Blocked sites stopped working
Has anyone else had this problem?
After years of working fine, suddenly, stopped.
Tried deleting old settings, resetting again, nothing helps.
Sent test to OpenDNS, they say perhaps broadband supplier's fault not OpenDNS
Called broadband suppliers, they say all is fine, they haven't changed anything.
So OpenDNS not working, no sites can be blocked, no way to fix this.
Any ideas?
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Many ideas as this can have many reasons. And yes, other people faced this, the forum is full of such reports. I would estimate this being the most reported category.
Copy & paste the complete plain text output of the following diagnostic commands to here, so that I may see what your specific problem may be.
nslookup -type=txt debug.opendns.com. 208.67.220.220
nslookup -type=txt which.opendns.com.
nslookup whoami.akamai.net. -
Here it is, I just took out the personal information
Thanks
nslookup -type=txt debug.opendns.com.
Server: resolver2.opendns.comNon-authoritative answer:
debug.opendns.com text ="server r5.lon"
debug.opendns.com text ="flags 40020 0 70 180000000000000000007950800000000000000"
debug.opendns.com text ="originid 0"
debug.opendns.com text ="actype 0"
debug.opendns.com text =
lookup -type=txt which.opendns.com.
Server: eehub.homeNon-authoritative answer:
which.opendns.com text ="I am not an OpenDNS resolver."
nslookup whoami.akamai.net.
Server: eehub.homeNon-authoritative answer:
Name: whoami.akamai.net -
There are three problems.
- Your DNS server / router eehub.home does not send your DNS traffic to OpenDNS, but to another DNS service. Therefore you are not using OpenDNS yet. Check the configuration on this device to ensure that OpenDNS is still configured.
- Your public IP address is not registered at https://dashboard.opendns.com/settings/, so your dashboard settings would not take effect even if you used OpenDNS. But as you don't, this problem is not relevant yet. If you start using OpenDNS, you need to register your IP address at the dashboard.
- Because you took out what you think is "personal information", I cannot provide more details and advises. In fact this information is not personal and not able to identify you personally. It is information you provide to every website you ever visit.
And no, your problems are not with OpenDNS or your broadband supplier, as far as I can see from your incomplete outputs. The problems are solely with you.
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How can I 'register your IP address at the dashboard'.
I set this up as I did in the past, when it worked
I tried this a few times, it finds my router and the IP address, I set it up, but does not work.Strangely, today, for the first time, when I go to Dashboard, it says 'FILE NOT FOUND'
Can yuo help with information about registering.
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Can you please post a screen shot of this page?
https://dashboard.opendns.com/settings/ -
As you can see, the IP address information is not updated. Click the green arrows icon beside the IP addresses to update the related network, i.e. register your IP address. Also ensure that you run an update client which automatically updates your dynamic IP address information going further.
Also, you only need one network. Delete the one you don‘t use.
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That looks good regarding your dashboard network "EE new hub". Everything should work now. Your IP address is correctly registered.
Not sure why you would want to add another network. Do you have more than one WAN connection? Or what do you try to achieve?
What does not work? Are you using OpenDNS? Check at http://welcome.opendns.com/
Did you flush once your local caches?
https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/articles/227988627 -
Thanks for the advice.
Nothing works,
When I check I get You aren't using OpenDNS yet. Let's fix thatI have restarted, flushed, done everything - it just does not work
I have tried deleting and making new networks, nothing works.
It worked fine for years, then suddenly stopped. Nothing else has a problem
Any other ideas?
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Finally stop deleting or creating new networks! You just need the one you have. Anything else is fruitless. It has nothing to do with your problem!
We are still at problem 1 I listed on May 14. You likely didn't configure the OpenDNS resolver addresses correctly. Therefore your DNS queries do not go to OpenDNS which means that you're not using OpenDNS.
Post a screen shot of the (router?) page where you have the OpenDNS resolver addresses configured.
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Yes, there are, the normal OpenDNS setup instructions. You must have followed them earlier, else OpenDNS would never have worked.
https://support.opendns.com/hc/en-us/categories/204012907
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