Vpn Bypass Guide

Even if your IP bypasses the VPN, your DNS requests (translating bank.com to an IP address) might still go through the VPN tunnel. The bank sees your DNS request came from London and blocks you.

Now we arrive at the darker, more technical side of "VPN bypass." In this context, you are not trying to let traffic out of the VPN; you are trying to get the VPN traffic through a hostile firewall.

refers to techniques that allow specific traffic to go outside the encrypted VPN tunnel, directly to the internet or local network.

Split tunneling is a feature built into modern VPN apps (NordVPN, ExpressVPN, Surfshark, etc.) that allows you to "split" your internet traffic into two paths:

You enter specific IP ranges that should ignore the VPN. This is essential for local networks. You would add 192.168.1.0/24 to the bypass list so your computer can see your printer and NAS drive without sending those packets to London.

Now print jobs go direct; other traffic goes through VPN.

If you are preventing VPN bypass on a managed network:

# Find your physical gateway ipconfig