Netgate 2100 blocking? Spotify issue
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@jrey said in Netgate 2100 blocking? Spotify issue:
I can't specifically speak to EasyList and how ofter it changes. However ADs_Basic, changes often more than once a week. (Of course you can choose when to check it)
However, unbound will only restart (assuming pfBlocker is configured properly) when one of the DNSBL lists has a changed. Not just because it checked. I check ADs_Basic daily (and other lists). As I said before, unbound can still go days between needing a restart.
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@bmeeks said in Netgate 2100 blocking? Spotify issue:
Be careful of time comparison examples (such as the 2 seconds in your post).
sure, but I'm running a 2100 same as the OP. 2 second reload of unbound is "normal" here.
Edit: and the op has never answered the questions about the list size of list as seen in the pfblockerng.log (or other questions unless I missed those answers) so yes there still could be other "variables" as well.
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@stephenw10 @Gertjan @jrey @bmeeks @SteveITS Hi all, so you know the fixes you provided have worked perfectly. Spotify has been behaving itself extremely well for a few days now, and is much more responsive too. I can't thank you all enough
I did realise afterwards that I also had pfBlockerNG misconfigured too (several people mentioned I might have done this) as it started aggressively blocking everything all of a sudden. So that's been reset back to factory except from being told to only update at night once a day.
Thanks again everybody, I'm very grateful 🫡
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@jrey @stephenw10 @Gertjan @SteveITS @bmeeks I just thought I'd let you all know and post here just in case anybody else has the same problems I've had with Spotify.
A few days after my last post the issue with Spotify not seeing speakers and dropping connections returned. I did some hunting around online and eventually did find some other people who had the same problem, one of whom had a solution.
So if anybody else is finding pfBlocker is blocking Spotify and your speakers, add the domain byspotify.com to your DNSBL whitelist and restart pfBlocker in the Services panel, that fixed it
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Ooo, good tip.
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What is byspotify.com?
I am having intermittent Spotify disconnects all day long but I think my issue might just be librespot implementation in my device.
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@bitperfect said in Netgate 2100 blocking? Spotify issue:
What is byspotify.com?
something they want their devices to check into periodically in order to function (and collect information) - SONOS has much the same "msmetrics.ws.sonos.com"
it is on some block lists and if you don't white list it their "new" app just crashes.
The cost of using their platform.whois
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@jrey Thank you very much!
I found byspotify.com in my DNSBL block log so I have whitelisted it. Now the wait begins to see if it makes a positive difference.
I also found the Sonos domain but left that alone as I have no issues with my Sonos speaker.
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@bitperfect I also found the domain rnwspotify.com in my block log, and Spotify works much better now I've unblocked that too
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@MikeHalsey, thanks for the update.
I eventually determined the issue to be with my Spotify Connect endpoint and not the pfBlocker system. I have since demoted my audio system to using Airplay and it has been fine. Now I just need Airplay 3 to be released so it can be a bit perfect audio stream but that is another issue for another forum
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Upnp thing??
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No, it is because my streamer is not from an official Spotify Connect authorized vendor. Instead, they use the open-source Librespot client library, which can be flakey depending on its implementation.
