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    • C
      Chrismallia
      last edited by

      I removed the opendns and tried speed test here is a pic

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        hda
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        Your pfSense problems need pictures of:
        System: General Setup,
        Services: DNS forwarder,
        Services: DNS Resolver,
        Services: DHCP server,
        and the clienthost IPaddress from where you test the speed. :)

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          Chrismallia
          last edited by

          IP 192.168.1.14 AND 192.168.1.2

          Thanks

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            hda
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            System: General Setup, you do not need "allow DNS serverlist overridden checked.."
            Services: DNS Resolver, listening Network interfaces: select only the inside LAN's,

            Both the clients have received a DHCP-lease, with DNS 127.0.0.1/192.168.1.1 right ? (So no static with own public DNS)
            You have allowed firewall LAN all outgoing ? (at least you want [IPv4 TCP/UDP LAN net * This Firewall 53 (DNS)] )

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

              That plex issue with secure plex sure seems to be rebinding protection.. Not DNS exactly..  Yeah public domains shouldn't resolve to rfc1918 address space..

              So you could make an exception
              server:
              private-domain: "example.com"

              For the domain your trying to hit, or you could just use a host override to point whatever your accessing outside locally so its not public lookup that returns rfc1918

              Forwarder does rebinding protection as well you would need something like
              rebind-domain-ok=/mydomain.com/

              https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/DNS_Rebinding_Protections

              In the advanced section of the forwarder to allow your domain to return private IP space.  or you could just turn off rebinding protection.  How exactly are you trying to access plex??

              More than likely your shitty off the shelf routers not going to provide rebinding protection. As to your speedtest… What is the url your using to access that speedtest??

              Me personally I don't access my plex from outside other than with vpn..  Clickity Clickity on my vpn network, click open plex app on phone or ipad there you go.. Same goes for any computer, I just vpn in and hit the web page of my plex server.

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                Chrismallia
                last edited by

                HI johnpoz

                You are 100 percent right, the plex problem was the rebinding and ye lol you where again right shitty routers do not have dns rebinding protection and looks like untangle does not have it  also so A++ to pfsense  :P, I use the phone app or some users use the web browser to access plex, the problem seams to be in using browser but hey it is not worth loosing rebinding protection over it It makes much more sence as you say to use VPN. As for the speedtest I go to speedtest.net and choose my ISP server Madlina, strange part is if i user speedtest.net and select a different server other then my isp it works, and when I specify a public dns in dhcp server madlina works, I turned of dns overwrite in general setup but still same problem

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                  Chrismallia
                  last edited by

                  @hda:

                  System: General Setup, you do not need "allow DNS serverlist overridden checked.."
                  Services: DNS Resolver, listening Network interfaces: select only the inside LAN's,

                  Both the clients have received a DHCP-lease, with DNS 127.0.0.1/192.168.1.1 right ? (So no static with own public DNS)
                  You have allowed firewall LAN all outgoing ? (at least you want [IPv4 TCP/UDP LAN net * This Firewall 53 (DNS)] )

                  Hi I removed the overwrite in general
                  2 the 192.168.1.2 has a static dhcp set in the pfsense dhcp
                  3 resolver listining interface I can not select LAN on its own I get
                  The following input errors were detected:

                  This system is configured to use the DNS Resolver as its DNS server, so Localhost or All must be selected in Network Interfaces.
                  when I select local host I do ot get dns

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                    hda
                    last edited by

                    @Chrismallia:

                    resolver listining interface I can not select LAN on its own I get
                    The following input errors were detected:

                    This system is configured to use the DNS Resolver as its DNS server, so Localhost or All must be selected in Network Interfaces.
                    when I select local host I do ot get dns

                    Correct, I forgot to point for Localhost too. Use Ctrl+mouseclick to select LAN(s) and Localhost. (But 'All' should work OK)

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                      Chrismallia
                      last edited by

                      @hda:

                      @Chrismallia:

                      resolver listining interface I can not select LAN on its own I get
                      The following input errors were detected:

                      This system is configured to use the DNS Resolver as its DNS server, so Localhost or All must be selected in Network Interfaces.
                      when I select local host I do ot get dns

                      Correct, I forgot to point for Localhost too. Use Ctrl+mouseclick to select LAN(s) and Localhost. (But 'All' should work OK)

                      here are the pic same problem

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                        hda
                        last edited by

                        Then to me it looks like DNSSEC-support problem at test-site.
                        You could test this with unchecking DNSSEC support. But not recommended for the ultimate Resolver use ;)

                        N.B. There is another tough criterium, see Services: DNS Resolver: Advanced (Harden DNSSEC data).

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                          Chrismallia
                          last edited by

                          @hda:

                          Then to me it looks like DNSSEC-support problem at test-site.
                          You could test this with unchecking DNSSEC support. But not recommended for the ultimate Resolver use ;)

                          N.B. There is another tough criterium, see Services: DNS Resolver: Advanced (Harden DNSSEC data).

                          Hi unchecked both but same problem. lol its a mystery

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                            last edited by

                            How do you pick "Madlina"

                            in speedtest?  I want to look to what IP/FQDN your testing too..

                            What city are you using that allows you to select Madlina?  Can you post a screen shot showing you picking this - see example below

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                              Chrismallia
                              last edited by

                              Hi I am from Malta so in Malta and Madlina is where my isp servers are Melita plc

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                              • johnpozJ
                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                last edited by

                                Ok I am using resolver and have no issues testing to that server.

                                I would suggest you do a sniff on your machine when you try and test to that server, vs when you test to a server that works.  Or even easier enable debug..  So click on your map before you start test and type debug and you should get a window - see attached… What errors/info do you get in there?

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                                  Chrismallia
                                  last edited by

                                  @johnpoz:

                                  Ok I am using resolver and have no issues testing to that server.

                                  I would suggest you do a sniff on your machine when you try and test to that server, vs when you test to a server that works

                                  No idea I installed pfsense on a different pc and same results it only works when I use public dns.  sorry what do you mean by doing a sniff?

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                                  • johnpozJ
                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                    last edited by

                                    see my edit, enable debug.

                                    Does this resolve, do a nslookup or dig, use dns diag in pfsense

                                    ; <<>> DiG 9.9.5-3ubuntu0.7-Ubuntu <<>> speedtest.melita.com
                                    ;; global options: +cmd
                                    ;; Got answer:
                                    ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 49494
                                    ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 1

                                    ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
                                    ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
                                    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
                                    ;speedtest.melita.com.          IN      A

                                    ;; ANSWER SECTION:
                                    speedtest.melita.com.  100    IN      A      212.56.138.60

                                    ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
                                    melita.com.            2714    IN      NS      ns1.melitacable.com.
                                    melita.com.            2714    IN      NS      ns.melitacable.com.

                                    ;; Query time: 153 msec
                                    ;; SERVER: 192.168.9.253#53(192.168.9.253)
                                    ;; WHEN: Tue Mar 08 09:47:37 CST 2016
                                    ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 112

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                                      Chrismallia
                                      last edited by

                                      Here is what I got

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                                      • johnpozJ
                                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                                        last edited by

                                        there is going to more to it than that - scroll through it… Can you resolve what I posted speedtest.melita.com

                                        So I show socket latency fails as well, but then it goes to http latency

                                        5780  INFO: socket-latency Test started at 1457451815780
                                        15781  WARNING: REPLACE ME: Handle SubTest Start - socket-latency
                                        30784  ERROR: Latency test returned an error: [AnchorEvent type="error" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2] timeout
                                        30785  DEBUG: test started: false
                                        30786  INFO: cleaning up: socket-latency
                                        30787  INFO: MethodId set to: 1
                                        30887  INFO: Starting: latency
                                        30889  INFO: Method: 2/2
                                        30890  INFO: Method Used: http
                                        30890  INFO: Starting subtest: http-latency
                                        30892  INFO: http-latency Test started at 1457451830892
                                        30894  WARNING: REPLACE ME: Handle SubTest Start - http-latency
                                        31619  INFO: progress: 0.1  current: 719  time left: 7434  test: http-latency

                                        You will have to look through the debug where it loads the file and see if you can load it..

                                        Here is from their troubleshooting info

                                        See I can load this - can you
                                        http://speedtest.melita.com/speedtest/latency.txt

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                                          Chrismallia
                                          last edited by

                                          sorry here is all of it. and no I get a page error going to that url
                                          12528  INFO: calculateDistances: 3100
                                          12559  INFO: calculateDistances: 3200
                                          12579  INFO: calculateDistances: 3300
                                          12594  INFO: calculateDistances: 3400
                                          12607  INFO: calculateDistances: 3500
                                          12619  INFO: calculateDistances: 3600
                                          12634  INFO: calculateDistances: 3700
                                          12648  INFO: calculateDistances: 3800
                                          12671  INFO: calculateDistances: 3900
                                          12700  INFO: calculateDistances: 4000
                                          12729  INFO: calculateDistances: 4100
                                          12748  INFO: calculateDistances: 4200
                                          12759  INFO: calculateDistances: 4300
                                          12765  INFO: calculateDistances: 4400
                                          12767  INFO: Distances loaded: 39164
                                          12947  INFO: Distances sorted
                                          12947  INFO: TileMapContainer.placeMarkers
                                          12950  INFO: place markers: 6
                                          12951  INFO: Current Zoom Level: 6 - max Distance: 20 distance pairs: 39164
                                          12965  INFO: getMarkers Done
                                          12965  INFO: Groups: 4484
                                          13250  INFO: markers placed: 4487
                                          13251  INFO: Table Map Dragger Loaded
                                          13252  INFO: load topmap
                                          13252  INFO: object Added: topmap
                                          13252  INFO: [object _-Ei]
                                          13252  INFO: 114.5 11.45
                                          13252  INFO: 5
                                          13253  INFO: wavehash:undefined
                                          14367  INFO: bring to front
                                          14376  INFO: 2495,2497,2492,2494,2498
                                          14376  INFO: 2496,2498,2493,2495,2499
                                          44290  INFO: onRelease Dragger
                                          44290  INFO: Stopped panning, top left: 38.34277,8.96346, center: 35.93469,14.47860, bottom right: 33.45097,19.99374, zoom: 6
                                          52290  INFO: Showing debug window
                                          59086  INFO: bring to front
                                          59100  INFO: 2495,2497,2492,2494,2498
                                          59101  INFO: 2496,2498,2493,2495,2499
                                          60765  INFO: onRelease Dragger
                                          60767  INFO: serverflyoutbutton click
                                          60769  INFO: removed old dragger
                                          60773  INFO: wavehash:undefined
                                          60774  INFO: stopTimer current Count:8310865169
                                          60775  INFO: stopTimer desired Count:8310866837
                                          60775  INFO: ServerId set to: 2493
                                          60981  INFO: trackEvent: test_started
                                          60984  INFO: serverflyout click
                                          61297  INFO: delete object: [object _-9W]
                                          61530  INFO: Tile Map Container Loaded
                                          61535  INFO: object Added: tabletilemapcontainer
                                          61565  INFO: y: 103  factor: 1.819078947368421
                                          61565  INFO: y: 105  factor: 1.838815789473684
                                          62044  INFO: object Added: test
                                          62045  INFO: object Added: speedtest
                                          62047  INFO: object Added: speedtest-download-graph
                                          62049  INFO: object Added: finalresults
                                          62051  INFO: object Added: speedtest-download-graph-final
                                          62531  INFO: MethodId set to: 0
                                          62531  INFO: Vars: preferredserverid=2992
                                          62532  INFO: Vars: startmode=serverclick
                                          62533  INFO: Vars: promo=
                                          62534  INFO: Starting test
                                          62537  INFO: Starting: throttling
                                          62541  INFO: Method: 1/2
                                          62542  INFO: Method Used: tcp
                                          62545  INFO: Method: 1/2
                                          62546  INFO: Method Used: tcp
                                          62547  INFO: Starting: latency
                                          62549  INFO: Method: 1/2
                                          62550  INFO: Method Used: tcp
                                          62553  INFO: Starting subtest: socket-latency
                                          62558  INFO: socket-latency Test started at 1457451962558
                                          62561  WARNING: REPLACE ME: Handle SubTest Start - socket-latency
                                          77562  ERROR: Latency test returned an error: [AnchorEvent type="error" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2] timeout
                                          77565  DEBUG: test started: false
                                          77567  INFO: cleaning up: socket-latency
                                          77569  INFO: MethodId set to: 1
                                          77662  INFO: Starting: latency
                                          77666  INFO: Method: 2/2
                                          77667  INFO: Method Used: http
                                          77668  INFO: Starting subtest: http-latency
                                          77671  INFO: http-latency Test started at 1457451977671
                                          77676  WARNING: REPLACE ME: Handle SubTest Start - http-latency
                                          82562  ERROR: SocketConnection 0 securityErrorHandler: [SecurityErrorEvent type="securityError" bubbles=false cancelable=false eventPhase=2 text="Error #2048"]
                                          88997  ERROR: Latency test returned an error while trying to read the latency file.
                                          88998  DEBUG: test started: false
                                          89003  INFO: Loading Error Strings
                                          89005  INFO: MethodId set to: 0
                                          89006  INFO: Vars: preferredserverid=2992
                                          89007  INFO: Vars: startmode=serverclick
                                          89010  INFO: Vars: promo=
                                          89012  INFO: Closing all TCP connections
                                          89014  INFO: Connections closed: 0
                                          89017  WARNING: REPLACE ME: HandleFatal - http-latency
                                          89021  INFO: EndTestHandler Loaded
                                          89027  INFO: object Added: endtest
                                          89045  INFO: trackEvent: test_error
                                          89999  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          90002  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          90011  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          90013  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          65989  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          65991  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          66008  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          66012  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          66027  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          66029  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          11535  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          11539  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          11746  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          11747  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          11838  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          11839  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          13307  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          13308  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          13329  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          13331  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          13338  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          13341  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          19624  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          19627  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          19682  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          19683  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          19705  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          19706  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          20744  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          20747  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          20757  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          20760  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109
                                          84523  ERROR: UNCAUGHT ERROR
                                          84527  ERROR: ArgumentError: Error #2109

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                                          • johnpozJ
                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                            I don't see in there where your even getting the server name you want to test too..

                                            Looks to be more an error in your speedtest applet than any sort of network problem.. Not sure how you can get any test to work if you don't get the server url to go to.. See in my debug where it use the url http://speedtest.melita.com/

                                            I don't see any server url anywhere in that debug log.. did you start it after you click on the server?  Start the debug before you pick your server, and try it with a server that works.  You should see the url your going to for test when you pick a different server.

                                            Also validate that you can resolve

                                            speedtest.melita.com

                                            can you load this
                                            http://speedtest.melita.com/speedtest/latency.txt

                                            just direct in your browser?

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