have been experiencing major problems with a DNS hijack situation on my Friends Verizon DSL Service (In MD).
When surfing the network I am getting unreliable connections to various Web Sites (* see example below). In verifying the IP address of these Web Sites using NSlookup, I get one IP address for all inquires including Googel.com. The problem is happening on all machines on his network including an Apple MAC. I have made many attempts to look for malware and viruses but cannot resolve the problem.
I was able to do something to prove that only when the Verizon Modem -or network- gets a DNS request I see this problem. On one of my computers I can use a VPN to my Verizon network in NJ. This network does not have this problem. After connecting a VPN to this network, I then configure my adapter to a fixed IP address. The IP and gateway are fixed to operate on the local (MD) network, However, I use the remote network for the fixed DNS address. The Local Verizon Modem does not see this as a DNS Request because it is in the VPN tunnel. Once I get the correct IP from the NJ DNS everything works fine. NSlookup gives the correct addresses and surfing sites that did not work are now working fine.
Notes:
NSlookup on all sites= 206.207.85.33 (for all Web sites)
Conditions:
Local Network?Router 192.168.1.1 DNS 192.168.1.1 (71.232.0.12?Verizon DNS MD)
Remote VPN Network -192.168.100.1 DNS 192.168.100.1 (71.250.0.12 ? Verizon DNS NJ)
Static setting in Adapter properties:
IP / Gateway/ DNS
192.168.1.12/ 192.168.1.1/ 192.168.1.1 Bad * Local Router/Modem gets request
192.168.1.12/ 192.168.1.1/ 71.252.0.12 – Bad * Local Modem/ Router gets or hijacks request
192.168.1.12 /192.168.1.1/71.250.0.12 ? Bad * Local Modem/Router gets or hijacks request or I can not use DNS Server in NJ via MD Net
192.168.1.12/192.168.1.1/192.168.100.1 – Good * Local Router does not see DNS request
If the computers were all infected with somthing than it should not work with the VPN DNS Spoof
It Looks like Verizon modem/router is Hacked?
If Verizon is hacked then they will not have a clue how to fix it (already talked to the clueless).