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    • GertjanG Offline
      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 Offline
        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 Offline
            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
              last edited by

              @johnpoz
              how do i disable ipv6?

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              • johnpozJ Offline
                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 Offline
                    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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                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator
                        last edited by johnpoz

                        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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