Unidentified devices
Hello there,
I have configured almost all devices from my home network but it seems it's not everything configured as it should be. I am receiving a lot of queries from "unidentified devices". I can see my devices on the list but not my Synololgy NAS and Chromecast devices.
How can I identify these two as well? I am also using one profile because everything goes through router.
Also here are some results from testing:
"status": "ok",
"protocol": "DOT",
"anycast": true,
"clientName": "unknown-dot",
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Installing NextDNS CLI got an error message.
Don't know how to solve this either and don't know if I have curl on my router Asus ax4200.
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now I saw that default gateway on the printer is the router. I can change his dns settings but I cannot give a name for the printer like on other devices. On the monitor side I cannot see or find any option for dns settings at all.
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I don't think it would be a printer (printer will be going through your router for DNS) and you would only find a few domains listed as resolved. Most monitors do not have connectivity to the internet, they are more or less dumb devices and only show output from the computer.
Looking at the list of domains from your screenshot, I would be looking more at an Android device, maybe even an Amazon device or has Amazon apps installed. Not sure what the "united.cloud" entry refers to, it could be linked to the manufacturer of the device in question. (needs extra research)
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I made an research on my whole home network and I didn't find any kind of mobile app or windows application related to "amazon" or "united.cloud". I don't know where these connections come from?
I have Canon camera but I didn't connect yet with any cloud option.
I don't know where to look for.
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I did some searches too, came up with a Set Top Box manufactured by KAON. No idea if that is anything you have there, some sort of connected TV box.
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Yes I have TV box connected to my smartTv Hisense but mine is from "EON". What should I do with that device? I have manually set "Manually Assigned IP around the DHCP list" IP address and for DNS Server1 I have leave blank field which is default or optional if I want to use DNS address. Should I use NextDNS address or leave it blank (default)?
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For DNS server 1 you could try the IP address of your router, see what happens to the Unidentified numbers afterwards.
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I have changed to router address but didn't mention this section is on the router as well. On that device I have changed the DNS addresses to NextDNS addresses.
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Never use the NextDNS IPs on a device, this is where the Unidentified requests come from.
Since your router has DoT, you do not need to use the NextDNS DNS IPs in any device connected to your router. If DNS Server is a required setting for a device, put in the IP address of your router (as your router is acting as a DNS forwarder).
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Yes... I understand.
I changed the DNS settings on TV Box, SmartTv, Chromecast to router address. Mine is 192.168.50.1. To all these devices I set them this address on every one of them.
On router side I define these devices with static IP and for DNS settings I give them the same router address.
Here are the results from the situation. Since then in the last 24 hours there is zero queries, zero blocked queries and zero percentage. But in the last 30 days (set by default showing the results on Analytics page) they just stopped but the blocked queries are not falling down.
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The blocked query count will take awhile to drop out of the 30 day period, since most of those happened only recently (a few weeks ago).
Let's wait and see what happens in a few days, make an assessment on the situation then.
Meanwhile, check devices are using NextDNS by visiting https://test.nextdns.io (don't post the results as some contain identifiable info)
I'm sure I've missed some piece of info, difficult to concentrate while an allergy is affecting my nose and my eyes.
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hello and I'm sorry to hear that you have allergy. I'm wishing you all the best to recover soon as possible.
I have tested these devices with test page you suggested and now they show as DoT but under router's name. On Analytics page, "queries" from "unidentified devices"started to fall but "blocked queries" are stuck and not changing at all.
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Allergy has cleared, just a little left over, should hopefully be completely gone by tomorrow.
Anyway, could you provide a screenshot of the graph on the analytics page for the Unidentified queries? 30 days and 7 days for a comparison. It's always easier to see what is happening than try to explain it.
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sure... here is the screenshot with 7 days (above) and 30 days (bellow).
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That looks great
No more unidentified queries!
Hopefully things will stay good for some time, until an update breaks something!
Anyway, good job sorting things out.
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thanks again!
I am wondering how can I better the performance of these devices (TvBox, SmartTv) from "anycast" to "ultralow"?
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Performance is not always improved switching from anycast to ultralow.
First check by visiting https://ping.nextdns.io to see if there is any benefit (note the items in brackets after the times).
Currently with the implementation of DoT on your router, there is no way to switch from anycast to an ultralow connection. This is because the DoT string requires an IP address (know as a bootstrap IP) to be entered as well.
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I got some errors and there is a big lag when I try to open a web page on the mobile phones and computers. Here is the result from the ping: https://postimg.cc/WFmzZwLn
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Well that's not good, ultralows both out and anycast 2 out as well. That just leaves anycast 1 as your only source for DNS requests.
Running the diag tool may show up something.
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here are the results after running diag tool: https://postimg.cc/gallery/gYCrBXL
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results are here. I was waiting for 3 days to show up.
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Ah, yes. No errors shown this time but it seems anycast is twice the latency of the ultralow servers.
As I mentioned before, using your router's DoT implementation it's not possible to use anything other than anycast servers. To get an ultralow connection you would have to setup a proxy DNS server somewhere on your network (running 24/7). It doesn't have to be a dedicated server, just a computer connected and switched on all the time (DNS server software can be installed and doesn't take up much room or CPU/RAM).
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how can I do that? Is there any tutorial to setup this proxy DNS computer? Can be on a MiniPC (cwwk n355) because I am also planing to use pfSense for my home network as well?
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You could run an instance of AdGuard Home on the miniPC. Web browser interface is mostly easy to use and setup. Or alternatively the NextDNS CLI.
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so basically I should change NextDNS with AdGuard because my router does not support bash scripts and therefor I was planning to invest on some piece of hardware such as N355 to run pfSense, now combined with DNS server. Would that look like VPN or not?
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No, no, no. AdGuard Home is an entirely different product from AdGuard DNS. AdGuard Home is simply a DNS proxy that has blocking capabilities built in, you still require a DNS service to point AdGuard Home to.
A VPN would be nowhere near what you are planning. A VPN is (hmm how to describe it) well it’s like moving your connection to the internet to a different location but it’s still going through your old connection route before getting to the VPN (in other words it will only increase latency for you).
May I ask why you thought of using pfSense, what feature did you want from it?
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