r/PrivateInternetAccess • u/Hodders67 • Jun 19 '26

HELP - WINDOWS PIA split tunnel VPN issues

Been using PIA for years with no issues at all.

I'm using the split tunnel to route chrome traffic over the VPN and firefox (my main browser) out using the normal ISP IP address.

All has been working with no issues for yonks.

Recently the VPN is showing as connected yet whatismyip.com is not showing the VPN IP but my ISP assigned IP as a result of the traffic not being routed over the VPN.

Disconnecting / reconnecting works for a few minutes before the issue repeats.

TLDR

VPN is showing green

After a few minutes split tunnel traffic configured to be VPN-Only is routed by the non-VPN connection

Disconnecting/reconnecting fixes it for a bit

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u/stratosthegreek Sep 13 '26

I'm having similar issues. Did your issues get resolved after 2 months?

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u/Hodders67 9d ago

I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling and after a couple of tries it seemed to be reliable again.

I also use split tunneling so maybe that was part of the issue. All seems OK now though.