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Does telemetry from iOS, MacOS and Android use a different DNS server than the rest of the OS?
Been using NextDNS a month now. Very happy with the results. I'm managing to block around 50% of requests from iOS and MacOS. Linux Mint is about 5%. I'm playing with an Android phone as well to see…
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Redirecting blocked hosts to localhost by returning 0.0.0.0 instead of NXDOMAIN is not ideal
Hi. Since this doesn't seem to be a security issue*, even though both Firefox [1] and Chrome/Chromium [2] allow this to happen currently, with both NextDNS and Cloudflare's 1.1.1.…
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[Guide] NextDNS + Mullvad (WireGuard) + DOH3 on iOS / iPadOS / macOS
Introduction How to make NextDNS and Mullvad (WireGuard) work together, perfectly, is a question that has been asked hundreds of times and across many different forums.…
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Wrong block list identification.
Netspot application (www.netspotapp.com) update doesn't work because the FR list blocks cdn.netspotapp.com. However when you check the list, there is no reference to "netspotapp".…
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MacOS Ventura public beta 3 Apple profile
Hi ! Does anyone encounter the problem that the NextDNS profile is configured but is inactive and even switching it to active, the system disable it some minutes after ? NB :…
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Prefer old.reddit.com. Possible?
Hello, I prefer old.reddit.com over default Reddit. I'd like to configure things such that every time I click a link pointing to https://www.reddit.com/blahblah, my browser actually ends up at https:…
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What you think about my Privacy Blocklists setup
Hi everyone, i am currently using those lists for my DNS setup for iOS/macOS/tvOS What do you think? any suggestions? - EasyList - EasyPrivacy - oisd - 1Hosts (Lite) - NoTrack Tracker Blocklist
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NextDNS Servers Down?
Does anyone know what's going on? This keeps happening. Can't ping 45.90.28.172/45.90.30.172 or resolve against them using dig. NextDNS app on Unifi (using DoT/Doh) timing out according to the logs.
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Troubles with DNS resolving
Hello there, I have a trouble with DNS resolving on 45.90.28.78 address. Here is report - https://nextdns.io/diag/18ce6cb0-3dc0-11ed-b896-bf7307c02e9d Can you help me please?…
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NextDNS with UDM Custom Config - HELP
I am trying to set up just one VLAN on the UDM Pro to be linked up to NextDNS. I tried to install NextDNS from my Mac Terminal and its auto-configured 2 NextDNS IDs to different Mac Addresses and…
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Not sure what happen after I did to subscribe
Hello, This is Jaka (ID ff6ae5) - VPN and profiles installed Somehow, after I did subscribe to Pro plan.... my internet connection getting weird. As few site not able to open (eg. github, help.…
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Master List
I think NextDNS is perfect but there is one thing id love to see. As an I.T security guy, I have been using Hosts files since the start of the Net so I never used an Antivirus as they are all scams,…
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How to choose ads- & tracking-filters
Hello from a Swedish NextDNS-user!
It has taken some time to choose wisely among filter lists. Some of them like Energized and Lightswitch05 in all their different variations simply block way…
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Automatically disable NextDNS on certain WiFi networks
My school WiFi doesn't mix nicely with DNS servers, so it doesn't let me use the WiFi when connected to NextDNS. Of course, this can be solved by disabling NextDNS temporarily in my Settings app,…
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Reducing queries on Desktop/Laptop
I wanted to share this in-case people didn't already know. By using DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials you can stop a lot of the scripts that make DNS queries to analytics domains,…
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Typosquatting: https://test.nextdns.io blocked...
https://test.nextdns.io is blocked on Firefox 104.0 but not on Safari 15.6.1. Both browsers are obviously running on the same machine on macOS 12.5.1. I just can't explain it.
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macOS not recognizing the profile
Not sure if this is a "me" problem ;) used the profile generator and downloaded/installed the profile on a macOS12.5 MacBook Pro, but ... it kept using the DNS set up for the WiFi connection,…
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Which DNS settings has the priority ?
Hi ! I was wondering ; At my home, everything is cover by RasPi with NextDNS cli, my router/DHCP serves the clients DNS to my RasPi. If I have let's say an iPhone configured with a profile from…
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Unknown server when using "dig"
Hi, I have a RasPi hosting NextDNS cli with the IP 192.168.1.5 - LAN 192.168.1.0/24 - my DHCP serve the RasPi as DNS. When I do a dig from my MacBook using NextDNS app (VPN) because the profile…
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NextDNS blocks local hostnames
I have few VM and server on the network, using my profile, the machines using the hostname (asami or asami.local) is not responding: $ host asami host asami not found:…
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macOS: When Installing nextdns using a Configuration Profile there's no controls to connect/disconnect
Currently I do use an App Store app. And decided to use a recommended method through Configuration Profile. When I use an app I see an icon in menu bar and this config (controls) in network settings:…
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Manually blocked?
Hello everyone, I have just noticed in the logs of my devices that a request has been blocked for a cause that I have never seen before: Manually blocked.…
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Problems with the statistics chart
I realized a few days ago that after activating the logs on August 1, 2022, and clearing the old logs, there is a problem with the request graphs, it seems to be off,…
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Mullvad + NextDNS on MacOS
Hi, I've been having a difficult time getting Mullvad and NextDNS working on MacOS. I've tried clcking the "Use Custom DNS Server" option on Mullvad but the DNS always ends up not working even after…
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NextDNS successfully added to router, but my devices are still not blocking ads/content
Hi there, so I changed my DNS settings on my Orbi R50 using both IPV6 and IPv4. For some reason IPV6 was not working so I used IPV4 instead (while keeping the IPV6 settings) and that did trick.…