How can I block League of Legends?
I tried several ways to block my son from playing game LOL. But some how he still be able to play. Please help
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To find out what you did wrong, what are these "several ways" you tried to block this?
- Did you try with blocking the Game category?
- Did you add leagueoflegends.com to your "always block" list?
If one of those and it did not help, you have a general configuration error. Then post the complete output of the following command here:
nslookup -type=txt debug.opendns.com.
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"On my "always block" list I had:
na.leagueoflegends.com
leagueoflegends.com"
The first (na) entry is useless and redundant, because the second already covers itself and any subdomains.
Well, post the complete plain text outputs of the following commands here, from within the network you want to have it blocked, and with all your OpenDNS stuff enabled, and ideally from the computer where this game is played on, but can be from another computer too:
nslookup -type=txt debug.opendns.com.
nslookup leagueoflegends.com.
nslookup na.leagueoflegends.com.Pretty clear that you should uninstall the game from the computer too, in addition to blocking it with OpenDNS.
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\nguyen>nslookup leagueoflegends.com
Server: qwestmodem.domain.actdsltmp
Address: 192.168.0.1
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: leagueoflegends.com
Address: 50.19.235.141
This is the output. Thanks -
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\nguyen>nslookup na.leagueoflegends.com
Server: qwestmodem.domain.actdsltmp
Address: 192.168.0.1
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: na.leagueoflegends.com
Address: 67.215.65.131
C:\Users\nguyen>nslookup -type=txt debug.opendns.com
Server: qwestmodem.domain.actdsltmp
Address: 192.168.0.1
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
*** Request to qwestmodem.domain.actdsltmp timed-out
C:\Users\nguyen> -
This 67.215.65.131 indicates that you blacklisted na.leagueoflegends.com individually, and this one is blocked for you. Fine.
This 50.19.235.141 indicates that leagueoflegends.com is not blocked by your settings. This is their real IP address in your area.
"*** Request to qwestmodem.domain.actdsltmp timed-out"
Something is wrong. Try the following instead and do not forget the trailing dot this time!
nslookup -type=txt -timeout=12 debug.opendns.com.
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\nguyen>nslookup -type=txt -timeout=12 debug.opendns.com.
Server: qwestmodem.domain.actdsltmp
Address: 192.168.0.1
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 12 seconds.
*** Request to qwestmodem.domain.actdsltmp timed-out
C:\Users\nguyen>I appreciate your time and efforts
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You get a timeout even after 12 seconds? Your DNS server and forwarder at 192.168.0.1 (qwestmodem) is lousy and not reliable. It doesn't do its job. It seems it cannot handle certain DNS lookups. Get it repaired, or get rid of it. An upgrade to the latest firmware may help too.
For the time being, post the output of the following (circumventing the router's DNS forwarding function):
nslookup -type=txt debug.opendns.com. 208.67.220.220
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\nguyen>nslookup -tyoe=txt debug.opendns.com. 208.67.220.220
Server: resolver2.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.220.220
Non-authoritative answer:
debug.opendns.com text =
"server 7.chi"
debug.opendns.com text =
"flags 20 0 2fe 80000000000"
debug.opendns.com text =
"id 15330825"
debug.opendns.com text =
"source 63.225.150.118:57402"
Thanks -
Great, if you use OpenDNS directly, it looks fine. So it's really your router where the DNS server/forwarder function is lousy. You do yourself a favour if you configure the OpenDNS resolver addresses on the computers, or use another router with better behaviour and performance.
Just FYI, the ouput tells me that you use the OpenDNS Chicago location, and that your IP address 63.225.150.118 is registered with OpenDNS network ID 15330825 which is probably yours.
Regarding blocking of the domain in question, you may post the output of
nslookup leagueoflegends.com. 208.67.220.220
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\nguyen>nslookup leagueoflegends.com. 208.67.220.220
Server: resolver2.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.220.220
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: leagueoflegends.com
Address: 67.215.65.131
C:\Users\nguyen>
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