topic Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com in OpenDNS

I can't seem to block netflix.com

usowl1 — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 03:29:41 GMT

I added netflix.com to be blocked, but I can still access it.

Could you help?

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

rotblitz — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 07:22:06 GMT

What does http://welcome.opendns.com/ return?

Copy & paste the complete plain text outputs of the following diagnostic commands here:

nslookup -type=txt debug.opendns.com.
nslookup netflix.com.
nslookup www.netflix.com.

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

usowl1 — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 06:35:47 GMT

When I clicked on the welcome.opendns.com link, it brings me to a website that tells me that

I am not using opendns yet and I need to restart my computer. I restarted my laptop and tried again.

Still I see the same website which tells me that I am not using opendn.

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

rotblitz — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 07:18:41 GMT

If you don't use OpenDNS, then you cannot block anything with it. Start over with review of the configuration of the OpenDNS resolver addresses. I can give no more details, as you didn't post the command outputs.

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

usowl1 — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:50:20 GMT

Do I need to add 208.67.222.123 and 208.67.220.123 in addition to specifying my current IP address

in my OPENDNS account?

Thanks.

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

usowl1 — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:51:26 GMT

Do I need to add 208.67.222.123 and 208.67.220.123 as my DNS servers in my router setting in addition to specifying my current IP address in my OPENDNS account?

Thanks.

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

rotblitz — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:05:29 GMT

Did you think you will start using OpenDNS if you configure different resolver addresses? Hardly! But worth a try. At least it keeps you busy with irrelevant things...

You should better decide to collaborate and answer the questions being asked.

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

usowl1 — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 04:40:25 GMT

The following is what I see after applying the commands you wanted me to try.

Thanks.

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

rotblitz — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 07:26:16 GMT

As can be clearly seen, you do not use OpenDNS, but another DNS service's IPv6 address. You either disable IPv6 connectivity on the router or on the computer, or you try to configure the following IPv6 resolver addresses:

::ffff:d043:dedc
::ffff:d043:dcde

Also, you forgot the trailing dot, therefore you didn't query netflix.com, but netflix.com.Broadcom.net.

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

usowl1 — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 17:43:19 GMT

Hi,

I disabled the IPv6 connectivity and the following is the internet setting report on my Linksys EA6700 router.

Could you take a look?

Thanks,

Owen

Router Information
Firmware Version:	1.1.40.176451
Serial Number:	13710604309250
Current Router Time:	Thursday, 26 January 2017 09:38:38 (GMT -08:00)
Current Browser Time:	Thursday, 26 January 2017 09:38:38 (GMT -08:00)
Internet MAC Address:	C8:D7:19:52:AB:A4
Server Name:	waikiki
Host Name:	waikiki
Domain Name:

Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Services
Status:	Connected

Internet Connection (IPv4)
Connection Type:	Automatic Configuration - DHCP
Internet Address:	68.101.97.31
Subnet Mask:	255.255.248.0
Default Gateway:	68.101.96.1
DNS1:	68.105.28.11
DNS2:	68.105.29.11
DNS3:	68.105.28.12
MTU:	Auto
DHCP Lease Time:	1440 Minutes

Internet Connection (IPv6)
Connection Type:	Disconnected
Internet Address:
Default Gateway:
DNS1:
DNS2:
DNS3:
DHCP Lease Time:

Local Network
Local MAC Address:	C8:D7:19:52:AB:A4
IPv4 Address:	192.168.1.1
IPv4 Subnet Mask:	255.255.255.0
IPv6 Link-Local Address:	fe80:0000:0000:0000:cad7:19ff:fe52:aba4
Prefix Address:

DHCP Server
DHCP Server:	Enabled
Start IP Address:	192.168.1.100
End IP Address:	192.168.1.149
Client lease time:	1440 Minutes
Static DNS 1:	208.67.222.222
Static DNS 2:	208.67.220.220
Static DNS 3:	208.67.222.220
WINS:

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

rotblitz — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:05:07 GMT

This looks good. Does it work now? http://welcome.opendns.com/
Is www.netflix.com being blocked?

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

usowl1 — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:14:55 GMT

When I tried it at home last night, it still didn't work.

Are the DNS settings for IPv4 OK?

68.105.28.11 doesn't look to be OpenDNS server.

Is that OK?

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

rotblitz — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:39:04 GMT

"When I tried it at home last night, it still didn't work."

Last night IPv6 was not disabled, right? This was the identified reason for not working.

"Are the DNS settings for IPv4 OK?"

No reason to ask, as you cannot change them on this router. These ISP DNS addresses are not really ok, but this is how this Linksys router firmware is built. These values should be overwritten by the DHCP/LAN settings which are to propagate this information to the end user devices, with the downside that local name resolution will be impacted or broken. But you'll have to live with this as long as you use this router and firmware.

Unless this router is impacted by a known Linksys problem it should work now for using OpenDNS. If you are in doubt, visit the two links above, and post the outputs of the diagnostic commands again (this time regarding the trailing dots).

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

usowl1 — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 04:34:44 GMT

It worked maybe for one minute, but after a while, somehow, I was able to access netflix.com.

Afterwards, I can't access my rounter homepage to check out the internet settings any more.

Could you remcommend a router that will work with OpenDNS?

Thanks.

-Owen

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

usowl1 — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 04:37:17 GMT

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

usowl1 — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 04:38:51 GMT

I meant to say that I can't access my router homepage anymore after somehow netflix.com is unblocked.

Thanks.

-Owen

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

mattwilson9090 — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 12:58:48 GMT

Despite the configuration page you pasted, the diagnostic commands clearly show that your DNS traffic is going out via IPv6, which OpenDNS does not filter.

Perhaps whatever caused you not to be able to reach your routers home page reset the settings on your router, but if it is letting DNS traffic to go out via IPv6 OpenDNS will not work for you. You need to review the settingso n your router to make certain that IPv6 is disabled.

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

rotblitz — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 14:27:41 GMT

"I can't access my rounter homepage to check out the internet settings any more."

You didn't say how you are accessing your router. It should always work with using its IPv4 address instead of a hostname.

"Could you remcommend a router that will work with OpenDNS?"

There are so many routers out there which perfectly work with OpenDNS. Just go through the huge list of router instructions provided by OpenDNS here. But we are still not at the end with your current router.

Regarding your last command output, this non-OpenDNS DNSv6 address is even not responding to any DNS queries at this time. It would look like no internet connection at all. And therefore Netflix seems to be blocked as everything else too. It's because you have disabled IPv6 on the router, but not so on the computer. You must disable IPv6 on the computer too to prevent it from attempting IPv6. Go into the network properties of your active connection and uncheck the box beside Internet Protocol Version 6. Then confirm everything with "Ok".

Then try again with visiting http://welcome.opendns.com/ and maybe post the command outputs again:

nslookup -type=txt debug.opendns.com.
nslookup netflix.com.
nslookup www.netflix.com.

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

usowl1 — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 23:25:44 GMT

I can't access the router by using 192.168.1.1 which is what I have been using. Even though I can access Internet

using chrome browser, when I type in your commands, I got those responses.

Even if I can disable my computer IPv6, I would also have to disable all other computers's IPv6 in the house.

That doesn't seem like a good solution for me. To me this means no matter what I do to the router settings,

users can bypass those restrictions. Is there any other way?

Re: I can't seem to block netflix.com

usowl1 — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 23:37:57 GMT