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    Avaliable Packages missing cant seem to find

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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Derelict
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      @derelict said in Avaliable Packages missing cant seem to find:

      Those 103.86.96/99 servers look like they are garbage. Why use them?

      Have to HIDE my p0rn surfing from my ISP don't ya know ;) Those are nordvpn dns servers..

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      • GrimsonG
        Grimson Banned
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        Just switch to the resolver, it's much more reliable than those NordVPN DNS servers.

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          comet424
          last edited by comet424

          lol haha ya gotta hide the porn.. lol it also for geo location websites i cant access when im in Canada and i want other content
          and ya those servers are the nordvpn.. it just started not to long ago this issue

          as for the resolver is that the dns resolver ..
          this is my setup for that
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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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            Well your clients might be using pfsense, which pfsense resolves. But from your dns diag output you don't have pfsense pointing to itself (resolver)

            So it has to use whatever shitty dns you tell it to use, like those nordvpn servers that don't answer or answer in 200+ ms

            Just let pfsense point to itself - loopback 127.0.0.1, and NOTHING else and yes have the resolver enabled and NOT in forwarder mode and you should be good and pfsense can find anything it needs to find to update itself.

            If you want some clients to use your vpn dns - then point to them on the client side, etc.

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            • GrimsonG
              Grimson Banned @comet424
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              @comet424 said in Avaliable Packages missing cant seem to find:

              it just started not to long ago this issue

              Then contact their support if their DNS servers are flaky, maybe they forgot to update the DNSSEC root key.

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                last edited by johnpoz

                Good luck them even knowing what that is ;)

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                  comet424
                  last edited by comet424

                  john not sure how to set it to look at itself at 127.0.0.1 i know that's one of the rules or nat settings
                  and not sure what a dnssec root key is anyways

                  and i forget someone else was helping me before with nordvpn setup was that you john... here i thought nordvpn was a good company but i having issues …

                  go figure lol

                  and i unchecked the dns query forwarding

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                    comet424
                    last edited by

                    so hopefully that fixes it the unchecked query

                    if this all doesn't work does that mean there is a problem with the nordvpn servers?

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                    • GrimsonG
                      Grimson Banned @comet424
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                      @comet424 said in Avaliable Packages missing cant seem to find:

                      here i thought nordvpn was a good company but i having issues

                      The business model of all those VPN providers is based on FUD, so you can't call any of them "good". Some may even be worse than your actual ISP when it comes to collecting data.

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                        comet424
                        last edited by comet424

                        ah ok.. ya i did it cuz of data collecting but mostly i sick and tired im in Canada and cant see Olympics time and i wanna see the usa footage and boom you cant geo location shit.. hate that crap lol and if i get Netflix apparently usa Netflix better then Canada content.. or anything really just frustrating.. i need to immigrant to usa lol
                        but what does FUD mean
                        so grimson you don't believe in vpns then i take it.. i just learning as i go teach myself and read etc try to make best educated guesses

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          You need to uncheck Do not use the DNS Forwarder/DNS Resolver as a DNS server for the firewall in System > General to have it use the resolver.
                          However you have the resolver in forwarding mode anyway so it too will be using those DNS servers defined there rather than the root servers.

                          Steve

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                          • DerelictD
                            Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate
                            last edited by

                            Which looks like it will be fine if you set the firewall itself to use 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4.

                            If you want the CLIENTS to resolve using those crappy NordVPN DNS servers then tell the CLIENTS to use those as their DNS servers. Either using DHCP or static config on the CLIENTS themselves.

                            No reason to hobble the firewall itself just because you want some clients to do this VPN geo-shifting thing.

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                              comet424
                              last edited by

                              oh ok ill look i had unchecked do not do dns query forwarding under the OpenVPN client..
                              and what does FUD stand for..

                              and ok thanks for inpuit

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear,_uncertainty_and_doubt

                                Basically VPN providers telling people that if you don't use a VPN your identity will be stolen in seconds etc. 😉

                                There are many legitimate reasons to use a VPN of course...

                                Steve

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                                  comet424
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                                  so I changed it so those crapy vpn dns are under dhcp server
                                  and I left the 8 8 8 8
                                  but still package manger looses the packages
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                                  0_1540480127909_pf8.JPG

                                  now the 3 last pics I did after I unchecked the disable dns forwarder with it checked and without it checked.. didn't work.. but it always works after a reboot of the pfsense… then time goes by yesterday it was still working after couple hours... but this morning boom gone..

                                  so where else do I look for this happening to resolve

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                                    comet424
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                                    • johnpozJ
                                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                      what is the point of pointing pfsense to 8.8.8.8? All that is need for pfsense is loopback..

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                                        comet424
                                        last edited by

                                        because derelict said to set it to 8,8,8,8

                                        ok ill delete that dns too.

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                                          comet424
                                          last edited by comet424

                                          hopefully that's right... and if so whats next
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                                          • johnpozJ
                                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                            you can point your clients to 8.8.8.8 if you want.. But pfsense sure doesn't need to be using it.. It can resolve anything it needs to get to.. And also provide that to your clients.. It is way better to resolve than forward or ask some forwarder. That is why that is what pfsense does out of the box resolve.

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