dns leak question

[JPizzle 1]

I just got done configuring my dd-wrt router and took a looks at dnsleasktest.com and ipleak.net to see if I had any dns leak problem.

 

dnsleaktest shows two dns servers active, 1 is my airvpn exit node, the other isn't. It is located in the US, my exit node is located in Canada.

 

when I look at ipleak.net I only show one dns server and it is the exit node.

 

which is correct and why am I seeing two different answers?

[Staff 10014]

Hello!

 

The discrepancy is very strange. Is the 2nd DNS displayed by dnsleaktest a "plausible" one? We'll need to investigate on the matter. In the meantime, can you please tell us your DNS settings in your DD-WRT router?

 

Kind regards

[JPizzle 1]

from ipleak.net

 

 

Your IP Address

184.75.214.163

Canada - Ontario 

Amanah Tech - AirVPN Server (Exit) 

Detected DNS Address

 

184.75.214.163

Canada - Ontario 

Amanah Tech - AirVPN Server (Exit) 

from dnsleaktest.com

 

 

IP: 184.75.214.163 Hostname: 184-75-214-163.amanah.com ISP: Amanah Tech Country: Canada

IP: 54.246.124.152 Hostname: ec2-54-246-124-152.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com ISP: Merck and Co. Country: United States

 

from https://www.dns-oarc.net/oarc/services/dnsentropy

 

 

DNS Resolver(s) Tested:

1. 54.246.124.152 (ec2-54-246-124-152.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com) appears to have GREAT source port randomness and GREAT transaction ID randomness.
2. 184.75.214.163 (184-75-214-163.amanah.com) appears to have GREAT source port randomness and GREAT transaction ID randomness.
3. 54.225.156.17 (ec2-54-225-156-17.compute-1.amazonaws.com) appears to have GREAT source port randomness and GREAT transaction ID randomness.

My VPN

is showing 

 

DNS 1

10.4.0.1

DNS 2

10.5.0.1

DNS 3

10.6.0.1

 

I had just DNS 1 set to 10.4.0.1 earlier but the router was showing some other DNS entries in DNS 2 and 3 when I looked on the WAN page under Status, so I added .6 and .5 under Network Address Server Settings (DHCP)

 

I've rebooted my Mac and the router several times, with no change.

 

 

[Staff 10014]

Hello!

 

Ok, another of our DNS servers runs on 54.246.124.152, it is a failover DNS in case the first VPN DNS server fails. So it's not a leak. However, you should see it only when the first DNS fails.  It remains to be seen why ipleak.net does not display it and dnsleaktest.com does. From various tests, dnsleaktest does not display it (at moment of this writing) from Cephei. Maybe 184.75.214.163 DNS failed just when you run the test, causing the query to be sent to the "backup" DNS. We will investigate, anyway no action from your side is required and no DNS leak is occurring from your system.

 

Can you please tell us whether you get those results on a regular basis? If so, can you please try to delete "10.5.0.1" and "10.6.0.1" (using therefore only 10.4.0.1) and test again?

 

Kind regards

[JPizzle 1]

If I take .5 an .6 out, I get verizon DNS servers populated automatically...I have verizon as a service provider. I still see the 54.246.124.152 and 54.225.156.17 with .4 .5 and .6 as DNS

[Staff 10014]

Hello!

 

Is the Verizon DNS inserted somewhere in your router or in the device used to perform the DNS check? If so, wipe it out.

 

Kind regards

[JPizzle 1]

I don't see verizon anywhere in my setup, I'll comb through it again later.

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Add the following to your 'Additinal DNSmasq options': no-resolv

 

or if you start dnsmasq by command in administration > commands:

killall dnsmasq

sleep 1

dnsmasq --no-resolv

[JPizzle 1]

no-resolv addition wouldn't allow me to load webpages after it was added.

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Hmm. Also check that under basic settings under Router IP > Local DNS you have the IP of your router. Also for DHCP Settings set static DNS 1 2 and 3 to 10.4.0.1 (or whatever airvpn dns you want to use)

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Also when you say it doesn't allow you to load web pages, do you mean domain names? What about actual IP addresses?

[JPizzle 1]

IPs work, domain names fail to resolve

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Ok at least your aren't using any DNS at all now so you just need to get it to use the AirVPN DNS. Does your Setup > Basic Setup look like the image attached? (Change 192.168.1.1 to your router's IP address)