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    DNS Resolver Host Override not working in Windows

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    • johnpozJ
      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
      last edited by johnpoz

      So you have something else listening on 53 on pfsense then and not unbound..

      lets see what is listening on 53

      [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/: sockstat | grep :53
      unbound  unbound    42007 3  udp4   192.168.3.253:53      *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 4  tcp4   192.168.3.253:53      *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 5  udp6   2001:470:snipped:3::253:53 *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 6  tcp6   2001:470:snipped:3::253:53 *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 7  udp4   192.168.9.253:53      *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 8  tcp4   192.168.9.253:53      *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 9  udp4   192.168.2.253:53      *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 10 tcp4   192.168.2.253:53      *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 11 udp4   192.168.6.253:53      *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 14 tcp4   192.168.6.253:53      *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 15 udp4   192.168.4.253:53      *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 16 tcp4   192.168.4.253:53      *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 17 udp4   192.168.7.253:53      *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 18 tcp4   192.168.7.253:53      *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 19 udp4   127.0.0.1:53          *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 20 tcp4   127.0.0.1:53          *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 21 udp6   ::1:53                *:*
      unbound  unbound    42007 22 tcp6   ::1:53                *:*
      [2.4.4-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/: 
      

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        shawn8888 @johnpoz
        last edited by shawn8888

        @johnpoz said in DNS Resolver Host Override not working in Windows:

        sockstat | grep :53

        You are right. seems BIND is running.
        dns2.png

        But I checked the settings and it's disabled.
        dns3.png

        And what is this "named"???

        dns4.png

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
          last edited by

          named is BIND

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            shawn8888
            last edited by shawn8888

            Thank you so much, johnpoz!

            I manually stopped the service at Status/Services screen. And this is what I got:

            c:\>nslookup www.facebook.com
            Server:  pfSense.mydomain.com
            Address:  192.168.100.2
            
            Name:    www.facebook.com
            Address:  192.168.100.201
            
            
            c:\>nslookup 192.168.100.201
            Server:  pfSense.mydomain.com
            Address:  192.168.100.2
            
            Name:    www.facebook.com
            Address:  192.168.100.201
            
            

            Still have questions though:

            1. As the screenshot shows, BIND is NOT enabled. How did this service get started?

            2. I haven't touched BIND for a long time. But I did restart pfsense for testing, which means the named service get auto started when reboot. How can I stop it?

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
              last edited by

              No idea... Seems like you config is borked.. Export your config and look at the xml.. If not enable it shouldn't be starting - unless you manually did something like installed bind on your own vs packages, etc.

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                shawn8888 @johnpoz
                last edited by shawn8888

                @johnpoz said in DNS Resolver Host Override not working in Windows:

                No idea... Seems like you config is borked.. Export your config and look at the xml.. If not enable it shouldn't be starting - unless you manually did something like installed bind on your own vs packages, etc.

                I installed BIND from package. I guess I will have to uninstall it later.
                Thank you again for your help! You are amazing!

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                  last edited by johnpoz

                  Did you maybe click on the service and start it that way? I have the package installed because time need to play with it to help users.

                  It doesn't auto start itself..

                  Learned one thing for sure - check earlier what is actually run if other users have sim issue ;) Would of solved your problem like in step one vs just trusting that all you had running was unbound.

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                    shawn8888 @johnpoz
                    last edited by

                    @johnpoz
                    No I didn't start the service manually.
                    Very weird, isn't it? I would think only one service can be started on one port, 53. Maybe it's a bug of pfsense? LOL

                    One last question:
                    DNS forwarder, DNS resolver and BIND all do the same thing and only one should be enabled, correct?

                    Is DNS resolver the best in your opinion?

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                      last edited by johnpoz

                      No its not a bug.. look at your bindings.. Your not bound to the same things.

                      Bind is the king of dns... But you do not need it on pfsense, unbound is fine... I have been managing dns for years and years.. Since back in the bind 4 days. I just use unbound... its all you need for a home setup.

                      its got pretty much any of the features you could possible need.. Now if wanted to run an authoritative ns, or needed slave ns then I would run bind.

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                      • KOMK
                        KOM
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                        @shawn8888 said in DNS Resolver Host Override not working in Windows:

                        I installed BIND from package.

                        This would have been a good nugget to know right from the start. At least it's working now.

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