Your connection requires additional caution if you received a message about a potentially unsafe network. The problem emerges when a router assigns non-RFC1918 IP addresses for the local network. This might seem technical, but in simple terms, certain types of local network configurations can unintentionally expose VPN traffic.
How Does This Affect You?
It will notify you if our macOS client detects a potentially misconfigured network (e.g., one that hands out non-RFC1918 IP addresses). Upon receiving this alert, we will ask you to enable the 'Invisibility on LAN' feature, ensuring your VPN traffic remains private.
How to enable the "Stay invisible on a local network" feature
When you connect to an unsafe network, NordVPN will send you a pop-up: Stay invisible on a local network.
Note: the feature is only available from the NordVPN 8.8.3 app version.
If you are seeing the pop-up message, follow these steps:
- Connect to a NordVPN server and press the settings button located on the lower-left side:
- Click the toggle button to activate the Stay Invisible on a Local Network feature:
- Reconnect to apply the new settings by pressing the reconnect button:
Afterwards, a notification will appear, confirming that protection against unsafe local networks is active.
