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    Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....

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    • R Offline
      rameshk @Cool_Corona
      last edited by

      @cool_corona Ohh that’s a shame. I use Ubuntu laptop for diagnostic purposes as it’s lot easier. Windows got their mindset and make life harder at times.

      Did you check any other search engines I.e bing

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        Cool_Corona @rameshk
        last edited by

        @rameshk said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

        @cool_corona Ohh that’s a shame. I use Ubuntu laptop for diagnostic purposes as it’s lot easier. Windows got their mindset and make life harder at times.

        Did you check any other search engines I.e bing

        Anything else than google.com works no issues.

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          Cool_Corona @stephenw10
          last edited by

          @stephenw10 said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

          Still need to see exactly what's happening there.
          Previously it looked like you could ping www.google.com but fetch returned 'no route to host' which seems impossible!
          Try doing those things consecutively.

          Steve

          Indeed it should be impossible but its apparently not.

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            rameshk @Cool_Corona
            last edited by

            @cool_corona
            Please check DNSBL whitelist to see whether there is any entry for google.com

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            It looks like google.com is blocked somewhere unintentionally.

            Packet capture and Wireshark are your friends. Keep us updated.

            Wish you good luck.

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            • stephenw10S Offline
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by

              Can you show us the output of those two tests at the pfSense CLI?

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                Cool_Corona @rameshk
                last edited by

                @rameshk said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

                @cool_corona
                Please check DNSBL whitelist to see whether there is any entry for google.com

                3B1967BA-5CFB-4BE2-B683-B2599E743A66.jpeg

                It looks like google.com is blocked somewhere unintentionally.

                Packet capture and Wireshark are your friends. Keep us updated.

                Wish you good luck.

                They are

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                  Cool_Corona @stephenw10
                  last edited by

                  @stephenw10 said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

                  Can you show us the output of those two tests at the pfSense CLI?

                  Hi

                  What tests exactly?

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                    AKEGEC
                    last edited by

                    @Cool_Corona , try manual add your DNS servers on network properties .
                    e.g. Quad9 : 9.9.9.9 and 149.112.112.112

                    After that, blocked your local Global Google Cache (GGC) ip ranges that are being use by your ISP.

                    google.com and www.google.com both are the same.

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                      Cool_Corona @AKEGEC
                      last edited by

                      @akegec

                      It looks like this.

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                      Always has.

                      I dont understand the 2nd part of your reply.

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                        Gertjan @Cool_Corona
                        last edited by

                        @cool_corona

                        Forwarding to root servers ?

                        Now that's something I've missed in the pfSense manual .......

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

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                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          Mmm, yeah don't do that. Just use Unbound in resolving mode at least as a test.
                          Make sure you do not have dns behavior set to ignore local DNS in General Setup.

                          However 'no route to host' is not a DNS problem.

                          Please run at the console:
                          ping www.google.com
                          then
                          fetch -o /dev/null https://www.google.com

                          From you previous responces it looks like the ping succeeded but fetch shows no route to host which is hard to believe.

                          Steve

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                            Cool_Corona @stephenw10
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                            @stephenw10

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                            • stephenw10S Offline
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Aha, permission denied!

                              Something is blocking the traffic. No 1 suspect is Snort/Suricata since it's from the firewall itself.

                              Are you running either of those? Or may be were and the blocked hosts table still has entries?

                              Steve

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                                Cool_Corona @stephenw10
                                last edited by Cool_Corona

                                @stephenw10 I bet its because I dont allow ping on the interface. It resolves the IP as it should.

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                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Cool_Corona
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                                  @cool_corona said in Google.com blocked but local google domains are not....:

                                  I bet its because I dont allow ping on the interface

                                  What? You have something borked up that is for sure.. Have zero clue to what your attempting with those dns settings... That in a million years would never work, those servers are not recursive..

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                                  • stephenw10S Offline
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
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                                    Permission denied like that is almost always blocked outbound traffic and there is not much that can do that. But Snort is something that can. Are running it?

                                    Steve

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