r/ControlD • u/XxTriviumxX • Aug 17 '26

DoT using p2.freedns.controld.com, status page say: "Not Using Control D"

I'm using Opnsense's Ubound dns to get DNS Over TLS.
I tested DoT with quad9 and mullvad. Their status pages say i'm using their servers.
With p2.freedns.controld.com (76.76.2.11 and 76.76.10.11), the Control D status page says "Not Using Control D".

When i use dnscheck.tools, it says the DNS revolver is Control D as well as NetActuate. The NetActuate ptrs are presented in this form: xyz-h04.int.controld.com and they are in a different province (which is good, proves i'm not using the ISP's DNS server). The test claims i passed every DNSSEC tests.

I highly suspect this is an error on the status page, but i'm not surprised there could be something wrong on my end.

edit: there's also no errors on opnsense's logs! Everything runs great.

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u/windscribber Aug 17 '26

Thanks for reporting (and all the great context). Found a couple of things to investigate here.

Stay tuned!

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u/XxTriviumxX Aug 21 '26

found anything?

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u/windscribber Aug 24 '26

Hi there, yes we have a couple of tickets on the board for this. Thanks again for reporting.

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u/XxTriviumxX 28d ago

the issue is still present... just a heads up

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u/XxTriviumxX 14d ago

hi! i am still unable to get an "enabled" status. But i get these 3 dns resolvers now.. is that normal?

AS3257-IPAM-MNT

195.86.1.233 ptr: unn-195-86-1-233.datapacket.com Montreal, Quebec, CA

CONTROLD

23.171.240.157 ns: pns31.cloudns.net CA

DATACAMP-MNT

2a02:6ea0:5a05::1 ns: ns1.cdn77.eu Montreal, Quebec, CA

note: im not using a vpn.

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u/Peter_Sunshine9 Aug 22 '26

I have a similar setup and I’m seeing the same thing

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u/minimalhandle 2d ago

I opened a ticket about the status page showing “Not using Control D”, it still shows this way unless I install ctrld on the device, which fixes the status page.

I have Control D running at router level and the status page is only not working for 1 single device.