DNS lookup fails for www.brokenlinkcheck.com
essex1
Newbie

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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Re: DNS lookup fails for www.brokenlinkcheck.com
eljefe2
Master - Level 1

That link works here, both with and without Verizon's own DNS servers.

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Re: DNS lookup fails for www.brokenlinkcheck.com
essex1
Newbie

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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Re: DNS lookup fails for www.brokenlinkcheck.com
essex1
Newbie

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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Re: DNS lookup fails for www.brokenlinkcheck.com
eljefe2
Master - Level 1

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

Re: DNS lookup fails for www.brokenlinkcheck.com
essex1
Newbie

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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Re: DNS lookup fails for www.brokenlinkcheck.com
eljefe2
Master - Level 1

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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Re: DNS lookup fails for www.brokenlinkcheck.com
Telcoguru
Master - Level 1

@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.

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