Stuck on network lock after crash Mac M1

[simorgh 0]

Hi all,

Have been a happy user of Airvpn for many years.

Last night my MacBook Pro M1 got full disk error crash while connected to VPN with latest available Eddie for my machine. After fixing the full disk issue, and rebooting I realized that computer doesn't connect to internet.

I realized maybe because Eddie crashed with some error message about not being able to save in ~/.config/ I started Eddie to disable network lock, but it behaved little bit weird and the process was very quick.

I didn't think anything of it, and closed Eddie. But no luck connecting to internet.
Cutting the story shirt, after a little bit of digging, I uninstalled Eddie , deleted all files that has to to with Eddie, rebooting, won't connect to internet. Installing Eddie after that, enabling network lock, disabling it, would not work, but when I connect to Airvpn servers, I get internet. Upon disconnecting from VPN servers, no internet.

My question is, how can I reset my network or disable the network lock outside of Eddie?

Would appreciate your guidance.

Thank you in advance.

[Staff 10547]

11 hours ago, simorgh said:

how can I reset my network or disable the network lock outside of Eddie?

Hello!

Network Lock is not permanent, so it will not survive a reboot. DNS settings are permanent. When you suffered a full disk error crash, probably Eddie could not restore system's previous DNS settings. VPN DNS settings remained most probably set and, since they are reachable only from inside the VPN, your system now can't resolve qualified domain names. You need to set proper DNS manually while Eddie is not running. It is a swift procedure, please see here:
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/change-dns-settings-on-mac-mh14127/mac

If you need some suggestion on the public DNS choice, we usually recommend Quad9 and OpenNIC for their commitment to privacy and net neutrality. Primary Quad9 DNSv4 address: 9.9.9.9. OpenNIC: 195.10.195.195 
See also:
https://opennic.org
https://quad9.net

Kind regards