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=== Known Issues ===
==== DNS unable to resolve EarthNet address ====
if you are struggling to host or even join, it could be the Windows Firewall Profile is set to Public and although it should allow traffic with the above rules implemented, it doesn't. To fix, change the network connection profile to "Private:▼
Verify that your machine can successfully resolve and ping the EarthNet address. Run the following command in command prompt (cmd):
ping vpnnetserver.insideearth.info
If you are getting ''Ping request could not find host vpnnetserver.insideearth.info. Please check the name and try again.'', then your DNS server cannot translate the name into the IP address. You can fix in either way:
* [https://www.windowscentral.com/how-change-your-pcs-dns-settings-windows-10 setting your preferred DNS server] to some reliable one, like Google's 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4
* manually changing the EarthNet server address to 10.21.0.1 (by adding new EN server in-game)
* adding "10.21.0.1 vpnnetserver.insideearth.info" into [https://www.howtogeek.com/27350/beginner-geek-how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/ your hosts file]
==== Windows Firewall Profile being Public ====
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Run "'''Get-NetConnectionProfile'''" in Powershell and make note of the network name for the "'''OpenVPN Data Channel Offload'''" connection.
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