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valerostudio
1 year agoExplorer | Level 3
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...
valerostudio
1 year agoExplorer | Level 3
I spoke with our IT Manager and he said...
"The thing is, I donât block or allow Internet access based on URL. I do block some URLâs on the email server, but this isnât a prob w/email, and I donât 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 donât think they block anything, and Dropbox still wasnât working on that connection.
Further, I started testing access to the list of URLâs, and a lot of them couldnât resolve to an IP addressâtheyâre not listed on any public DNS servers. Thatâs true even if I use Verizonâs data service on my phone."
Rich
Super User II
1 year ago
valerostudio wrote:
I started testing access to the list of URLâs, and a lot of them couldnât resolve to an IP addressâtheyâre not listed on any public DNS servers.
I only tested a few of the Dropbox domains but they are certainly listed in public DNS.
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