DNS in one minute
DNS turns names into addresses. You type example.com, and a DNS server tells your device which IP address to connect to.
Every one of those lookups shows which site you are about to open. Normally they go to your internet provider or to the DNS server the local network hands out.
What VPN Club does about it
While you are connected, VPN Club sets your device to use our DNS servers and routes every lookup through the tunnel. Any lookup that tries to take another path is blocked.
Our DNS servers do not log queries, the same as the rest of the network. The protection is on by default in every plan, with nothing to configure.
Where leaks come from
A DNS leak is when your traffic uses the VPN but the lookups still reach your provider outside it. The provider cannot see page content, but it can build a list of the sites you looked up.
Common causes are system settings pinned to a particular DNS server, IPv6 settings, and the network changing while you are connected.
Check it yourself
Connect to VPN Club and open any DNS leak check site. The servers it lists should belong to VPN Club, not to your internet provider.
If your provider appears, disconnect and connect again. If it is still there, your browser may have secure DNS set to a fixed provider and be sending lookups on its own. Turn that setting off, or write to us from the Support tab in the dashboard.
- Connect to any VPN Club server
- Open a DNS leak check site in your browser
- Make sure the DNS servers shown are VPN Club's
