Internet "Limited connectivity" issue starting the moment I connect any VPN server

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Since the first day I’ve installed the NordVPN and start it, my Internet connection, both wired and wifi, became “limited” after 2-5 minutes and often instantly. I had “spoke” with NordVPN support for 10-12 days by emails and togheter making all possibles type of tests and changes but the problem, they said, must reside on Dr460nized side somewhere, probably in the Kernel.
Before Dr460nized I had Mint Cinnamon for 2 weeks and I never had this kind of issue using the same VPN and the same servers for connect (mostly US, Canada, Spain servers), so I tend to believe the problem is here. In Dr460nized I mean!
I also have to particularly specify that my Internet speed is 2.5Gbps and most of the time remains +/- constant, even when the “limited connectivity” pop-up appears and during all my day browsing. This is my general Internet speed performance, excepting rare moments of drastically drop of speed and (only) twice I experimented a complete cut/stop of the connection, when I had to disconnect-reconnect and start using Internet again. I’m using all the time the wired connection!

  Kernel: 6.14.2-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1 clocksource: tsc
    avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=2f678765-81ac-4c6e-a969-e67fac01d040 rw rootflags=subvol=@ loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0 wm: kwin_wayland tools:
    avail: i3lock vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI DDR4 (MS-7D31) v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.70
    date: 06/27/2022
CPU:
  Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12
    level: v3 note: check built: 2021+ process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151)
    stepping: 2 microcode: 0x38
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 10 cores: 16 threads: 24 mt: 8 tpc: 2 st: 8 smt: enabled
    cache: L1: 1.4 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB, 8x64 KiB L2: 14 MiB
    desc: 8x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 30 MiB desc: 1x30 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 799 min/max: 800/5200:5100:3900 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 799 2: 799 3: 799 4: 799 5: 799 6: 799 7: 799 8: 799 9: 799 10: 799
    11: 799 12: 799 13: 799 14: 799 15: 799 16: 799 17: 799 18: 799 19: 799 20: 799 21: 799 22: 799
    23: 799 24: 799 bogomips: 152985
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel AlderLake-S GT1 vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe
    arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports: active: none empty: DP-4, DP-5, HDMI-A-3,
    HDMI-A-4, HDMI-A-5, HDMI-A-6 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:4680 class-ID: 0380
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA102 [GeForce RTX 3080 Ti] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia v: 570.133.07
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-01;
    EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-2 empty: DP-1, DP-3, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2208 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Tobii AB EyeChip driver: N/A type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
    bus-ID: 1-4.1.4:8 chip-ID: 2104:0313 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 compositor: kwin_wayland
    driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-2 model: LG (GoldStar) ULTRAGEAR+ serial: <filter> built: 2024 res:
    mode: 3840x2160 hz: 240 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 140 gamma: 1.2 size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43")
    diag: 800mm (31.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 3840x2160 min: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia nouveau drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
    drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 2 drv: nouveau device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris
    surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 570.133.07 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 memory: 11.72 GiB
    display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 14 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2208 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: integrated-gpu
    name: Intel UHD Graphics 770 (ADL-S GT1) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:4680
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits)
    driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
    gpu: corectrl, nvidia-settings, nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA102 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aef class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Micro Star USB Audio driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-11:6 chip-ID: 0db0:1feb class-ID: 0300
  Device-4: Jieli YXSM7080BT driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4.2:15 chip-ID: 5943:3130 class-ID: 0300
  Device-5: Corsair HS80 MAX WIRELESS Gaming Receiver driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 1b1c:0a97
    class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.14.2-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 00:14.3
    chip-ID: 8086:7af0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: igc v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:15f3 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 2500 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: nordlynx state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:12 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2 lmp-v: 11 status:
    discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.09 TiB used: 151.86 GiB (3.6%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Crucial model: CT500P3PSSD8 size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: P9CR413 temp: 44.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 614900WD temp: 45.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT2000MX500SSD1 size: 1.82 TiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 043 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 QVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 151.57 GiB (16.3%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 297.9 MiB (99.5%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 151.57 GiB (16.3%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 151.57 GiB (16.3%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 151.57 GiB (16.3%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.12 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
    avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 24 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.12 GiB used: 4.29 GiB (13.8%)
  Processes: 462 Power: uptime: 46m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
    wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.38 GiB
    services: org_kde_powerdevil, power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: 1886 pm: pacman pkgs: 1872 libs: 558 tools: octopi,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 14
    Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Client: Unknown Client: garuda-rani inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
  System install date:     2025-03-22
  Last full system update: 2025-04-14
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Failed units:
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Check if this helps (the linked step and the article in general):

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Ok, Thanks filo! Many of those “steps” I did them with the Nordvpn support guys! But there is one which I’m not sure about, and also I don’t know how should I use it. The “network’s subnet” ip route modification. I’m quite afraid to do “things” when I don’t understand well their meaning and how to make it. Can you help me with that, please?
Tis is my actual ip route:

default via 192.168.1.1 dev enp5s0 proto dhcp src 192.168.1.141 metric 20100
10.0.0.0/10 dev nordlynx proto kernel scope link src 10.5.0.2
192.168.1.0/24 dev enp5s0 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.1.141 metric 100
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Try

nordvpn whitelist add subnet 192.168.1.0/24

To roll it back if not working:

nordvpn whitelist remove subnet 192.168.1.0/24
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Thank you! Unfortunately not working. I mean, it’s the same: the “limited” pops up right away when I connect the vpn. So I rolled it back guessing I don’t particularly need it whitelisted, correct?
I add here, that this “issues” doesn’t bother me too much since my Internet is working “normal” 99% of the time and I can very much enjoy Dr460nized during all my daily use of it! I only opened this topic thinking that could be of Founders interest for further development of this awesome Project! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:
And of course I’m sure if anyone would find a solution I would be notified here!
My best wishes to everybody here! :hugs:

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My last idea (I am not an expert in these aspects. Just tring to find a way forward…):

By-the-way, have you tried from the wiki:

nordvpn set technology openvpn
nordvpn set protocol tcp
nordvpn set obfuscate on

?

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Yes I did all these few times with the guys at Nord but with no improvement on the “issue” :+1:
Also filo, I found and interesting possible “fix” on the “Arch default connectivity check…” you posted in your replay. I would like to create that file on config.d but I don’t know how to find the name of my vpn interface for writing it there! So all I’ve got is this on terminal but I don’t know which is the “name” of my vpn interface here (if nordlynx or another?):

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: enp5s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group 57841 qlen 1000
link/ether d8:bb:c1:d9:c6:f7 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
altname enxd8bbc1d9c6f7
3: wlo1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group 57841 qlen 1000
link/ether 26:54:37:95:ba:a6 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff permaddr c4:bd:e5:7b:21:04
altname wlp0s20f3
altname wlxc4bde57b2104
5: nordlynx: <POINTOPOINT,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1420 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 10
00
link/none
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Should be nordlynx

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I have 22 minutes vpn connected after I made the file-modification in the Network Manager described in the link filo posted here and my connection icon is “green”, and no “Limited connection” pop-up!
Thank you filo for helping me with technical steps to make and thanks also to enryoku who wrote the post and described the practical solution! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

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