The original post: /r/mullvadvpn by /u/LowOwl4312 on 2024-11-06 17:43:08.

I want to connect my private phone to Wifi at work. There’s a guest Wifi that I’d like to use to save mobile data. However, I just can’t connect. I know that the Wifi is restricted (e.g. can’t access the Mullvad website) but I was hoping that with the new Shadowsocks feature I would be able to connect to the VPN on my phone.

My settings: * Auto-connect “on” * Lockdown mode (block connections without VPN) “off” * Local network sharing “on” (need it for a few apps like Localsend) * DNS content blockers and custom DNS sever both “off”, BUT I have base.dns.mullvad.net set as Private DNS in the Android settings. (Reason: if I do it in the app, a bunch of websites stop loading, giving me DNS errors for some reason. Either way, there are no DNS leaks shown and the Private DNS method lets me load all websites.) * DAITA “off” * Wireguard port “automatic” * Wireguard obfuscation “automatic” * Quantum-resistant tunnel “automatic” * Wireguard MTU “default”

When I connect to the Wifi, I first get the error that the Private DNS can’t connect. If I turn Private DNS off in the Android settings, I still can’t connect in the Mullvad app. It just keeps trying to connect forever (while blocking the Internet).

I also tried setting obfuscation to Shadowsocks with an “automatic” port, but it didn’t help either.

Any tips? I can’t imagine that the firewall is clever enough to detect Shadowsocks, isn’t that quite hard to do?