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Display of device_id or device_name seems to be random

I am using the nextdns-cli client in my network as local DNS proxy to the NextDNS servers. It seems to work fine but when I look at the logs in the webgui I see that devices are randomly showing up by their device_id or their device_name.

To illustrate this here is an extract from my logs:

2021-12-07T17:58:08.053836+00:00,safebrowsing.googleapis.com,A,false,DNS-over-HTTPS,111.222.333.444,,,US,safebrowsing.googleapis.com,FNDIL,"MacMini","Apple, Inc.",,,nextdns-cli
2021-12-07T17:58:08.052627+00:00,safebrowsing.googleapis.com,AAAA,false,DNS-over-HTTPS,111.222.333.444,,,DE,safebrowsing.googleapis.com,FNDIL,,"Apple, Inc.",,,nextdns-cli
2021-12-07T17:52:04.508975+00:00,st11p01su-lcdnreg.isu.apple.com.akadns.net,AAAA,false,DNS-over-HTTPS,111.222.333.444,,,,akadns.net,FNDIL,"MacMini","Apple, Inc.",,,nextdns-cli
2021-12-07T17:52:04.495047+00:00,lcdn-registration.apple.com.akadns.net,A,false,DNS-over-HTTPS,111.222.333.444,,,US,akadns.net,FNDIL,"MacMini","Apple, Inc.",,,nextdns-cli
2021-12-07T17:52:04.495047+00:00,lcdn-registration.apple.com.akadns.net,AAAA,false,DNS-over-HTTPS,111.222.333.444,,,,akadns.net,FNDIL,,"Apple, Inc.",,,nextdns-cli
2021-12-07T17:52:04.236281+00:00,a803.g4.akamai.net,AAAA,false,DNS-over-HTTPS,111.222.333.444,,,,akamai.net,FNDIL,"MacMini","Apple, Inc.",,,nextdns-cli
2021-12-07T17:52:04.234415+00:00,a803.g4.akamai.net,A,false,DNS-over-HTTPS,111.222.333.444,,,DE,akamai.net,FNDIL,,"Apple, Inc.",,,nextdns-cli

 

As seen from the logs the device is always correctly identified by the device_id however it seems random if the device_name is also shown in the logs.

I don't understand why one query would correctly have the device_id and device_name and the next query just has the device_id but is missing the device_name.

1 reply

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    • Chris_Leidich
    • 2 yrs ago
    • Reported - view

    I’ve been noticing this lately too. On cli client 1.37.7 on a UDM. I thought it might’ve been an mdns issue but it occurs whether or not I’m using mdns for client names. 

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