[FIXED] How to get access to blocked domains from a vps? (Monero mining pool URL)

Issue

Mining pools supportxmr.com and minexmr.com are blocked by providers like vultr.com

miner@vultr_vps:~# ping pool.minexmr.com
ping: unknown host pool.minexmr.com

Hard coding IP addresses isn't possible, because multiple mining servers are setup with a round robin DNS behind the domain.

Any idea how I can access the pool anyway?

Solution

I solved this same issue today on Vultr. It's just a matter of not using their DNS servers (the example below uses the free DNS service offered by Google).

On Ubuntu 18.04 all you gotta do is open your DNS config for editing:

sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf

Then delete the entire contents of the file, and replace with:

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4.

Cheers :)

Answered By - Sam Rahimi

Answer Checked By - Katrina (PHPFixing Volunteer)