Was working, not now…please help.

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  • reaching4joy
    October 27, 2019 at 10:38 pm

    I changed my Primary DNS Server settings on my WD N600 Router to 185.228.168.168 and the Secondary DNS to 185.228.169.168.  It worked fine when I set it up a few days ago.  Those settings are still in place, but now Reddit works again, and the badexample.com site is no longer blocked.

    I did have my 19 year old son as if Reddit was being blocked…could he have changed something so that those settings do nothing now??

    Thanks for any help.

    Daniel Cid
    October 29, 2019 at 4:27 pm

    Can you confirm the settings are still in the router? If they are, please go to your computer and paste these commands on the command prompt:

    nslookup -type=txt whoami.lua.powerdns.org
    ipconfig /all
    nslookup -type=txt -class=chaos version.bind 185.228.168.10
    nslookup -q=TXT mylocation.whois.dnscontest.cleanbrowsing.org 185.228.168.10

     

    It will tell us more what is going on.

    thanks

    • This reply was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by Daniel Cid.
    reaching4joy
    November 4, 2019 at 4:40 pm

    So, the day after I posted it was working again.  Just checked it now and it is not working.

    Router settings are still good.  I typed in the commands…hope I did it correctly.   If not, let me know.

    Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
    Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    C:\Users\Mom>nsloolup -type=txt whoami.lua.powerdns.org
    ‘nsloolup’ is not recognized as an internal or external command,
    operable program or batch file.

    C:\Users\Mom>nslookup -type=txt whoami.lua.powerdns.org
    Server: UnKnown
    Address: 192.168.1.1

    Non-authoritative answer:
    whoami.lua.powerdns.org text =

    “66.32.254.227”

    C:\Users\Mom>ipconfig /all

    Windows IP Configuration

    Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Shalosh
    Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
    Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
    IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : earthlink.net

    Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 06-26-82-21-F1-35
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : earthlink.net
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 90-E6-BA-32-24-DB
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
    Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::4840:5a56:7ba5:6e%11(Preferred)
    IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.135(Preferred)
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
    Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, November 04, 2019 9:44:59 AM
    Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, November 11, 2019 9:44:57 AM
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 285222424
    DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-E8-E7-46-90-E6-BA-32-24-DB

    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

    Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

    Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : earthlink.net
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless
    Network Module
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-26-82-21-F1-35
    DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
    Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

    C:\Users\Mom>nslookup -type=txt -class=chaos version bind 185.228.168.10
    Usage:
    nslookup [-opt …] # interactive mode using default server
    nslookup [-opt …] – server # interactive mode using ‘server’
    nslookup [-opt …] host # just look up ‘host’ using default server
    nslookup [-opt …] host server # just look up ‘host’ using ‘server’

    C:\Users\Mom>nslookup -q=txt mylocation.whois.dnscontest.cleanbrowsing.org 185.2
    28.168.10
    Server: adult-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org
    Address: 185.228.168.10

    *** adult-filter-dns.cleanbrowsing.org can’t find mylocation.whois.dnscontest.cl
    eanbrowsing.org: Non-existent domain

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