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OpenDNS vs DynDNS Conflict Resolved

24/1/2012

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I knew something was wacky .. but it sure took a long time to figure out just what. I use an ancient Dell computer with WinXP on my network to run the OpenDNS and DynDNS updater clients. Everything else on my system is running Linux but these programs only work under XP, so .. whine. Their job is to monitor my current IP address and send updates to OpenDNS and DynDNS for me if they ever change so that you can find me on the internet and so I can find only good stuff on my connections.

So one day the OpenDNS client started reporting a different IP address for my network than the DynDNS client did. Running http://whatismyip.com showed that the OpenDNS one was wrong and the corresponding error message linked to a short article stating that the DNS IP vs the HTTP IP were not the same and that is why my IP address was hooped. Hmm.

I ran all the virus scans and checks I could think of. No impact. Finally noticed that my DNS servers on this old WinXP computer were being set to 216.146.35.35 and 216.146.36.36. When I manually set them to those required by OpenDns 208. 67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220, I ended up with all four DNS servers listed with the unexpected 216.146.x.x ones listed as 1st and 2nd priority. Hmm.

I could see the settings by clicking Start, Run, typing CMD then ENTER and at the resulting black terminal window typing > ipconfig /all .. set my brain on stun.

Finally realized that these settings were coming from a 'feature' on the DynDNS Updater panel called 'Dyn Internet Guide' which was checked on by default. When I unchecked this feature and saved the new settings, the IP address was reported correctly on both client panels. Yay. That was easy (only a week or so of hard thinking to resolve!).
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