Does anyone use Fortiguard DNS servers?

[jekaribne]

Does anyone use the default Fortiguard DNS of 96.45.45.45 and .46. Ive had issues recently where my 200f was unable to contact them causing my Fortiguard services to go down and affect our web filtering service among other things.

I've seen people complain about these DNS servers in the past and I'm beginning to see why.

What do people like to use instead of the default?

[asengar]

Hi @jekaribne 

Thanks for posting your query.

I can see you have issues with the FortiGuard default DNS servers, can you confirm if you also see any error as fortiguard servers not reachable.

Kindly refer the below document FYR, it will help you isolating the fortiguard reachability issue.

https://community.fortinet.com/t5/FortiGate/Troubleshooting-Tip-Unable-to-connect-to-FortiGuard-serv...

[hbac]

Hi @jekaribne,

You can use Google DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 instead. You can also disable TLS under DNS settings as it can cause issues sometimes. 

config system dns 

set protocol cleartext 

end 

Regards,