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stavrosg
Feb 25, 2017Star
Having seperate issues, both connectivity and DNS
So I started experiencing the connectivity problems. But sometimes I noticed netflix kept playing, while browsers, cell and youtube diconnect. When netflix is playing, I open up a command prompt,...
TheEther
Feb 25, 2017Guru
Unfortunately, there's no way to stop Netgear from advertising itself as the DNS server. You can try upvoting my suggestion to change this here.
In the meantime, you're only alternatives are to manually override the DNS settings on each devices, or to disable the DHCP server on the Netgear and deploy your own with more fine-grained control.