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ORBI RBR40 Block DNS Bypass
Would like to block direct access to external DNS servers -- requiring all users on my home network to flow DNS through the Orbi router. Found the Advanced option to block Services, and tried blocki...
I am not running it now (v2.1.4.16), but I was at the time. I set my block range equal to my DHCP scope.
P.S. This message editor is awful
I tried again. Used a narrower block range, encompassing just my DHCP scope. Still no bueno -- it blocks *all* DNS access, including requests sent to the router's IP address. I only want to block requests being sent out to the internet. But since there's nowhere to specify which *DESTINATION* IP range I want to block (or which destination IP's I don't want to block) this doesn't appear to be an option.
@Netgear: please make the service blocking smart enough not to block services that the router is providing...