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I cannot get to the http://www.brokenlinkcheck.com/ website anymore.
I wonder if it is a DNS problem at VZN or Verizon is blocking this site for some reason?
Thanks in advance!
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That link works here, both with and without Verizon's own DNS servers.
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Still not working for me :
C:\>ping www.brokenlinkcheck.com
Ping request could not find host www.brokenlinkcheck.com. Please check the name and try again.
C:\>ping brokenlinkcheck.com
Ping request could not find host brokenlinkcheck.com. Please check the name and try again.
C:\>nslookup www.brokenlinkcheck.com
Server: Wireless_Broadband_Router.home
Address: 192.168.3.1
*** Wireless_Broadband_Router.home can't find www.brokenlinkcheck.com: Server failed
C:\>nslookup brokenlinkcheck.com
Server: Wireless_Broadband_Router.home
Address: 192.168.3.1
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
*** Request to Wireless_Broadband_Router.home timed-out
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The problem seems to be with Verizon DNS server 71.250.0.12 (nsnwrk01.verizon.net ).
It is set the first on my FIOS router, and it says:
C:\>nslookup www.brokenlinkcheck.com 71.250.0.12
Server: nsnwrk01.verizon.net
Address: 71.250.0.12
*** nsnwrk01.verizon.net can't find www.brokenlinkcheck.com: Server failed
C:\>nslookup www.brokenlinkcheck.com 68.237.161.12
Server: nsnyny01.verizon.net
Address: 68.237.161.12
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: brokenlinkcheck.com
Address: 96.43.131.30
Aliases: www.brokenlinkcheck.com
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Several users have posted suggestions to move away from Verizon's DNS servers, suggesting Google's DNS and OpenDNS. You could try those.
Myself, I peridodically run DNSBench, freeware from Steve Gibson, to see what DNS servers look good here. I'm currently using Verizon's 151.202.0.84 and 151.202.0.85.
I noticed that your router's address is 192.168.3.1. I assume you have some reason for not using the default 192.168.1.1, but are all the other devices you're using assigned the 192.168.3.x subset?
Here's what I see if I ping brokenlinkcheck.com:
Pinging brokenlinkcheck.com [96.43.131.30] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 96.43.131.30: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=247
Reply from 96.43.131.30: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=247
Reply from 96.43.131.30: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=247
Reply from 96.43.131.30: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=247
Ping statistics for 96.43.131.30:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 51ms, Maximum = 56ms, Average = 52ms
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Thank you for checking! Yeah, I changed my network to 192.168.3.x and it was done long ago, so it's unrelated.
Do you happen to know how to make Verizon to correct the issue with nsnwrk01.verizon.net ?
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No, I have no idea how you'd get through to Verizon at a high enough level to have an error like that corrected. My guess is you can't.
If you've identified a bad DNS server, why not just remove it and replace it with one that works?
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@essex wrote:I cannot get to the http://www.brokenlinkcheck.com/ website anymore.
I wonder if it is a DNS problem at VZN or Verizon is blocking this site for some reason?Thanks in advance!
I could not get to the website yesterday but it is working today. I am using Verizon's DNS servers.