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DNS Server Issues in South Africa

9 DNS servers in South Africa with detected issues. These servers respond to probes but have problems that may affect usability.

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Servers with issues

9 servers
IP ASN Organization Issue Description Reliability
129.232.182.211
AS37153 xneelo BAD_RESPONSE Returns unexpected response codes 0%
102.211.205.193
AS329166 Absolute-Hosting-PTY-LTD-AS BAD_RESPONSE Returns unexpected response codes 0%
197.189.231.58
AS37153 xneelo BAD_RESPONSE Returns unexpected response codes 0%
156.38.195.59
AS37153 xneelo BAD_RESPONSE Returns unexpected response codes 0%
156.38.236.115
AS37153 xneelo BAD_RESPONSE Returns unexpected response codes 0%
102.222.20.86
AS328723 Telasera-Technologies BAD_RESPONSE Returns unexpected response codes 0%
102.130.122.109
AS328364 Host-Africa-AS BAD_RESPONSE Returns unexpected response codes 0%
196.21.186.253
AS2018 TENET-1 BAD_RESPONSE Returns unexpected response codes 0%
84.8.137.211
AS31898 Oracle Corporation NX_HIJACK Hijacks NXDOMAIN responses — redirects failed lookups 99%

What do these issues mean?

  • REFUSED — Server is online but refuses queries from outside its network. Likely an ISP resolver that only serves its own subscribers.
  • NX_HIJACK — Server works but redirects non-existent domain lookups to its own IP, typically showing ads instead of an error.
  • SERVFAIL — Server responds but returns internal errors. May be misconfigured or overloaded.
  • NETWORK_ERROR — Connection to the server failed at the network level.
  • NO_ANSWER — Server responds to the query but provides no answer data.
  • CENSORED — Server returns different results for certain domains compared to neutral resolvers.

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