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kmikol42
Tutor
Mar 17, 2021

Orb RB40 MAJOR DNS Issue

My $300 dollar Orbi investemnt appears to be a waste of money after 4 months use.  All of a sudden the Router stops responding to DNS requests.  I work in the network engineering field and have over ...
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BigVar
Aspirant
Mar 18, 2021
Ever since this last Sunday I've been having nothing but headaches with DNS errors. It mostly effects my cell phones and tablets. But there are a bunch of users on Reddit with the same issue. Daylight savings or a firmware update must be the issue. I've tried everything. I need help. My email address is Bigvar215@gmail.com
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FURRYe38
Guru - Experienced User
Mar 18, 2021

Has a factory reset and setup from scratch been performed? 

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/RBR50-intermittent-DNS-lookup-issues/m-p/2071397/highlight/true#M116802

BigVar wrote:
Ever since this last Sunday I've been having nothing but headaches with DNS errors. It mostly effects my cell phones and tablets. But there are a bunch of users on Reddit with the same issue. Daylight savings or a firmware update must be the issue. I've tried everything. I need help. My email address is Bigvar215@gmail.com