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    DNS Lookups going to Google DNS even though I have OpenDNS configured?

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    • J Offline
      JimPhreak
      last edited by

      @Derelict:

      What are you giving to your clients via DHCP?  What are the DNS servers configured on client 192.168.4.208?

      I have no DNS configured in DHCP so it should be using the default.  The static DNS server on 192.168.4.208 is 192.168.4.1 (LAN IP/gateway of pfSense) but I've also tried putting in the OpenDNS server IPs there as well to no avail.

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      • KOMK Offline
        KOM
        last edited by

        Is it possible that there is an application running on .208 that is doing the resolving for whatever reason, like a DNS benchmark for instance?

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        • DerelictD Offline
          Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
          last edited by

          Dude.  Those logs say 192.168.4.208 is making requests to google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. and they are being blocked by the rules on the LAN interface.

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          • J Offline
            JimPhreak
            last edited by

            @KOM:

            Is it possible that there is an application running on .208 that is doing the resolving for whatever reason, like a DNS benchmark for instance?

            Nope, I have nothing that would do any resolving running on .208.  It's a linux storage box that just has a few Dockers running (like Plex and a few others but nothing that has any DNS configured).

            @Derelict:

            Dude.  Those logs say 192.168.4.208 is making requests to google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. and they are being blocked by the rules on the LAN interface.

            That's correct, I purposely am blocking them.  The question is why are they making requests to Google?

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            • DerelictD Offline
              Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
              last edited by

              That is a great question for the makers of that box.  it has nothing to do with pfSense.

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              • J Offline
                JimPhreak
                last edited by

                @Derelict:

                That is a great question for the makers of that box.  it has nothing to do with pfSense.

                I wasn't blaming pfsense I was just looking for some insight from others running pfsense.  Being that I'm pretty new to pfsense I wasn't sure if I misconfigured something on it.  But I'll look more closely at my server now.

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                • DerelictD Offline
                  Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                  last edited by

                  dig/drill are your friends

                  On 192.168.4.208:

                  You can selectively do DNS queries to various servers:

                  dig @8.8.8.8 www.google.com
                  dig @192.168.4.1 www.google.com

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                  • KOMK Offline
                    KOM
                    last edited by

                    It could also be something as simple as someone running nslookup from the command line and then specifying the Google DNS.

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                    • J Offline
                      JimPhreak
                      last edited by

                      @KOM:

                      It could also be something as simple as someone running nslookup from the command line and then specifying the Google DNS.

                      I would but it's a linux box.  And the dig/drill commands don't appear to be present.

                      It looks like it's an issue with one of my dockers though so I'm looking into that.

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                      • KOMK Offline
                        KOM
                        last edited by

                        I would but it's a linux box.

                        cough

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                        • johnpozJ Offline
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                          "I would but it's a linux box.  And the dig/drill commands don't appear to be present."

                          Well then install them..  What linux distro are you using that nslookup is not installed?

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                          • J Offline
                            JimPhreak
                            last edited by

                            @johnpoz:

                            "I would but it's a linux box.  And the dig/drill commands don't appear to be present."

                            Well then install them..  What linux distro are you using that nslookup is not installed?

                            Last login: Wed Jul  8 12:02:03 2015 from 10.0.8.6
                            user@ubuntu:~$ nslookup

                            It's an unRAID server which is built off Slackware.  But I've determined it's definitely an issue with a particular Docker.  I see the nameserver's listed as the Google DNS servers in the Docker's log so it's not even really a Linux issue.

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                            • KOMK Offline
                              KOM
                              last edited by

                              But I've determined it's definitely an issue with a particular Docker.

                              For me, playing detective is the funnest part of the job.

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