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    • GertjanG
      Gertjan @johnpoz
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      @johnpoz said in DNS server not responding:

      some wrong

      For sure.
      Like Resolver (unbound) using ACL - and nothing has been setup for OPT1.
      Or its forwarding and that setup is faulty.
      Or .... what ever.
      It's time @yodar44 starts communicating a bit better as it's DNS ^^

      No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
      Edit : and where are the logs ??

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      • johnpozJ
        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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        @Gertjan said in DNS server not responding:

        Or its forwarding and that setup is faulty.

        Even even forwarding and not working, the name of pfsense should come back when the dns client does the ptr for it.

        Your ACL suggestion possible yeah.

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          yodar44 @johnpoz
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          @johnpoz Screen Shot 10-30-19 at 10.08 AM 001.JPG Screen Shot 10-30-19 at 10.08 AM.JPG
          i'm attaching screen shots of DNS resolver settings. do you see any thing wrong? i didn't change anything. it is same as it came.

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          • johnpozJ
            johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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            what about your acl tab? Did you turn off the auto acl, or did you create your own? But if your acl were not allowing then you wouldn't ever get any answers.

            You sure its just not restarting a lot.. Are you running pfblocker, are you doing any attempted dns redirect..

            Here is the thing.. When put in the nslookup cmd and you don't get back the name of the dns your pointing to - this is telling you have a problem at basic level, and not just having issues resolving stuff.

            Type just nslookup at the cmd line... You should see a name for your pfsense, like you in mine.

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              yodar44 @johnpoz
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              @johnpoz
              the acl tab is blank:
              ServicesDNS ResolverAccess Lists
              General Settings
              Advanced Settings
              Access Lists
              Access Lists to Control Access to the DNS Resolver

              i don't know what pfblocker is.
              i didn't intentionally do any dns redirect.
              my nslookup:
              C:\WINDOWS\system32>nslookup
              Default Server: UnKnown
              Address: 2001:558:feed::1

              how do i set what DNS i am pointing to?

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              • GertjanG
                Gertjan @yodar44
                last edited by Gertjan

                @yodar44 said in DNS server not responding:

                how do i set what DNS i am pointing to?

                You said it yourself : your fist post :

                @yodar44 said in DNS server not responding:

                DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.1

                and just above :

                @yodar44 said in DNS server not responding:

                Address: 2001:558:feed::1

                which is ok for me .... I see the same "IPv6" address :
                5b3beecc-3a09-4a66-b264-9ff308a47d99-image.png

                Your OPT1 interface and for that matter pfSense is handling / has been set up to handle IPv6 ?
                edit : use

                ipconfig /all
                

                to see all the network details of your PC.

                No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                  @yodar44 said in DNS server not responding:

                  how do i set what DNS i am pointing to?

                  Via your dhcp.. Or directly on your client... What your pointing to there is a IPv6 address for Xfiniity dns..

                  And that should resolve to
                  cdns01.comcast.net.

                  ;; QUESTION SECTION:
                  ;1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.d.e.e.f.8.5.5.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa. IN PTR
                  
                  ;; ANSWER SECTION:
                  1.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.d.e.e.f.8.5.5.0.1.0.0.2.ip6.arpa. 7172 IN PTR cdns01.comcast.net.
                  

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                    yodar44 @johnpoz
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                    @johnpoz
                    this is my ipconfig/all
                    Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

                    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
                    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
                    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : DC-FE-07-0A-71-0B
                    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
                    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
                    IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2601:246:5680:ae30::bea3(Preferred)
                    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 30, 2019 2:36:37 AM
                    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, November 6, 2019 2:36:37 AM
                    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d9dd:4d34:3b6a:5c85%22(Preferred)
                    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.3(Preferred)
                    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
                    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, October 28, 2019 4:16:13 PM
                    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 30, 2019 1:06:38 PM
                    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.1
                    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.1
                    DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 383581703
                    DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-1E-26-DC-F7-DC-FE-07-0A-71-0B
                    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:558:feed::1
                    2001:558:feed::2
                    10.100.1.1
                    2001:558:feed::1
                    2001:558:feed::2
                    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

                    the only difference between the LAN and OPT is the .1 on OPT vs .10 on LAN
                    ServicesDHCP ServerOPT: Range 10.100.1.1 From, 10.100.1.254 To
                    ServicesDHCP ServerLAN: Range 192.168.1.10 From, 192.168.1.245 To

                    is that significant?

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                      Well your client there has an IPv6 address... So yeah it perfers IPv6... Which in your setup is pretty hosed since now your asking comcast dns vs your own local dns..

                      I would suggest you disable IPv6 until such time that you can even get IPv4 working.

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                        yodar44 @johnpoz
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                        @johnpoz
                        how do i disable ipv6?

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                        • johnpozJ
                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                          The easy way on windows, from an elevated cmd prompt

                          reg add hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\tcpip6\parameters /v DisabledComponents /t REG_DWORD /d 255
                          

                          Reboot

                          To put it back exactly how it was before

                          reg delete hklm\system\currentcontrolset\services\tcpip6\parameters\ /v DisabledComponents /f
                          

                          reboot.

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                            yodar44 @johnpoz
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                            @johnpoz
                            ok, now ipconfig/all says
                            Ethernet adapter Ethernet:

                            Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : localdomain
                            Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
                            Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : DC-FE-07-0A-71-0B
                            DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
                            Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
                            IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.3(Preferred)
                            Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
                            Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 30, 2019 2:24:19 PM
                            Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 30, 2019 4:06:34 PM
                            Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.1
                            DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.1
                            DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 10.100.1.1
                            NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

                            but nslookup still says
                            C:\WINDOWS\system32>nslookup
                            DNS request timed out.
                            timeout was 2 seconds.
                            Default Server: UnKnown
                            Address: 10.100.1.1

                            so it seems that something in the pfsense settings is causing the problem. ??

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                            • johnpozJ
                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                              There is nothing in the settings you showed that is odd.. Is it running?

                              Do you even have connectivity to pfsense? Why is your dhcp lease so short? And such an time?

                              Up the logging level in the unbound/advanced to atleast 3... And enable logging of queries..

                              In your options box at the bottom of unbound

                              server:
                              log-queries: yes
                              log-replies: yes
                              

                              And then we can see what is going on... I don't even think your talking to the pfsense Because your getting timeouts.. So unbound is not running, or you can not talk to it... You have no rules in the floating tab?

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                                yodar44 @johnpoz
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                                @johnpoz said in DNS server not responding:

                                There is nothing in the settings you showed that is odd.. Is it running?
                                is what running?

                                Do you even have connectivity to pfsense?
                                i can login to 10.100.1.1, if that is what you mean.

                                Why is your dhcp lease so short? And such an time? ??

                                Up the logging level in the unbound/advanced to atleast 3... And enable logging of queries..
                                In your options box at the bottom of unbound
                                i looked in Status/System Logs/Settings, and i don't see these options.
                                where should i be looking?

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                                • johnpozJ
                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
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                                  That is not where I said to look... I am really starting to think you are just trolling us..

                                  I clearly stated unbound / advanced..

                                  settings.jpg
                                  Which you see
                                  unboundadvanced.jpg

                                  Are you not seeing the options box?

                                  options.jpg

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                                    yodar44 @johnpoz
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                                    @johnpoz
                                    ok, i didn't understand where to look.

                                    but now i have new problem. the sg-1100 seems to have failed. i t seems to be completely dead. the pwr light comes on but none of the ports do anything. i tried connecting to the console via putty, no response. also it doesn't get warm any more.
                                    i emailed support to see what to do.

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