Dns not working as expected

[erich.ej.best]

I have nextresearch.io that is working and is handled by [mydomain.com] and registered on Cloudflare for DNS and Attack Protection

Added monitoring.nextreseach.io and pointed this to a new address on Cloudflare for the IP address 165.227.90.188 and is coming up for a different address?

Can show you this on Desktop Sharing? Any ideas?

[domjh]

That’s because that particular record is proxied () If you want to use Cloudflare for DNS only then switch it to like the other records in your screenshot. If you want it to have the benefits from Cloudflare like your root domain then that’s expected.

Why does a DNS lookup on my domain not return the IP address I configured?

This tutorial explains why, when doing a DNS lookup on your domain, you may see IP addresses that are different to those you specified in your DNS records. What are the addresses I see? The addresses you see will likely begin 104. and/or 172. and they are Cloudflare’s IP addresses. Why do I see these addresses and not the IP that I set? If you have Cloudflare proxying your site, i.e. you have the DNS record set to , then because the record is proxied, Cloudflare’s IP will show instea…