Question about WEIRD IP change after enabling proxy
Hi,
Sorry to bother,I have a question about the IPs assigned by the system after turning on the proxy.
I noticed that normally the system provides two IPs for my domain for proxy, which are basically the same as those used by domain.cdn.cloudflare.net. These worked well and could be accessed from China.
However, recently I found that when I check the A record, it now returns multiple IPs (currently 7), all starting with 104.21.x.x. Unfortunately, these IPs are much slower and most of them are blocked in China.
Interestingly, domain.cdn.cloudflare.net is still using the original two IPs, and they work perfectly from China. So I’m wondering:
• Why did the assigned IPs change?
• Is there a way to get back to the previous two IPs?
I suspect this change might be related to when I experimented with the SaaS feature. Even though I deleted all the SaaS settings afterward, the IPs didn’t revert and still remained as multiple 104.21.x.x ones.
As a temporary fix, I deleted the zone and added the domain to a new Cloudflare account. That restored the original two IPs (same as domain.cdn.cloudflare.net), and everything is working again in China. But I really want to understand what triggered the change, in case it happens again — creating new accounts every time isn’t a sustainable solution
Thank you so much for your time
Best regards,
Wei C.
Sorry to bother,I have a question about the IPs assigned by the system after turning on the proxy.
I noticed that normally the system provides two IPs for my domain for proxy, which are basically the same as those used by domain.cdn.cloudflare.net. These worked well and could be accessed from China.
However, recently I found that when I check the A record, it now returns multiple IPs (currently 7), all starting with 104.21.x.x. Unfortunately, these IPs are much slower and most of them are blocked in China.
Interestingly, domain.cdn.cloudflare.net is still using the original two IPs, and they work perfectly from China. So I’m wondering:
• Why did the assigned IPs change?
• Is there a way to get back to the previous two IPs?
I suspect this change might be related to when I experimented with the SaaS feature. Even though I deleted all the SaaS settings afterward, the IPs didn’t revert and still remained as multiple 104.21.x.x ones.
As a temporary fix, I deleted the zone and added the domain to a new Cloudflare account. That restored the original two IPs (same as domain.cdn.cloudflare.net), and everything is working again in China. But I really want to understand what triggered the change, in case it happens again — creating new accounts every time isn’t a sustainable solution
Thank you so much for your time
Best regards,
Wei C.
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