What causes a DNS Leak?
Without the proper settings when you are connecting to any new network, the DHCP settings can automatically assign a DNS server to handle your lookup requests which may belong to the ISP or are not properly secured. Even with a VPN on your network, any DNS request bypasses the encrypted tunnel, causing a DNS leak.
Also, the transition phase between IPv4 and IPv6 is creating a lot of problems, especially for VPNs that don’t have IPv6 support, requests to or from your machine sent over IPv6 will completely bypass the VPN tunnel, leaving your personal data unprotected and causing DNS leaks.
Some ISPs use a transparent proxy to intercept and redirect your traffic if you attempt to use a third-party server, which will lead to a DNS leak. The “Smart Multi-Homed Name Resolution” feature, increases cases of DNS leaks.
How to fix a DNS Leak with Urban VPN
By configuring Urban VPN on your computer to use the DNS server provided or preferred by your VPN, DNS requests will go through the VPN rather than directly from the local network. Fortunately, Urban VPN has full support for IPv6 traffic, so you don’t need to worry about the DNS leak arising from dual-stack tunnels.
If you sign up for a VPN that does not have IPv6 support, your only option is to block IPv6 traffic.Urban VPN OpenVPN protocol can easily combat transparent DNS proxies in Windows that can intercept and redirect your traffic, disabling DNS leaks. The most difficult DNS leak to fix is that of Windows 10 which is a built-in part of Windows, but the OpenVPN protocol of Urban VPN is your best solution.
As to switching off Smart Multi-Homed Name Resolution, Microsoft doesn’t allow it manually, however, your Urban OpenVPN protocol will fix the DNS leak.