https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/dns-over-https-doh-faqs
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 >> >>
