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My Dropbox app doesn't connect to the internet on Windows 11
I am having the issue that I have seen reported here many time. The DropBox app (in Windows 11) will not connect to the internet. I have had our IT director look to see if our firewall is blocking th...
I quit everything I could quit without killing Windows, restarted the app and I get this
Jay
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorIt does sound like something is still preventing the Dropbox desktop application from accessing the internet.
I'd recommend checking again with the IT team to see if all these domains have been whitelisted.
I will ask IT and report back. Thank you all, I appreciate the help!
I spoke with our IT Manager and he said...
"The thing is, I don’t block or allow Internet access based on URL. I do block some URL’s on the email server, but this isn’t a prob w/email, and I don’t think any of these are on the block list anyway. I do block based on geographic location, but I also tested using a guest wifi, and I don’t think they block anything, and Dropbox still wasn’t working on that connection.
Further, I started testing access to the list of URL’s, and a lot of them couldn’t resolve to an IP address—they’re not listed on any public DNS servers. That’s true even if I use Verizon’s data service on my phone."
- Rich
Super User II
valerostudio wrote:
I started testing access to the list of URL’s, and a lot of them couldn’t resolve to an IP address—they’re not listed on any public DNS servers.
I only tested a few of the Dropbox domains but they are certainly listed in public DNS.
