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mgalgs
Aspirant
Jun 07, 2021

Some domains related to cryptocurrency mining are blocked and possibly crashing my Orbi RBK853

I've been having issues with my Orbi router blocking certain domains related to cryptocurrency mining, and possibly crashing my router. I've never been able to access getmonero.org from behind my r...
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mgalgs's avatar
mgalgs
Aspirant
Jun 07, 2021

Curious if anyone with an Orbi system can try accessing getmonero.org as a simple test since that's so reliably "blocked" for me. If you don't want to load it in a browser a simple `curl` test is fine:

❯ curl -L getmonero.org
curl: (7) Failed to connect to www.getmonero.org port 443: Connection refused

Curious to see if anyone else can reproduce this issue because some searching online for other reports has proved fruitless.

  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jun 07, 2021
    mgalgs wrote:

    Curious if anyone with an Orbi system can try accessing getmonero.org as a simple test since that's so reliably "blocked" for me.

    I have the original Orbi RBR50, and getmonero.org loads fine in web browser.

    My PC is using the Orbi to resolve DNS, and the Orbi DNS is currently set to 1.1.1.1 and 8.8.8.8

    (No Armor. No Parental Controls.)

     

  • CrimpOn's avatar
    CrimpOn
    Guru - Experienced User
    Jun 07, 2021
    mgalgs wrote:

    Curious if anyone with an Orbi system can try accessing getmonero.org as a simple test since that's so reliably "blocked" for me. If you don't want to load it in a browser a simple `curl` test is fine:

    ❯ curl -L getmonero.org
curl: (7) Failed to connect to www.getmonero.org port 443: Connection refused

     

    Curl is not the sort of thing most PC users would turn to. (Yes, it is available at least on my Windows 10 machine)

    Would you mind sharing what sort of system this is?

    • mgalgs's avatar
      mgalgs
      Aspirant
      Jun 07, 2021

      This is affecting every system on my network. I've reproduced it under Linux, Mac OS, iOS, Android, and Windows (yes I have an OS addiction problem, I know).

       

      The system that I confirmed CAN access getmonero.org after plugging directly into the modem (bypassing the Orbi) is a Manjaro Linux system.

       

      • mgalgs's avatar
        mgalgs
        Aspirant
        Jun 12, 2021

        Well shoot, thanks to help from the folks on reddit this turned out to be my DNS configuration after all. I was using a pi-hole for DNS and apparently these domains have broken DNSSEC configurations. I could have sworn I tried setting my DNS to 1.1.1.1 but I guess not...

         

        Thanks, everyone, for your input!