Has 2degrees/Snap's DNS Servers Changed?

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Jiriteach

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#272911 24-Jul-2020 07:06

Noticed this the other day when reviewing my FB logs.

08.07.20 14:11:18
Internet connection established successfully. IP address: XXX.XXX.XXX.XX, DNS server: 202.37.101.1 and 202.37.101.2, gateway: 111.69.7.65, broadband PoP: SNAP-65

22.07.20 10:36:25
Internet connection established successfully. IP address: XXX.XXX.XXX.XX, DNS server: 111.69.69.68 and 111.69.69.69, gateway: 111.69.7.65, broadband PoP: SNAP-65

Should we not be using ns1.snap.net.nz and ns2.snap.net.nz anymore? Reverse lookup resolves to new DNS servers to a .dynamic.snap.net.nz. Interesting.

Anyone else notice this?

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nzkc

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#2528006 24-Jul-2020 08:01

Interesting. Looks like they are in the process of changing them. My router also now has:

IPv4: 111.69.69.68 and 111.69.69.69

IPv6: 2406:e000:c07::1 and 2406:e000:c07::2

However; my Pihole still has the old addresses:

IPv4: 202.37.101.1 and 202.37.101.2

IPv6: 2406:e000::100 and 2406:e000::200

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#2528007 24-Jul-2020 08:02

I am sure @NickMack mentioned something about new DNS servers coming on line

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#2528010 24-Jul-2020 08:20

Please note Nick no longer works at 2degrees.

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#2528267 24-Jul-2020 16:11

Jiriteach:

Noticed this the other day when reviewing my FB logs.

08.07.20 14:11:18
Internet connection established successfully. IP address: XXX.XXX.XXX.XX, DNS server: 202.37.101.1 and 202.37.101.2, gateway: 111.69.7.65, broadband PoP: SNAP-65

22.07.20 10:36:25
Internet connection established successfully. IP address: XXX.XXX.XXX.XX, DNS server: 111.69.69.68 and 111.69.69.69, gateway: 111.69.7.65, broadband PoP: SNAP-65

Should we not be using ns1.snap.net.nz and ns2.snap.net.nz anymore? Reverse lookup resolves to new DNS servers to a .dynamic.snap.net.nz. Interesting.

Anyone else notice this?

Hi All

We (2degrees) have been moving our broadband customers to our new dedicated resolver servers over the last couple of weeks and hence you will be seeing new DNS servers handed out to your modems.

Thanks for pointing out the missing records, they have since been sorted out so you should see the following:

resolver01.2degrees.nz IPv4 111.69.69.69 IPv6 2406:e000:c07::1

resolver02.2degrees.nz IPv4 111.69.69.68 IPv6 2406:e000:c07::2

The new resolver servers should provide even better performance and resilience than our previous setup for customers and integrates better with our CGNAT setup used for the bulk of residential customers.

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#2528277 24-Jul-2020 16:39

@pwner Thanks for the update

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#2528284 24-Jul-2020 16:42

Awesome - Thanks @pwner

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#2529263 27-Jul-2020 09:12

pwner:

Jiriteach:

Noticed this the other day when reviewing my FB logs.

08.07.20 14:11:18
Internet connection established successfully. IP address: XXX.XXX.XXX.XX, DNS server: 202.37.101.1 and 202.37.101.2, gateway: 111.69.7.65, broadband PoP: SNAP-65

22.07.20 10:36:25
Internet connection established successfully. IP address: XXX.XXX.XXX.XX, DNS server: 111.69.69.68 and 111.69.69.69, gateway: 111.69.7.65, broadband PoP: SNAP-65

Should we not be using ns1.snap.net.nz and ns2.snap.net.nz anymore? Reverse lookup resolves to new DNS servers to a .dynamic.snap.net.nz. Interesting.

Anyone else notice this?

Hi All

We (2degrees) have been moving our broadband customers to our new dedicated resolver servers over the last couple of weeks and hence you will be seeing new DNS servers handed out to your modems.

Thanks for pointing out the missing records, they have since been sorted out so you should see the following:

resolver01.2degrees.nz IPv4 111.69.69.69 IPv6 2406:e000:c07::1

resolver02.2degrees.nz IPv4 111.69.69.68 IPv6 2406:e000:c07::2

The new resolver servers should provide even better performance and resilience than our previous setup for customers and integrates better with our CGNAT setup used for the bulk of residential customers.

The new recursive DNS servers/infrastructure shave ~4 ms off DNS requests, there are more of them located around the country which provides a faster more resilient service, It will also provides capability for new speedtest servers to be deployed which can provide for >1Gb tests for the faster speeds being offered by some fibre providers.

Nick.

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