Cannot connect to internet unless I disable packet forwarding on a mac

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After using a VPN client (hide.me) it seems that I cannot connect to the internet unless I run this command:

sudo pfctl -d

The problem is that I have to run this after each restart. I'm not sure how to clear this or permanently disable it? Should I be disabling it?

My mac firewall is set to off.

asked Dec 24, 2020 at 4:10

keeg

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Which VPN client? What happens when you uninstall it?
– music2myear
Commented Dec 24, 2020 at 4:24
That's not just packet forwarding, that's also the firewall. Most users who want the firewall off turn it off in System Preferences. Look at both your firewall settings as well as your Internet Sharing settings, as Internet Sharing uses the pf (packet filter) subsystem as well.
– Spiff
Commented Dec 24, 2020 at 5:02
VPN client: hide.me | Mac Firewall is off
– keeg
Commented Dec 24, 2020 at 5:13
I uninstalled the VPN client but the problem persists
– keeg
Commented Dec 24, 2020 at 5:20
according to my research, I could only found the command you provided to Turn off macOS native packet filter firewall. Maybe you can try to use a script to run this command automatically each time you reboot.
– Gloria Gu
Commented Dec 24, 2020 at 6:44

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