DNS Notes

Connectivity Check URLS

detectportal.firefox.com
captive.apple.com
connectivitycheck.gstatic.com
www.msftconnecttest.com

My home network recently started having an interesting issue. Intermittently all apple devices would disconnect or refuse to connect to the wifi.

Once routing these domains over cloudflare DNS instead of TOR, the issue is resolved.

Resources found while investigating

https://support.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace < Cloudflare Cdn info. Add path to any enabled cloud flare URL

https://support.cloudflare.com/hc/en-us/articles/203118044-Which-Cloudflare-data-center-do-I-reach

https://1.1.1.1/help < What cloudflare DNS transport am I using?

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