Google dns & nordvpn

I would like to use google dns instead of nordvpn dns., but something goes wrong
dnsleaktest.com - still used nordvpn dns

/etc/config/network

config interface 'loopback'                                   
        option ifname 'lo'                                    
        option proto 'static'                                 
        option ipaddr '127.0.0.1'                             
        option netmask '255.0.0.0'                            
                                                              
config globals 'globals'                                      
        option ula_prefix 'fdff:fb49:1510::/48'               
                                                              
config interface 'wan'                                        
        option ifname 'eth0.1'                                
        option proto 'dhcp'                                   
        option peerdns '0'                                    
        option dns '8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4'                          
                                                              
config device 'wan_dev'                                       
        option name 'eth0.1'                                  
        option macaddr '18:31:bf:63:2a:81' 
                                                              
config interface 'wan6'                                       
        option ifname 'eth0.1'                                
        option proto 'dhcpv6'                                 
        option peerdns '0'                                    
        option dns '2001:4860:4860::8888 2001:4860:4860::8844'
                                                              
config interface 'lan'                                        
        option type 'bridge'                                  
        option ifname 'eth0.2'                                
        option proto 'static'                                 
        option netmask '255.255.255.0'                        
        option ip6assign '60'                                 
        option ipaddr '192.168.99.1'                          
        option dns '8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4'                          
                                                              
config device 'lan_dev'                                       
        option name 'eth0.2'                                  
        option macaddr '18:31:bf:63:2a:80'                    
                                                              
config switch                                                 
        option name 'switch0'                                 
        option reset '1'                                      
        option enable_vlan '1'                                
                                                              
config switch_vlan                                            
        option device 'switch0'                               
        option vlan '1'                                       
        option ports '0 6t'                                   
                                                              
config switch_vlan                                            
        option device 'switch0'                               
        option vlan '2'                                       
        option ports '1 2 3 4 6t' 
                                                              
config interface 'nordvpntun'                                 
        option proto 'none'                                   
        option ifname 'tun0'                                  
        option force_link '1'                                 
                              

Not enough information provided to assist you.

  • You don't note what VPN solution you're using (I assume OpenVPN)
  • If you are using OpenVPN, posting its config

I surmise your OpenVPN is still configured to obtains and setup DNS servers upon connection.

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OpenVPN

/etc/config/openvpn

                                                   
config openvpn 'custom_config'                     
        option enabled '0'                         
        option config '/etc/openvpn/my-vpn.conf'   
                                                   
config openvpn 'sample_server'                     
        option enabled '0'                         
        option port '1194'                         
        option proto 'udp'                         
        option dev 'tun'                           
        option ca '/etc/openvpn/ca.crt'            
        option cert '/etc/openvpn/server.crt'      
        option key '/etc/openvpn/server.key'       
        option dh '/etc/openvpn/dh1024.pem'        
        option server '10.8.0.0 255.255.255.0'     
        option ifconfig_pool_persist '/tmp/ipp.txt'
        option keepalive '10 120'              
        option compress 'lzo'                  
        option persist_key '1'                 
        option persist_tun '1'                 
        option user 'nobody'                   
        option status '/tmp/openvpn-status.log'                 
        option verb '3'                            
                                                   
config openvpn 'sample_client'                     
        option enabled '0'                         
        option client '1'                          
        option dev 'tun'                           
        option proto 'udp'                         
        list remote 'my_server_1 1194'             
        option resolv_retry 'infinite'             
        option nobind '1'                          
        option persist_key '1'                     
        option persist_tun '1'                     
        option user 'nobody'                       
        option ca '/etc/openvpn/ca.crt'            
        option cert '/etc/openvpn/client.crt'      
        option key '/etc/openvpn/client.key'   
        option compress 'lzo'                  
        option verb '3'                        
                                               
config openvpn 'nordvpn'                       
        option enabled '1'                     
        option config '/etc/openvpn/us3174.nordvpn.com.udp.ovpn'
                                                                

Can we see the config please?

client                                                          
dev tun                                                         
proto udp                                                       
remote 185.244.215.149 1194                                     
resolv-retry infinite                                           
remote-random                                                   
nobind                                                          
tun-mtu 1500                                                    
tun-mtu-extra 32                                                
mssfix 1450                                                     
persist-key                                                     
persist-tun                                                     
ping 15                                                         
ping-restart 0                                                  
ping-timer-rem                                                  
reneg-sec 0                                                     
comp-lzo no                                                     
                                                                
remote-cert-tls server                                          
                                                                
auth-user-pass secret                                           
verb 3                                                          
pull                                                            
fast-io                                                         
cipher AES-256-CBC                                              
auth SHA512                                                     
                                                                
<ca>                                                            
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----                                     
...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----                                       
</ca>                                                           
key-direction 1                                                 
<tls-auth>                                                      
#                                                               
# 2048 bit OpenVPN static key                                   
#                                                               
-----BEGIN OpenVPN Static key V1-----  
...
-----END OpenVPN Static key V1-----                             
</tls-auth>                                                     
- /etc/openvpn/us3174.nordvpn.com.udp.ovpn 82/82 100%

Does anyone else have any idea?