communications error to 192.168.3.1#53: timed out

[olluz]

Hi there,

what am I doing wrong if I get this error sporadically:

host 217.160.0.94
;; communications error to 192.168.3.1#53: timed out
94.0.160.217.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer 217-160-0-94.elastic-ssl.ui-r.com.

I've read somewhere that it might be related to IPv6 being enabled.

With host -4 217.160.0.94 I haven't encountered the timeout so far.

Any idea how to solve this without disabled IPv6? Or rather what did I do wrong to encounter the error in the first place?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[patient0]

Since the error is sporadic, it's quite hard to know. But check the DNS resolver logs on OPNsense for a exact time you had the error.

I wouldn't think it has anything to do with IPv6 since the error is ";; communications error to 192.168.3.1#53: timed out" which shows that your machine was querying using IPv4.

Do you get a result back despite the error?

And what are you using as a DNS resolver on OPNsense? And the OPNsense has got the IP 192.168.3.1?