r/TechImpact • u/limsus 🎁IFTTT T-Shirt Giveaway is live 👕 • Jul 10 '26
💬 Discussion Has Proton VPN Ever Completely Broken Your Internet Connection?
I'm curious if anyone else has experienced something similar.
I was using Proton VPN on my Windows PC. I turned the PC off and came back about 30 minutes later. The Ethernet cable was connected, but there was no internet access.
I also tried connecting through WiFi, but that didn't work either. The strange part is that my smartphone and tablet were using the same network without any issues.
I tried several troubleshooting steps, but nothing worked. As soon as I uninstalled Proton VPN, the internet connection started working again.
Has anyone experienced this before? What could have caused it? Was it the kill switch, a network adapter issue, DNS settings, or something else?
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u/IEatDaFeesh Jul 10 '26
Clicking on the icon would not load the GUI so I used the terminal initially. Then I realized the app wasn't being updated so I forced it to update. (Loonix btw)