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    • RonpfSR
      RonpfS
      last edited by

      Check the Services page and restart pfblockerNG services
      Check the System Logs General and Resolver

      2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
      Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
      Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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        Riftcore34
        last edited by

        @RonpfS:

        Check the Services page and restart pfblockerNG services
        Check the System Logs General and Resolver

        Silly question where are the "Check the System Logs General and Resolver" I can't find them.

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        • RonpfSR
          RonpfS
          last edited by

          Status / System Logs / System / General
          Status / System Logs / System / DNS Resolver

          2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
          Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
          Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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            Riftcore34
            last edited by

            @RonpfS:

            Status / System Logs / System / General
            Status / System Logs / System / DNS Resolver

            Thanks

            Last 2 General Log Entries. (Maximum 50)
            Time	Process	PID	Message
            Dec 6 00:37:03	syslogd		kernel boot file is /boot/kernel/kernel
            Dec 6 00:37:09	pfsense.localdomain		nginx: 2017/12/06 00:37:09 [error] 35192#100148: send() failed (54: Connection reset by peer)
            
            Last 11 DNS Resolver Log Entries. (Maximum 50)
            Time	Process	PID	Message
            Dec 6 00:37:28	unbound	78841:0	notice: init module 0: validator
            Dec 6 00:37:28	unbound	78841:0	notice: init module 1: iterator
            Dec 6 00:37:28	unbound	78841:0	info: start of service (unbound 1.6.6).
            Dec 6 00:37:28	unbound	78841:0	info: service stopped (unbound 1.6.6).
            Dec 6 00:37:28	unbound	78841:0	info: server stats for thread 0: 1 queries, 0 answers from cache, 1 recursions, 0 prefetch, 0 rejected by ip ratelimiting
            Dec 6 00:37:28	unbound	78841:0	info: server stats for thread 0: requestlist max 0 avg 0 exceeded 0 jostled 0
            Dec 6 00:37:28	unbound	78841:0	info: server stats for thread 1: 1 queries, 0 answers from cache, 1 recursions, 0 prefetch, 0 rejected by ip ratelimiting
            Dec 6 00:37:28	unbound	78841:0	info: server stats for thread 1: requestlist max 0 avg 0 exceeded 0 jostled 0
            Dec 6 00:37:43	unbound	41622:0	notice: init module 0: validator
            Dec 6 00:37:43	unbound	41622:0	notice: init module 1: iterator
            Dec 6 00:37:43	unbound	41622:0	info: start of service (unbound 1.6.6).
            

            Nothing bad really. (I think)
            Thanks again for the help. I hate ads can't wait to get this going again.

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            • RonpfSR
              RonpfS
              last edited by

              Last 2 General Log Entries. (Maximum 50)

              Strange that you only get 2 entries …
              Maybe increase the log files size (may need to Reset logs for this to take effect)
              Also increase the GUI Log Entries

              You didn't answer my questions about dig, VIP ping etc

              2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
              Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
              Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                Riftcore34
                last edited by

                @RonpfS:

                Last 2 General Log Entries. (Maximum 50)

                Strange that you only get 2 entries …
                Maybe increase the log files size (may need to Reset logs for this to take effect)
                Also increase the GUI Log Entries

                You didn't answer my questions about dig, VIP ping etc

                Done
                Did you edit that part it I missed it

                C:\Users\darkv>nslookup DQDN
                Server:  resolver1.opendns.com
                Address:  208.67.222.222
                
                *** resolver1.opendns.com can't find DQDN: Non-existent domain
                
                C:\Users\darkv>ping 10.10.10.1
                
                Pinging 10.10.10.1 with 32 bytes of data:
                Reply from 10.10.10.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
                Reply from 10.10.10.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
                Reply from 10.10.10.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
                Reply from 10.10.10.1: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64
                
                Ping statistics for 10.10.10.1:
                    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
                Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
                    Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 1ms
                
                C:\Users\darkv>
                
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                • RonpfSR
                  RonpfS
                  last edited by

                  Yes I did edited my post  :P
                  FQDN is Fully qualified domain name … so pick one hostname from your Firewall / pfBlockerNG / Log Browser / DNSBL Files and do nslookup on it

                  nslookup mobiledl.adobe.com
                  Serveur :   pfsense.localdomain
                  Address:  172.xxx.xxx.254
                  
                  Nom :    mobiledl.adobe.com
                  Address:  10.10.10.1
                  

                  2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                  Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                  Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                    Riftcore34
                    last edited by

                    You mean like this?

                    C:\Users\darkv>nslookup amoffers.hasoffers.com
                    Server:  resolver1.opendns.com
                    Address:  208.67.222.222
                    
                    Non-authoritative answer:
                    Name:    use-app04.hasoffers.com
                    Addresses:  52.5.77.91
                              52.6.99.184
                              34.230.229.216
                    Aliases:  amoffers.hasoffers.com
                    
                    C:\Users\darkv>nslookup mobiledl.adobe.com
                    Server:  resolver1.opendns.com
                    Address:  208.67.222.222
                    
                    Non-authoritative answer:
                    Name:    a1800.g.akamai.net
                    Addresses:  213.104.143.171
                              213.104.143.162
                    Aliases:  mobiledl.adobe.com
                              mobiledl.adobe.com.edgesuite.net
                    
                    
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                    • RonpfSR
                      RonpfS
                      last edited by

                      Yes
                      This shows that your Windows is using resolver1.opendns.com for DNS resolution.
                      Now do dig amoffers.hasoffers.com in    Diagnostics / Command Prompt

                      Next check / post  your DNS Resolver configuration

                      2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                      Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                      Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                        Riftcore34
                        last edited by

                        @RonpfS:

                        Yes
                        This shows that your Windows is using resolver1.opendns.com for DNS resolution.
                        Now do dig amoffers.hasoffers.com in    Diagnostics / Command Prompt

                        Next check / post  your DNS Resolver configuration

                        This? lol sorry not very good at this

                        Shell Output - dig amoffers.hasoffers.com
                        ; <<>> DiG 9.11.2 <<>> amoffers.hasoffers.com
                        ;; global options: +cmd
                        ;; Got answer:
                        ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 1168
                        ;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
                        
                        ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
                        ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096
                        ;; QUESTION SECTION:
                        ;amoffers.hasoffers.com.		IN	A
                        
                        ;; ANSWER SECTION:
                        amoffers.hasoffers.com.	60	IN	A	10.10.10.1
                        
                        ;; Query time: 0 msec
                        ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.1#53(127.0.0.1)
                        ;; WHEN: Wed Dec 06 01:05:23 GMT 2017
                        ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 67
                        

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                        • RonpfSR
                          RonpfS
                          last edited by

                          So pfsense DNSBL is doing it's job on pfsense.
                          It's your device that is not using pfsense for DNS resolution. Does it get it's IP from pfsense via DHCP ?
                          What kind of antivirus / internet security are you using on your Windows. Some like AVG provide there own solution for DNS :

                          @BBcan177:

                          @xphiles:

                          so after much troubleshooting and trying things at the firewall level, i disabled my full avg protection and it works on the host(s) in question. so I have to granularly figure out which service in AVG is messing up my dns

                          I think this is what you were looking for:
                              https://help.avg.com/en/avg_free/17/securityantivirus_securedns.html

                          2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                          Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                          Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                            Riftcore34
                            last edited by

                            Yes every device has an IP from pfsense and zero antivirus / security

                            Even my roku is showing ads but its got a ip from pfsense.

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                            • RonpfSR
                              RonpfS
                              last edited by

                              Check what DNS server is configured in the DHCP service. Leave empty to use pfsense config

                              2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                              Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                              Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                Riftcore34
                                last edited by

                                @RonpfS:

                                Check what DNS server is configured in the DHCP services. Leave empty to use pfsense config

                                208.67.222.222
                                208.67.220.220

                                is in there ill delete them and reboot.

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                                • RonpfSR
                                  RonpfS
                                  last edited by

                                  Un-plug/re-plug the ethernet cable will do the same.
                                  Or in Windows cmd  run "ipconfig /renew"
                                  "ipconfig" alone will show you the configuration

                                  2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                                  Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                                  Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                    Riftcore34
                                    last edited by

                                    @RonpfS:

                                    Check what DNS server is configured in the DHCP service. Leave empty to use pfsense config

                                    DNSBL_Ads 67595 155
                                    YAY its working

                                    Guess its my fault as im trying to use opendns filting

                                    Thanks so much now to get this opendns to work :)

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                                    • RonpfSR
                                      RonpfS
                                      last edited by

                                      Well that something you may want to use to bypass your ISP DNS server, or to provide Parental control that some DNS services provide.

                                      You could still use OpenDNS by using the Forwarding mode of pfsense DNS Resolver, but this mode requires all DNS servers used in forwarding mode to support DNSSEC.

                                      On the other end, unbound talk to the root server so it's provide "clean" and fast DNS Service.

                                      2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (amd64)
                                      Intel Core2 Quad CPU Q8400 @ 2.66GHz 8GB
                                      Backup 0.5_5, Bandwidthd 0.7.4_4, Cron 0.3.7_5, pfBlockerNG-devel 3.0.0_16, Status_Traffic_Totals 2.3.1_1, System_Patches 1.2_5

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                                        Riftcore34
                                        last edited by

                                        @RonpfS:

                                        Well that something you may want to use to bypass your ISP DNS server, or to provide Parental control that some DNS services provide.

                                        You could still use OpenDNS by using the Forwarding mode of pfsense DNS Resolver, but this mode requires all DNS servers used in forwarding mode to support DNSSEC.

                                        On the other end, unbound talk to the root server so it's provide "clean" and fast DNS Service.

                                        yea I did try Forwarding mode but pfblocker did not work with it on and resolver off :)

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                                        • BBcan177B
                                          BBcan177 Moderator
                                          last edited by

                                          @Riftcore34:

                                          yea I did try Forwarding mode but pfblocker did not work with it on and resolver off :)

                                          Unbound can be used in "Forwarder" or "Resolver" mode…  So don't get that mixed up with DNSMasq which is a "Forwarder" only... :)

                                          "Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it."

                                          Website: http://pfBlockerNG.com
                                          Twitter: @BBcan177  #pfBlockerNG
                                          Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pfBlockerNG/new/

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