Local Ubuntu OS updates server is faulty

BTW, my ISP is MTN, just an ordinary 20/20 LTE connection.

No loss of signal today as far as any maintenance by them goes. But we were off for LS this afternoon.

If nothing further, I'll give Indonesia a try and see what another location test does without VPN in about a week.
 
Brian_G said:
BTW, my ISP is MTN, just an ordinary 20/20 LTE connection.

No loss of signal today as far as any maintenance by them goes. But we were off for LS this afternoon.

If nothing further, I'll give Indonesia a try and see what another location test does without VPN in about a week.
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You're running a vpn? There's your problem
 
Lupus said:
You're running a vpn? There's your problem
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Go back a few posts - some of these efforts have been with the VPN turned off.

But haven't tried fully shutting it down so will try that next.....
 
..... same Ukraine result.


@Lupus , I've used Windscribe for nearly 10 years with very few issues, they know what they're doing.
 
Lupus said:
That is really odd, you're not using 8.8.8.8 for dns?
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Wouldn't even know where to check that, I've allowed Windscribe the Auto setting which then uses its Robert server. All part of their DNS controlling efforts made by their sister company Control D which a lot of guys on here swear by.
 
Try using 1.1.1.1 as your DNS server without the VPN when you fiddle again.

Something somewhere is on some hard drugs.

Can’t trust ISP’s to get anything right any more.
 
Brian_G said:
Wouldn't even know where to check that, I've allowed Windscribe the Auto setting which then uses its Robert server. All part of their DNS controlling efforts made by their sister company Control D which a lot of guys on here swear by.
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/etc/resolv.conf
Or front end, better to give link then type it all myself on a phone
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Any chance at some point you put a ControlD or Windscribe DNS server directly on your router?

Because that would mean you are still using it even when not connected to the VPN and would still be the source of the problem.

nmcli device show <interfacename> | grep IP4.DNS

Will give you the output from a terminal. Should be eno0 for Ethernet. Bit more complicated on WiFi, probably wlp2s0

Actually just do

nmcli device show | grep IP4.DNS

Will output all configured DNS servers.

@Lupus is right for most other flavours of Linux but /etc/resolv.conf hasn’t been used on Ubuntu for a long while.
 
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SauRoNZA said:
Any chance at some point you put a ControlD or Windscribe DNS server directly on your router?

Because that would mean you are still using it even when not connected to the VPN and would still be the source of the problem.
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No, we haven't had a need for that, it's setup on individual PC's / laptops only. I control its use fully here, so nothing missed.

SauRoNZA said:
But as Lupus said if you do “cat /etc/resolv.conf” in a terminal window you’ll see the existed configuration.

Well depending on the version of Ubuntu I think, it also lives in some new network manager config on some systems.
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Same nameserver result with or without the VPN :unsure:

DNS with VPN.png


Your edit:

SauRoNZA said:
nmcli device show <interfacename> | grep IP4.DNS

Will give you the output from a terminal. Should be eth0 or wlan0 if on WiFi for interface name.
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What do I put for "interfacename"? Or should I copy the syntax exactly?
 
SauRoNZA said:
Any chance at some point you put a ControlD or Windscribe DNS server directly on your router?

Because that would mean you are still using it even when not connected to the VPN and would still be the source of the problem.

nmcli device show | grep IP4.DNS

Will give you the output from a terminal. Should be eno0 for Ethernet. Bit more complicated on WiFi, probably wlp2s0

Actually just do

nmcli device show | grep IP4.DNS

Will output all configured DNS servers.

@Lupus is right for most other flavours of Linux but /etc/resolv.conf hasn’t been used on Ubuntu for a long while.
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Are you sure? Where is it now?
 
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Brian_G said:
No, we haven't had a need for that, it's setup on individual PC's / laptops only. I control its use fully here, so nothing missed.



Same nameserver result with or without the VPN :unsure:

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Your edit:



What do I put for "interfacename"? Or should I copy the syntax exactly?
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Ip addr to get the interface name
 
Brian_G said:
No, we haven't had a need for that, it's setup on individual PC's / laptops only. I control its use fully here, so nothing missed.



Same nameserver result with or without the VPN :unsure:

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Your edit:



What do I put for "interfacename"? Or should I copy the syntax exactly?
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Edited my previous post to make it easier for you.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Okay it just points to your router for DNS.

So would need to check on there what you’ve configured for the upstream DNS.
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SauRoNZA said:
If nothing specially configured on the router it’s just the default ISP one.
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Yep, seems to be the case. This is the first router I've had that was totally pre-configured and I haven't fiddled with.
 
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