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The 2nd issue is not a big one (it's just for a few seconds usually), I mentioned it just in can help in trouble shooting the issue. No other browser (the ones excluded from the VPN) can connect to anything till then. When I startup my ProtonVPN, while it's connecting to the VPN server & tunneling my laptop has now internet connection till the time it's done establishing the tunnel.
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Sometimes just shutting down the VPN works, sometimes, I also need to run "ipconfig /renew" before it starts working - even this is not foolproof, sometimes it just doesn't work for a long time. If I shut down the VPN, the same sites now start opening through my excluded browsers. I am unable to reach several sites on my other browsers (unable to connect to the site). This is an occasional problem doesn't happen all time.
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My problem is that my native connection (the one that is used by the other browsers) behaves differently when my VPN tunnel is on. My ProtonVPN is configured for split tunneling - Only the Brave Browser on my laptop is to use the VPN & all other applications would be excluded from the VPN tunnel. I connect the laptop to the internet using Wifi from Cable Internet. I am using the free version of ProtonVPN on my Windows 10 Laptop.
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