How to Send all traffic over VPN on Windows
Symptoms of the problem:
- Windows shows you are connected to the VPN but your public doesn’t change;
- VPN connection is unstable: VPN doesn’t work after switching between VPN connections
- VPN connection is unstable: VPN doesn’t work after switching between Wi-Fi and Ethernet/LAN network adapters
- You can connect to VPN, but your traffic is not tunneled through the VPN
Resolution
- Open your VPN connection preferences and click on a Networking tab.
- Choose the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click on Properties again.
- Do not change settings in the opened window and press Advanced…
Check a check-box Use default gateway on remote network and press OK.
Windows may require a restart for the changes to be affected. Please do so.