How is this possibly anything at my end? Most likely, it isn't. The issue did not present on Sunday or Monday, and started up again on Tuesday. And there were certainly no changes between Monday, March 6 and today. I have a ridiculously long and secure password, and regularly check for "intruders" (none have ever entered here). Regarding control of the network - I am the only one with the credentials to access the router's configuration pages. all points to some kind of communication issue between the updater software and opendns. ġ) the updater window pops up and has no IP address notedĢ) the updater states I am not using OpenDNSĤ) the opendns welcome page acknowledges that I am using opendnsĥ) the whole thing self-resolves in 15-30 seconds When for brief periods through the day - lasting no more than 15-30 seconds in general. there is an IP address noted and the notation that I am not using OpenDNS. I don't want to belabor the point here, but you are clearly not reading what I wrote:ġ) IF I connect to my mobile hotspot, and open the OpenDNS updater. I misread/misunderstood the forum topic area and confused "DNS Updater" with "DNS-O-Matic" which are not (exactly) the same thing. Since network security was paramount, I disabled IPv6 on the router. At that time, I discovered I could either enable IPv6 on my router for geek bragging rights, or use OpenDNS for web filtering, etc, which for now only works over IPv4. OpenDns is a very famous DNS service used by a lot of people, but not everybody knows that they also provide some filtering product for individuals. My ISP introduced IPv6 several years ago. OpenDNSUpdater is an extremely easy to use android app to perform dynamic IP updates on OpenDNS services. So, as far as my network is concerned, I am god. My router is properly configured to use OpenDNS servers, and I have a paid account through which I control a number of filtering/security parameters for my entire network. No settings were changed prior to or after the firmware upgrade. Since I control my network, I am 100% certain no changes have been made since the last firmware update on my router (Netgear R7000) about six weeks ago. In this case, there is NO IP address shown, which would only happen if you did not have an internet connection. When, on occasion, I have needed to use my hotspot for internet access (which is not configured with OpenDNS), the updater shows a valid IP address and also recognizes I am not using OpenDNS. Your issue is in no way related to DNS-O-Matic, because you even don't seem to use it.Īctually, it is exactly like that. Ok, you posted in the DNS-O-Matic forum section, no idea why. For such easily solvable issues it's anyway quicker to post in the community section of the forum. And occasionally it takes longer when there are too many tickets in the queue. Yeah, it takes up to 72 hours to get a response from OpenDNS - and within business days only. " I submitted a ticket 48 hours ago, but have not heard anything back." If you want to know more, then copy & paste the complete plain text outputs of the following diagnostic commands to here: nslookup -type=txt. There could be other problems as well, but as you didn't post any measuring results, I can only guess, because I'm not God and not a prophet. Let me guess: your ISP introduced IPv6 connectivity recently, and now your DNS traffic randomly goes out sometimes over IPv4 (to OpenDNS) and sometimes over IPv6 (to your ISP's DNS). How can you know? You cannot know unless you're God herself! " no changes have been made to my network" And your issues are not related to the Updater which only outputs the symptoms of your real issue. The Updater says that you're not using OpenDNS which is totally different from not being connected to the internet. This is an open source project For more information on the app and the source code, please go to ." it’s like the updater does not see that I am connected to the internet" Updater exist for almost Windows, Mac and Linux, but not for Android or IOS. Why an android application for a DNS service ?Īs I said on the previous line, the service rely on your external IP address, so when you change access point or start using mobile data, you request will not be filtered. The service rely on your external IP to perform filter actions. This type of service is free and can be very useful to filter websites such as porn, phishing, malware, and many other category. OpenDNS Updater is an extremely easy to use android app to perform dynamic IP updates on OpenDNS services.
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