NETFLIX NOT WORKING CAUSE OF DNS
-
Hello guys, it has been long since I logged in but I hope you are well. So about one month ago, my Netflix account ceased to function on my android tv. At first, I thought the problem was the TV, so I reset it, even reinstalled the Netflix app but to no avail. On my firewall, I have these two rules to redirect any DNS request from my LAN network to my firewall before it sets out to the outside world
Here the IP address 192.168.7.240 is my home router WAN Ip, so it's below the two DNS rules, meaning my home router gets its DNS requests resolved by my firewall.This is initially how it was..Now the changes i made are below
Now here you see the Ip address rule is up the Two DNS rules and after I made the change it worked, Netflix was able to open up without any issue.
I know most of us will say, that rule was affecting it but remember I have used this firewall for about one year and there was no issue with the first rule, I was able to stream Netflix...Another issue is now it becomes a security risk for my end devices as they can now use a DNS that isn't my firewall. Kindly advice... -
@openwifi said in NETFLIX NOT WORKING CAUSE OF DNS:
.Another issue is now it becomes a security risk for my end devices as they can now use a DNS that isn't my firewall.
Since you have just allowed the Netflix device , there is no risk that the other devices can use a "foreign" dns.
-
@openwifi Do you happen to have any other rules blocking DNS over HTTPS? I had set rules for that up at home and found only one very specific problem...the Dish (satellite) video on demand channel/app connects only over DoH, despite the Dish hardware using regular DNS for everything else. I have not had any issues using Netflix, but don't have an Android TV.
-
Hi, Iām thinking if you were to also allow TCP along with UDP on your firewall rules. DNS for Netflix would work as it normally did,before it stopped. I donāt know for sure,but I do know that DNS requires both TCP and UDP to work properly.
-
@openwifi said in NETFLIX NOT WORKING CAUSE OF DNS:
I have these two rules to redirect any DNS request from my LAN network to my firewall
Mmm, you have shown firewall rules but they do not redirect anything. Do you have port forwards for the DNS traffic too?
Steve
