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My iPad is running iPadOS 17.1 as of 10/31/2023. Often after I wake it from sleep (I had closed the case and reopened it), I see lack of response to anything Internet. My WiFi is connected, but when I check my VPN service (NordVPN) I see one of these:
and in either event as I said I'm getting no Internet traffic.
This is a major annoyance to me as the “requesting IP address” situation many times never resolves.
I've “solved” this by: reporting that I'm not happy with the VPN server, then searching for a VPN server using a number like 45, and clicking on the ones from United States (my location): click on one (maybe 4512), wait 5 seconds (no connection), click on another (maybe 4514), wait 5 seconds, and repeat until eventually one of them connects and gives me an IP address.
This may take a minute or more often I've found it takes 5 or more minutes of this.
Have you experienced this problem? I've contacted NordVPN and they tell me to change my protocol from “use recommended” to “NordLynx” to “OpenVPN(UDP)” to “OpenVPN(TCP)” round-robin (telling me to switch from whichever I'm using to another one), but the problem doesn't stop happening.
See my earlier comments, below
Annoyances/issues other than the above.
20190424.2130
(This did not prevent a disconnect.)
If you will still be having problems, try getting NordVPN from our website, OpenVPN version and check stability of that one too.
[smi] Still had problems; not trying OpenVPN just yet. Tried setting Connect on demand. (Preferences > Network. Select NordVPN IKE. See Connect on demand.)
From NordVPN Linux site
Get and install: See the site.
To access the NordVPN client settings, use Terminal.
Login | nordvpn login |
Connect to VPN | nordvpn connect |
Connect to specific VPN | nordvpn connect uk715 country code, vpn number |
Disconnect | nordvpn disconnect |
Enable/disable CyberSec | nordvpn set cybersec [on/off] |
Autoconnect | nordvpn set autoconnect [on/off] or nordvpn set autoconnect on uk715 |
See cities in US | nordvpn cities United_States |
Connect to city in US | nordvpn connect United_States Atlanta or Buffalo Charlotte Chicago Dallas Denver Los_Angeles Manassas Miami New_York Phoenix Saint_Louis Salt_Lake_City San_Francisco Seattle |
See current settings | nordvpn settings |
See connection status | nordvpn status |
I experienced this in late 12/2022 and early 1/2023 on iPad and MacOS. Changing to OpenVPN(TCP) worked every time.
See https://support.nordvpn.com/Connectivity/Troubleshooting/1047408692/Unable-to-connect-to-NordVPN-servers.htm it has steps for Windows, Android, iOS, Linux, and macOS. Above is based on iOS and macOS.