OpenDNS set up in ActionTec router, strange result
I'm seeing something strange with OpenDNS and a particular hostname and thought maybe someone out there might know what's going on.
I have the OpenDNS servers set up in my ActionTec router and for the most part is works great. I'm just seeing a weird result with the hostname www.goldeneaglecam.com. If I do an nslookup on my computer, I get:
>nslookup www.goldeneaglecam.com
Server: Wireless_Broadband_Router.home
Address: 192.168.1.1
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.goldeneaglecam.com
Address: 209.99.64.53
But if I specify the DNS server explicitly, or if I put the OpenDNS servers directly in my computer's settings, or if I set different DNS servers in the router (e.g. 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4) I get the correct result:
>nslookup www.goldeneaglecam.com 208.67.222.222
Server: resolver1.opendns.com
Address: 208.67.222.222
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: www.goldeneaglecam.com
Address: 199.34.228.59
I have only seen this problem with that one hostname, but I can't for the life of me figure out where the IP address 209.99.64.53 is coming from.
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Nobody can reproduce this, because we do not have your router with its configuration. It cannot be OpenDNS, because, as you can see, OpenDNS returns the correct result.
A reverse lookup for 209.99.64.53 returns 209-99-64-53.fwd.datafoundry.com in case this rings any bell with you.
Also, the DNS name goldeneaglecam.com has two A records (i.e. two IP addresses) assigned, whereas www.goldeneaglecam.com has only one A record. One of these A records causes to land on a "Forbidden" page. You may want to sync this up if you can manage the DNS hosting of this zone.
Further, ensure that you filled out all DNS server address slots on the router with OpenDNS resolver addresses:
208.67.222.222 208.67.220.220 208.67.222.220 208.67.220.222 -
Thanks for the response. To be honest, I wasn't that hopeful that anyone would be able to figure this out. I just can't fathom where the IP address 209.99.64.53 is coming from. The site is on Weebly, the registrar is something called "FastDomain" -- I don't know what datafoundry.com has to do with any of this.
One (among many) weird thing is that, as I said, if I put DNS servers other than the OpenDNS server into my router, the problem doesn't happen. The router only has two slots for DNS servers. I followed these instructions:
https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/articles/228008027--Verizon-FIOS-Actiontec-MI424WR-and-Westell-UltraLineI don't have control over this domain to fix the DNS for goldeneaglecam.com. It's a site my dad runs, though he doesn't have direct control of the DNS either (!?!?). I've explain in 6 ways why they shouldn't have two A records, but so far they haven't fixed it. Oh, well.
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