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    • JeGrJ
      JeGr LAYER 8 Moderator
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      @garyn said in pfBlocker inconsistent on LAN port:

      This box was recently booted. I do not know why it is getting a IPv6 address? The interface is set to give out IPv4 addresses only.

      fe80:: are local adresses. Every IP6 capable box has one/gets one for itself. That's normal.

      Teredo tunneling could be a problem but seems off here. But what does DNS tell you on that box? Where does DNS point to? nslookup for example shows which server? Try

      nslookup adspeed.net
      

      @garyn said in pfBlocker inconsistent on LAN port:

      I do see ubound messages, but nothing useful about what sites are begin resolved.

      You can raise the log level in the DNS Resolver configuration. Just set it higher and it will log which name has been requested etc.

      Don't forget to upvote 👍 those who kindly offered their time and brainpower to help you!

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        @garyn said in pfBlocker inconsistent on LAN port:

        A failing LAN device looks like this:
        Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
        Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::915<snip>
        IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.202
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
        Tunnel adapter isatap.localdomain:
        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
        Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:
        Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
        Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

        That doesn't show any DNS - so that box wouldn't be able to look up anything, be it blocked or not.

        Output ipconfig /all from the box!

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          garyn
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          I checked the DNS and here are two outputs:

          C:>ipconfig /all | findstr /R "DNS\ Servers"
          DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1

          C:>nslookup
          Default Server: router.localdomain
          Address: 192.168.2.1

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
            last edited by johnpoz

            @garyn said in pfBlocker inconsistent on LAN port:

            C:>ipconfig /all | findstr /R "DNS\ Servers"

            That is not going to show you more than the 1st one!! if you have more than 1..

            as you see I on purpose set 2

            $ ipconfig /all                                                                     
                                                                                                
            Windows IP Configuration                                                            
                                                                                                
               Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : i5-win                                       
               Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . : local.lan                                    
               Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid                                       
               IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No                                           
               WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No                                           
               DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : local.lan                                    
                                                                                                
            Ethernet adapter Local:                                                             
                                                                                                
               Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :                                              
               Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller           
               Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-13-3B-2F-67-62                            
               DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No                                           
               Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes                                          
               IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.9.100(Preferred)                     
               Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0                                
               Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.9.253                                
               DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.9.253                                
                                                   192.168.3.10                                 
               NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled                                      
            

            Now I do your command..

            And it only lists the 1st one

            $ ipconfig /all | findstr /R "DNS\ Servers
               DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.9.253
            

            Also wanted to see if you had any other connections, etc. etc. post the full output!

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              garyn
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              C:>ipconfig /all

              Windows IP Configuration

              Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : <snip, looks correct>
              Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
              Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
              IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
              WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
              DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : localdomain <<<=== is this an issue???

              Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

              Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
              Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) Ethernet Connection (2) I218-V
              Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : F0-79<snip>
              DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
              Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
              Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::<snip>%11(Preferred)
              IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.202(Preferred)
              Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
              Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 13, 2019 7:10:12 AM
              Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 13, 2019 12:10:12 PM
              Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
              DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
              DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 25<snip>29
              DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-<snip>-4D
              DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.2.1
              NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

              Tunnel adapter isatap.localdomain:

              Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
              Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
              Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
              Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
              DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
              Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

              Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

              Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
              Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
              Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
              Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
              DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
              Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

              That's the whole output with some parts of the physical addresses snipped (I wasn't sure if that was/wasn't needed).

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              • johnpozJ
                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                @garyn said in pfBlocker inconsistent on LAN port:

                DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : localdomain

                so if you look for name.. You will query name.localdomain if you query say www.cnn.com you could also ask for www.cnn.com.localdomain

                You really have to be specific on what pfblocker is not blocking - if pfblocker blocks something it will return an address 10.10.10 - which isn't going anywhere, etc. Other than the vip running on pfsense.

                But your box doesn't have more than 1 dns server listed. So its always going to ask pfsense for dns, unbound (pfblocker)

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                  garyn
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                  @johnpoz - about two days ago I made the following change and, I think, things are running a little more consistently:

                  Services -> DNS Resolver -> General Settings:
                  ![alt text](e68cecf6-aa3f-449d-a553-0d536110d592-image.png image url)

                  I limited Network interfaces to just LAN, WIFI, VPNONLY (the three in-house rails/ports), and localhost and set Outgoing Network Interface to just WAN. Previously, these were both set to ALL (the default).

                  Does this change seem like it would have an effect on the issue? This should be limiting where DNS Resolver is supplying IP translations to, ... correct?

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                    Yeah that will limit who can query it - but that would also be done by firewall rules. For example - you don't have 53 open on your wan do you?

                    You are running pfblocker - so maybe you do, depending... It has a nasty habit of creating an any rule.. I have brought it up multiple times..

                    But queries to it wouldn't stop it from working..

                    Again your going to have to be specific in what exactly your problem is, or why you think its not working all the time.. A simple dig or nslookp for the fqdn will tell you if blocked or not blocked.

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                    • GrimsonG
                      Grimson Banned
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                      Also remember things like: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/133679/heads-up-be-aware-of-trusted-recursive-resolver-trr-in-firefox

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                        last edited by johnpoz

                        Valid point!!! You never knows these days your application might be doing dot or doh to circumvent your local dns.. Bastards!!!

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                        • BBcan177B
                          BBcan177 Moderator @johnpoz
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                          @johnpoz said in pfBlocker inconsistent on LAN port:

                          You are running pfblocker - so maybe you do, depending... It has a nasty habit of creating an any rule.. I have brought it up multiple times..

                          Stop trolling:
                          https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-ports/pull/641

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                          • johnpozJ
                            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                            last edited by johnpoz

                            Not trolling - have no idea version user is using. And I was gone for the whole month of June.. And just back last week or so.. So have not really kept up with "everything" while gone.

                            Glad to see such a fix finally.. Thanks!

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