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Can you use manual DNS while getting dynamic IP address from provider?
I can't seem to set the DNS address which will be used by my network. Is a manual DNS address verboten if you're getting your router's IP address via DHCP?
I never would have thought about Circles. I turned it on and never used it. Lately my ISP has had issues with their DNS servers and while I can manually modify them in Windows for the adapter, that isnt the ideal solution. So I decided to try to change it on the Orbi and same issue you had. After disabling Circles, I can manually set to google's 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
Thank you for posting a spot on solution.
I use Cloudflare's 1.1.1.1.
Cloudflare's less data hungry - more internet infrastructure minded.
I shudder to think how Google may see this a data harvesting opportunity.