Improving VPN Speed and Stability on MacOS

Improving VPN Speed and Stability on MacOS

In addition to the solutions offered in “Five tips for improving your VPN performance”, this article examines some additional improvements specifically for MacOS devices. 


Remove parental/security controls on your router.

Some network providers might have enabled network security features on your network. Such features are often parental controls or some 'Safe DNS' function.


Setting custom DNS on your router will do the trick. To do that, you will need to navigate to your router's network settings and change the DNS to:


DNS 1: 208.67.222.222

DNS 2: 208.67.220.220


Change the default DNS on your macOS device.

If your Mac uses a DNS from your Internet Service Provider, you might experience connectivity issues. It is worth trying to change your default DNS to Open DNS.


DNS 1: 208.67.222.222

DNS 2: 208.67.220.220


  1. Goto System Preferences/networks 

  2. Select either Wifi or Ethernet connection, depending on how you’re connected to the Internet and then into “Advanced” settings

  3. In the new window, select “DNS”  and use the (+) to add or (-) to remove DNS entries. 

  4. Add the Open DNS addresses. 

  5. Click “OK” and then “Apply”


Disable the IPv6

IPv6 is a networking system that some internet networks might have. NordLayer still needs to support IPv6, so connectivity issues may arise if you have it on your network.


  1. Goto System preferences/ networks 

  2. Select either Wifi or Ethernet connection, depending on how you’re connected to the Internet and then into “Advanced” settings

  3. Go to the TCP/IP tab and set Configure IPv6 to “Off” - if you don't have this option select “Link-local only” 

  4. Click “OK” to apply

  5. Repeat for any other network you use. 


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