MQTT connection for IoT device not working
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Re: MQTT connection for IoT device not working
15-09-2018 6:25 PM
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@bobpullen, the device is now setup to use 212.159.6.9 for DNS
@chrisking, you can move it back to the router
Aaaand.... it's green.
Re: MQTT connection for IoT device not working
16-09-2018 10:51 AM
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Thanks guys. Seems we can squarely point the finger at the DNS proxying then.
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Re: MQTT connection for IoT device not working
16-09-2018 11:11 AM
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It will be interesting to know how the vendor responds.
Re: MQTT connection for IoT device not working
16-09-2018 12:35 PM
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I would imagine that almost all routers use a version of dnsmasq to provide the DNS cache/forwarding.
According to the faq here http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/FAQ
Q: Why doesn't dnsmasq support DNS queries over TCP? Don't the RFC's specify
that?
A: Update: from version 2.10, it does. There are a few limitations:
data obtained via TCP is not cached, and source-address or query-port specifications are ignored for TCP.
I can't find when v 2.10 was released but it's up to about 2.78 now
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Re: MQTT connection for IoT device not working
16-09-2018 12:41 PM - edited 16-09-2018 12:42 PM
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Good find!
Looks like it dates from 2004, so if the routers are using that, they need to update.
Edit: thanks autocorrect
Re: MQTT connection for IoT device not working
18-09-2018 3:14 PM
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Pleased to say that Monitor-IO have now pushed an update that fixes the problem.
Good job, everyone.
Chris
Re: MQTT connection for IoT device not working
24-09-2018 7:45 PM
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@monitor-io, care to share the specifics of your fix? Was it to hard code the DNS resolvers, and thus bypass the router proxy? Or have you approached things another way?
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Re: MQTT connection for IoT device not working
24-09-2018 8:35 PM
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Well, because our device is looking to validate the customer's connectivity we didn't want to always bypass whatever DNS they normally receive via DHCP from their router. So for us, the best option was to specify a set of backup public DNS servers via a "append domain-name-servers x.x.x.x, y.y.y.y;" in our dhclient.conf file. We used an "append" instead of a "prepend" so that they are only utilized if the first choice (whatever they normally get from DHCP) is unresponsive or failing - like the issue we saw in this case. We're very happy with this fix as there is no significant change to our normal functionality.
And I'd like to once again express our sincere appreciation for all your help and assistance - we couldn't have asked for more. It seems that Plusnet customers are very well served by the support they receive. Thank you...
Re: MQTT connection for IoT device not working
24-09-2018 9:02 PM
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