the VPN always overwrites the adaptor settings with 10.64.0.1 While I don't have a problem with enabling/disabling the VPN (I have to do this a lot as I use various VPNs for work), I do want to block all adverts at the router using my local DNS forwarder, and I do want to listen to BBC Sounds. Any help appreciated (hw/sw engineer of 40 years) Mark