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    • S
      shawn8888
      last edited by

      Here is the arp. I have installed vmware workstation, so there are some v-NICs

      c:\>arp -a

Interface: 192.168.193.1 --- 0x4
  Internet Address      Physical Address      Type
  192.168.193.254       00-50-56-f8-2e-d8     dynamic
  192.168.193.255       ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static
  224.0.0.2             01-00-5e-00-00-02     static
  224.0.0.22            01-00-5e-00-00-16     static
  224.0.0.251           01-00-5e-00-00-fb     static
  224.0.0.252           01-00-5e-00-00-fc     static
  230.0.0.1             01-00-5e-00-00-01     static
  234.48.35.103         01-00-5e-30-23-67     static
  239.192.152.143       01-00-5e-40-98-8f     static
  239.255.255.250       01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa     static
  255.255.255.255       ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static

Interface: 192.168.100.100 --- 0x7
  Internet Address      Physical Address      Type
  192.168.100.1         c0-c1-c0-7d-dd-22     dynamic
  192.168.100.2         00-50-56-9a-31-cd     dynamic
  192.168.100.3         94-0c-6d-1b-08-8e     dynamic
  192.168.100.52        a4-e4-b8-6c-55-b4     dynamic
  192.168.100.103       74-d4-35-07-1f-b5     dynamic
  192.168.100.140       00-0c-29-a9-96-19     dynamic
  192.168.100.150       18-03-73-cf-7e-1e     dynamic
  192.168.100.151       00-0c-29-13-e6-79     dynamic
  192.168.100.155       00-11-32-2c-a6-03     dynamic
  192.168.100.190       00-0c-29-82-d9-11     dynamic
  192.168.100.255       ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static
  224.0.0.2             01-00-5e-00-00-02     static
  224.0.0.22            01-00-5e-00-00-16     static
  224.0.0.251           01-00-5e-00-00-fb     static
  224.0.0.252           01-00-5e-00-00-fc     static
  230.0.0.1             01-00-5e-00-00-01     static
  234.48.35.103         01-00-5e-30-23-67     static
  239.192.152.143       01-00-5e-40-98-8f     static
  239.255.255.250       01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa     static
  255.255.255.255       ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static

Interface: 169.254.54.84 --- 0x12
  Internet Address      Physical Address      Type
  169.254.255.255       ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static
  224.0.0.2             01-00-5e-00-00-02     static
  224.0.0.22            01-00-5e-00-00-16     static
  224.0.0.251           01-00-5e-00-00-fb     static
  224.0.0.252           01-00-5e-00-00-fc     static
  230.0.0.1             01-00-5e-00-00-01     static
  234.48.35.103         01-00-5e-30-23-67     static
  239.192.152.143       01-00-5e-40-98-8f     static
  239.255.255.250       01-00-5e-7f-ff-fa     static
  255.255.255.255       ff-ff-ff-ff-ff-ff     static

c:\>

      My pfsense runs on a ESXi host as a VM. And the MAC is 00-50-56-9a-31-cd, which seems correct.

      LAN.Mac.png

      I have never tried Wireshark before and I will post the log as soon as I can.

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        shawn8888
        last edited by shawn8888

        Here is some log from Wireshark when I did a

        c:\>nslookup www.facebook.com
Server:  UnKnown
Address:  192.168.100.2

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    star-mini.c10r.facebook.com
Addresses:  2a03:2880:f105:83:face:b00c:0:25de
          157.240.12.35
Aliases:  www.facebook.com

        mydns.zip

        From the log, I can read that my Windows (100.100) DID talk to pfsense (100.2), but not handled by unbound.

        One more thing to mention, I did install BIND for some testing before, but it is disabled, same with DNS forwarder. Only DNS Resolver is enabled right now.

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        • KOMK
          KOM
          last edited by

          OK, you're definitely talking to pfsense for DNS. You queried it for www.facebook.com and it returned a result for both IPv4 and IPv6. Did you add the host override for www.facebook.com?

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            shawn8888 @KOM
            last edited by shawn8888

            @KOM
            Yes!
            dns1.png

            And for testing and fun, I disabled DNS resolver and run nslookup in Windows, and still able to resolve. Does that make any sense?

            c:\>ipconfig /flushdns

Windows IP Configuration

Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache.

c:\>nslookup www.facebook.com
Server:  UnKnown
Address:  192.168.100.2

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    star-mini.c10r.facebook.com
Addresses:  2a03:2880:f10e:83:face:b00c:0:25de
          157.240.14.35
Aliases:  www.facebook.com
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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
                                last edited by

                                @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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