• Re: Tahoe - possible PIA Issue

    From Alan B@alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid to uk.comp.sys.mac on Thu Sep 25 06:32:56 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.comp.sys.mac

    On 24 Sep 2025 at 13:30:45 GMT+1, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:

    On 24 Sep 2025 at 10:02:46 BST, Alan B wrote:

    Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
    RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
    [...]
    In my case, after closing the VPN: in Settings/Network/WiFi/
    [connected network] Details/TCP-IP/DHCP lease - Renew DHCP Lease
    restores a working connection.

    Yes that's a good solution and doesn't involve messing with the CLI :) >>>>>
    +1 - works here too.

    I hope that PIA will fix this pronto, it's a PITA.

    I've opened Ticket # 30553056 with PIA.

    Ticket # 30554902 here.

    and Ticket # 30546573 from me.

    I've had an email from PIA Support with a link to a new alpha build of PIA. Sadly I get the folllowing error message from Firefox (Safari gives a shorter version).

    This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with
    it. The document tree is shown below.
    <Error>
    <Code>AccessDenied</Code>
    <Message>Access Denied</Message>
    <RequestId>MRCF70KSW6WC8EGB</RequestId>
    <HostId> MGX41Ie7Cpg7K9rRmh4tB83cukskEwqolPzzRCYp9RxFaC44h30TuKxTVsXur5yvGNeLyBf3XQWS1 ioYHUrlh2X8qxr1RxoMQWkVadsuSxE=
    </HostId>
    </Error>

    I've reported the issue back to PIA Support.
    --
    Cheers, Alan
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  • From Alan B@alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid to uk.comp.sys.mac on Thu Sep 25 06:53:34 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.comp.sys.mac

    On 24 Sep 2025 at 13:30:45 GMT+1, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:

    On 24 Sep 2025 at 10:02:46 BST, Alan B wrote:

    Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
    RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
    [...]
    In my case, after closing the VPN: in Settings/Network/WiFi/
    [connected network] Details/TCP-IP/DHCP lease - Renew DHCP Lease >>>>>>> restores a working connection.

    Yes that's a good solution and doesn't involve messing with the CLI :) >>>>>>
    +1 - works here too.

    I hope that PIA will fix this pronto, it's a PITA.

    I've opened Ticket # 30553056 with PIA.

    Ticket # 30554902 here.

    and Ticket # 30546573 from me.

    I've had an email from PIA Support with a link to a new alpha build of PIA. Sadly I get the folllowing error message from Firefox (Safari gives a shorter version).

    This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
    <Error>
    <Code>AccessDenied</Code>
    <Message>Access Denied</Message>
    <RequestId>MRCF70KSW6WC8EGB</RequestId>
    <HostId>
    MGX41Ie7Cpg7K9rRmh4tB83cukskEwqolPzzRCYp9RxFaC44h30TuKxTVsXur5yvGNeLyBf3XQWS1 ioYHUrlh2X8qxr1RxoMQWkVadsuSxE=
    </HostId>
    </Error>

    I've reported the issue back to PIA Support.

    Update:

    I've received another email (actually sent earlier) with a link that
    actually works. It downloads pia-macos-3.7-alpha.1-08401.zip and on
    unzipping and installing the alpha app it appears to work now.

    I've now responded more favourably!
    --
    Cheers, Alan
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  • From RJH@patchmoney@gmx.com to uk.comp.sys.mac on Thu Sep 25 14:11:34 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.comp.sys.mac

    On 25 Sep 2025 at 07:53:34 BST, Alan B wrote:

    On 24 Sep 2025 at 13:30:45 GMT+1, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:

    On 24 Sep 2025 at 10:02:46 BST, Alan B wrote:

    Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
    RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
    [...]
    In my case, after closing the VPN: in Settings/Network/WiFi/
    [connected network] Details/TCP-IP/DHCP lease - Renew DHCP Lease >>>>>>>> restores a working connection.

    Yes that's a good solution and doesn't involve messing with the CLI :) >>>>>>>
    +1 - works here too.

    I hope that PIA will fix this pronto, it's a PITA.

    I've opened Ticket # 30553056 with PIA.

    Ticket # 30554902 here.

    and Ticket # 30546573 from me.

    I've had an email from PIA Support with a link to a new alpha build of PIA. >> Sadly I get the folllowing error message from Firefox (Safari gives a shorter
    version).

    This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with >> it. The document tree is shown below.
    <Error>
    <Code>AccessDenied</Code>
    <Message>Access Denied</Message>
    <RequestId>MRCF70KSW6WC8EGB</RequestId>
    <HostId>
    MGX41Ie7Cpg7K9rRmh4tB83cukskEwqolPzzRCYp9RxFaC44h30TuKxTVsXur5yvGNeLyBf3XQWS1
    ioYHUrlh2X8qxr1RxoMQWkVadsuSxE=
    </HostId>
    </Error>

    I've reported the issue back to PIA Support.

    Update:

    I've received another email (actually sent earlier) with a link that
    actually works. It downloads pia-macos-3.7-alpha.1-08401.zip and on
    unzipping and installing the alpha app it appears to work now.

    I've now responded more favourably!

    Much the same here. The original link had a full stop at the end of the zip extension. Removing that and it worked. And from a brief test, all seems fine.

    Rob
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  • From Alan B@alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid to uk.comp.sys.mac on Thu Sep 25 14:22:50 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.comp.sys.mac

    On 2025-09-25, RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
    On 25 Sep 2025 at 07:53:34 BST, Alan B wrote:

    On 24 Sep 2025 at 13:30:45 GMT+1, "RJH" <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:

    On 24 Sep 2025 at 10:02:46 BST, Alan B wrote:

    Sn!pe <snipeco.2@gmail.com> wrote:
    RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
    [...]
    In my case, after closing the VPN: in Settings/Network/WiFi/ >>>>>>>>> [connected network] Details/TCP-IP/DHCP lease - Renew DHCP Lease >>>>>>>>> restores a working connection.

    Yes that's a good solution and doesn't involve messing with the CLI :) >>>>>>>>
    +1 - works here too.

    I hope that PIA will fix this pronto, it's a PITA.

    I've opened Ticket # 30553056 with PIA.

    Ticket # 30554902 here.

    and Ticket # 30546573 from me.

    I've had an email from PIA Support with a link to a new alpha build of PIA. >>> Sadly I get the folllowing error message from Firefox (Safari gives a shorter
    version).

    This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with >>> it. The document tree is shown below.
    <Error>
    <Code>AccessDenied</Code>
    <Message>Access Denied</Message>
    <RequestId>MRCF70KSW6WC8EGB</RequestId>
    <HostId>
    MGX41Ie7Cpg7K9rRmh4tB83cukskEwqolPzzRCYp9RxFaC44h30TuKxTVsXur5yvGNeLyBf3XQWS1
    ioYHUrlh2X8qxr1RxoMQWkVadsuSxE=
    </HostId>
    </Error>

    I've reported the issue back to PIA Support.

    Update:

    I've received another email (actually sent earlier) with a link that
    actually works. It downloads pia-macos-3.7-alpha.1-08401.zip and on
    unzipping and installing the alpha app it appears to work now.

    I've now responded more favourably!

    Much the same here. The original link had a full stop at the end of the zip extension. Removing that and it worked. And from a brief test, all seems fine.

    Missed the full stop - should have gone to Sp........

    Anyway, as you say, all seems fine now :)
    --
    Cheers, Alan
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  • From snipeco.2@snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) to uk.comp.sys.mac on Thu Sep 25 16:15:51 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.comp.sys.mac

    Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-25, RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
    On 25 Sep 2025 at 07:53:34 BST, Alan B wrote:
    [...]
    Update:

    I've received another email (actually sent earlier) with a link that
    actually works. It downloads pia-macos-3.7-alpha.1-08401.zip and
    on unzipping and installing the alpha app it appears to work now.

    I've now responded more favourably!

    Much the same here. The original link had a full stop at the end of the
    zip extension. Removing that and it worked. And from a brief test, all seems fine.

    Missed the full stop - should have gone to Sp........

    Anyway, as you say, all seems fine now :)

    I've installed the same alpha version but at first it didn't fix my
    problem. After rebooting the Mac, it then worked as expected.
    --
    ^-^. Sn!pe, PTB, FIBS My pet rock Gordon just is.
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  • From Paul Mackenzie Smith@paulms@bluepithyonder.co.uk to uk.comp.sys.mac on Mon Dec 8 22:26:15 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.comp.sys.mac

    On 25 Sep 2025 at 15:15:51 BST, "Sn!pe" <Sn!pe> wrote:

    Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-25, RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
    On 25 Sep 2025 at 07:53:34 BST, Alan B wrote:
    [...]
    Update:

    I've received another email (actually sent earlier) with a link that
    actually works. It downloads pia-macos-3.7-alpha.1-08401.zip and
    on unzipping and installing the alpha app it appears to work now.

    I've now responded more favourably!

    Much the same here. The original link had a full stop at the end of the
    zip extension. Removing that and it worked. And from a brief test, all
    seems fine.

    Missed the full stop - should have gone to Sp........

    Anyway, as you say, all seems fine now :)

    I've installed the same alpha version but at first it didn't fix my
    problem. After rebooting the Mac, it then worked as expected.

    PIA have now released version 3.7.0 of the app which resolves the issue.

    Paul
    --
    Paul Mackenzie Smith, Bristol, UK
    Mac mini M1, 26.1; iPad Pro 9.7"; iPhone 13 Mini
    To reply, take the pith out of blueyonder.
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  • From Alan B@alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid to uk.comp.sys.mac on Tue Dec 9 08:54:33 2025
    From Newsgroup: uk.comp.sys.mac

    On 8 Dec 2025 at 22:26:15 GMT, "Paul Mackenzie Smith" <paulms@bluepithyonder.co.uk> wrote:

    On 25 Sep 2025 at 15:15:51 BST, "Sn!pe" <Sn!pe> wrote:

    Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-25, RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> wrote:
    On 25 Sep 2025 at 07:53:34 BST, Alan B wrote:
    [...]
    Update:

    I've received another email (actually sent earlier) with a link that >>>>> actually works. It downloads pia-macos-3.7-alpha.1-08401.zip and
    on unzipping and installing the alpha app it appears to work now.

    I've now responded more favourably!

    Much the same here. The original link had a full stop at the end of the >>>> zip extension. Removing that and it worked. And from a brief test, all >>>> seems fine.

    Missed the full stop - should have gone to Sp........

    Anyway, as you say, all seems fine now :)

    I've installed the same alpha version but at first it didn't fix my
    problem. After rebooting the Mac, it then worked as expected.

    PIA have now released version 3.7.0 of the app which resolves the issue.

    Thanks for that. I've now installed 3.7.0 replacing the alpha version
    PIA sent me when I repoerted the issue :)
    --
    Cheers, Alan
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