Getflix.com smart DNS lifetime subscription $29

I put the UK DNS into one of the TVs and it's working perfectly. Pure Telecom seem to change my IP an awful lot which is very annoying I never had that with VM I think I had the same IP for the whole year of the contract. It's €100 for a static IP with Pure, not really worth it tbh.

Anyone having issues with BBC Sounds?

Getflix working for the most part but BBC seem to have deployed extra protection on live sports on 5 live, so I'm getting the not available on this channel message during matches now

anyone using getflix dns on sky broadband?

i recently switched to sky and dns stopped working

i was told sky use transparent proxy which prevents using dns proxy server

looking for suggestions

I suppose you may have seen this already and it's not an option for you, but just in case: bypass-transparent-dns-proxy-with-a-dd-wrt-router

I’m using Getflix on Sky fibre since February with no issues to report.

dns test failure is normal unless you are running their server as the dns on device you check the website.
first thing to do is update your ip address on the dashboard. Even it is looks correct, your can fix issues with updating IP.
im using DNS on TV & VPN on Chromecast without any issues.

Did you check in the stky router settings if the router is trying to force Sky's DNS on you. I think vodafone boxes used do that and you had to manually switch the setting off.

run a direct lookup on the DNS server using dig. If you have a mac or linux device just open a terminal window. Not sure about windows, you may need to download something.

dig without specifying a DNS server (will use whatever DNS the PC is configured with whether manual or DHCP):

dig www.bbc.co.uk                

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> www.bbc.co.uk
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 51605
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 512
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.bbc.co.uk.			IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.bbc.co.uk.		899	IN	CNAME	www.bbc.co.uk.pri.bbc.co.uk.
www.bbc.co.uk.pri.bbc.co.uk. 300 IN	CNAME	bbc.map.fastly.net.
bbc.map.fastly.net.	60	IN	A	151.101.36.81  ←—- this is the correct IP for BBC

;; Query time: 49 msec
;; SERVER: 89.101.251.230#53(89.101.251.230) ←—- this is Virgin's DNS
;; WHEN: Mon Nov 04 16:01:22 GMT 2024
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 122

dig specifying DNS server (using SmartDNSProxy's Irish DNS, probably the same IP for Getflix):

dig @54.229.171.243 www.bbc.co.uk

; <<>> DiG 9.10.6 <<>> @54.229.171.243 www.bbc.co.uk
; (1 server found)
;; global options: +cmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 62562
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1

;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 1024
;; QUESTION SECTION:
;www.bbc.co.uk.			IN	A

;; ANSWER SECTION:
www.bbc.co.uk.		886	IN	A	109.176.28.23 ←—- this is the server SmartDNS is redirecting through

;; Query time: 34 msec
;; SERVER: 54.229.171.243#53(54.229.171.243)
;; WHEN: Mon Nov 04 16:01:25 GMT 2024
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 58

I don't know if you'll be able to see if Sky are proxying your DNS traffic in the "SERVER:" line - it should match the IP you've specified, but they have have some way of masking it.

Either way if you're specifically querying the Getflix DNS server and it's giving back the same answer as Sky's DNS then it's possible that Sky are monkeying around with your DNS requests.

thanks for the details..looks like server is same as ip specified. so not sure if sky are doing anything

sorry that was through getflix dns. yes i see your output is simple where as mine has a lot of hops i think.

i got the same output as my getflix when i ran it on smartdnsproxy.

Wha???? What's happened to this thread?

if i dont get sorted with dns then i have to try vpn. although its not clean as vpn apps for smartdns / getflix are for android mobile not tv or for firetv (mouse toggle issue) thanks again for the help and sorry for making it a tech support ticket than getflix deals thread

there's also a SmartDNSProxy app for the Firestick so I'd imagine there's one for Getflix as well.

@ongarite @Raoul getflix users on sky broadband, can you please check a thing for me….

is your external ip have a starting address of 51.182.x.x or 51.192.x.x

i saw on sky broadband forum some of them with these ip have region issues.

My registered IP starts with 51.186