Newb pleading for help

[Isaaclhaywood 0]

I have spent two solid days pretty much trying to get this VPN to work I had some success with setting up a static IP from the ISP's modem to my belkin wireless router and then to my computer.  Unfortunately I discovered that everything was starting to time out.  So I cleared everything back to the normal way which is running AIRVPN and then to hide my dns I did what it says to do on solution b on this link https://www.dnsleaktest.com/how-to-fix-a-dns-leak.php.  It started off okay but now everything is so slow. I have been playing with the port forwarding with no success. I am completely exhausted of ideas and have searched many forums with no success.  I will be happy to give any information to get this all running.  I apologize for not making this easy and for being such a newb as I do not know what information will help or what else to try. 

[amnesty 18]

Welcome. Sounds like you are using the AirVPN client application (not OpenVPN GUI Wrapper). If so, make sure you select a server with a low % (bandwidth utilization) then select the "Modes" tab and select a different port. I think the AirVPN client uses UDP 443 by default. Try TCP 80 and/or UDP 53. It took me a while to find which port gave me the best speed. During that process Staff suggested disabling anti-virus and firewall. That wasn't the problem in my case but worth a try.

 

Once you have that straightened out you might want to have a look at these posts regarding DNS leaks. It's easier to create batch files if you haven't already:

 

https://airvpn.org/topic/9289-dns-leaks-and-how-to-fix-them/?p=11603

 

https://airvpn.org/topic/9787-the-pros-and-the-cons/?p=11501

[Isaaclhaywood 0]

Thank you for the prompt response I will investigate the information you provided and see if that helps! will let you all know.

[Isaaclhaywood 0]

Thank you so much the mode switch seems to be helping its way better I will have to try different modes to see which works best i picked the TCP -80.