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With the massively increasing amount of IP addresses required by the global network each year, IPv4 can no longer meet the demand. That’s why IPv6 was introduced — to allow more unique TCP/IP identifiers to be created for each user. While most of the internet uses the IPv4 protocol, there […]

The Proton VPN app for macOS has comprehensive IPv6 leak protection, so there’s no need to disable IPv6 when using our app. However, if you use a third-party app, such as the official WireGuard VPN client or Tunnelblick, we recommend disabling IPv6 to ensure no IPv6 leaks can occur. Learn […]

The Proton VPN Windows application blocks all IPv6 traffic by default. We recommend disabling the IPv6 if you are using a manual VPN connection, such as IKEv2 or OpenVPN. 1) Open Network and Internet Sharing center via the System tray at the bottom-right corner. 2) Select Change adapter options. 3) Right-click […]

Proton VPN now offers an official Linux app with graphical user interface and an official Linux CLI. Both these clients have built-in IPv6 leak protection, with no user configuration required. We recommend using our official Proton VPN apps on Linux. However, it is also possible to manually configure a VPN connection in […]

In this guide, we show you how to set up Proton VPN on pfSense 23.09 and pfSense 2.7.x using the OpenVPN VPN protocol. This allows your router to protect any device connected to it with a Proton VPN connection. Learn more about OpenVPN If you’re using pfSense 2.7.x, we recommend […]

In this guide, we show you how to set up Proton VPN on pfSense 2.7.x using the WireGuard® VPN protocol. This allows your router to protect any device connected to it with a Proton VPN connection. Learn more about WireGuard You can also configure Proton VPN on pfSense 2.7.x using […]

Proton VPN offers a browser extension for Firefox and Chrome. This stand-alone extension provides a quick and convenient way to protect your privacy while browsing the internet and is available to everyone with a: The biggest difference between using our VPN app and our browser extension is that our VPN […]

Android 13 has a bug that can cause your VPN connection to fail. Even worse, your Android device may show that you are still connected to our servers when you aren’t. If you switch between a WiFi connection and a mobile (cellular) connection when connected to a VPN, you may […]

In this support article, we discuss how to fix an RPC server is unavailable error that prevents you from connecting to our VPN servers when using Windows. What is RPC? A remote procedure call (RPC) is a protocol that allows different processes on a computer to communicate with each other […]

This guide shows you how to set up Proton VPN on pfSense 2.6.x, allowing any device connected to your router to be protected with a Proton VPN connection. As usual, a Plus or Visionary plan is required for devices on your network to access streaming services. Note that we have […]

WireGuard® is a new VPN protocol used to secure the connection between your device and a VPN server.  Learn more about how VPNs work WireGuard uses state-of-the-art cryptography to keep your connection secure and, at just a few thousand lines of code, it is extremely lightweight. This makes it faster […]

All Proton VPN apps include DNS leak protection designed to prevent websites and the like that you visit on the internet from identifying your real DNS address. There are some limited circumstances, however, that allow your computer to bypass these protections that can result in third parties being able to […]

Proton VPN offers both a Linux app with a graphical user interface and a Linux CLI. In this article, we explain how to install and use the early-access version of our Linux CLI. The early-access version of the Proton VPN Linux CLI is available for many Linux Debian-based distros and […]

Please note that we only officially support Linux on Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora. Reports indicate that our Linux app works on Kali, but support for this distribution may be limited. 1. Download our DEB package to install our repository This package contains the repository configuration and keys that are required […]

In this article, we describe how to use the Proton VPN for Linux app on your Fedora system. Our app officially supports the latest stable Fedora version running the GNOME desktop environment. Download the repository configuration and keys required to install the Proton VPN app. Enter: 1. Download the package. […]

Please note that we only officially support Linux on Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora. Reports indicate that our Linux app works on MX Linux, but support for this distribution may be limited. 1. Our DEB package will install the Proton VPN repository on your system This package contains the repository configuration […]