You can load up the bind-utils package. That gives you the command dig which allows you to explore the DNS information more than you can with just ping and a browser.
You can use dig on the address but be aware that not all IP addresses have a reverse lookup. On Fri, Jan 13, 2023 at 1:05 AM Russell Senior <[email protected]> wrote: > Because I don't have the router you have, I am lacking any particular > insight into what it is doing, so anything I suggest is pure guesswork. > Vendor firmware on commercial off the shelf routers is quite varied and > sometimes bordering on arbitrary in how they choose to behave. > > One other thing to be aware of, some browsers (including Firefox) are doing > DNS over HTTPS (or similar) by default these days. You can check the > setting in General / Network Settings / Enable DNS over HTTPS, and the > associated destination. Mine defaults to Cloudflare. I generally don't use > other browsers, but others may be doing something similar. You can, of > course, choose a different DNS over HTTPS provider, or you can turn it off > in Firefox's Settings. Further research into this behavior and its nuances > might be needed. > > -- > Russell Senior > [email protected] > > On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 5:55 PM American Citizen < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello all: > > > > I am currently hitting an unusual problem with two DNS addresses which I > > have set up in both the NetGear C6300v2 cable modem/router which has the > > option to manually set the DNS addresses (which I did) and with the > > openSuse Linux Leap 15.4 OS using NetManager, which has the option to > > set the DNS addresses in the configured connection. (and I did manually > > configure them too) . > > > > I am expecting to see DNS addresses 208.67.220.220 and 208.67.222.222 > > when landing on either the https://www.dnsleaktest.com/ website or the > > https://surfshark.com/dns-leak-test website, but to my surprise both > > sites keep coming up with two Cloudflare DNS addresses > > > > IP Hostname ISP Country > > 108.162.218.150 None Cloudflare Newark, United States > > 108.162.218.190 None Cloudflare Newark, United States > > > > I am concerned about this, as I do NOT want cloudflare doing the DNS > > lookups, I expected ExpressVPN DNS numbers to show up. > > > > Any ideas on how to fix this problem? > > > > Randall > > > > >
