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RBR50 intermittent DNS lookup issues
I have RBR50 (Firmware V2.7.2.104), with one RBS50 satellite, connected to a CM1000v2 cable modem, Comcast ISP. Starting 3/14, I sporadically get DNS lookup errors. I've tried setting DNS servers t...
I was abble to reproduce the problem with debug enabled. Log files have been set to the engineers.
riegelj wrote:I was abble to reproduce the problem with debug enabled. Log files have been set to the engineers.
thanks...that would be like the 'firmware' engineers.
Hi, all,
A long-term fix for devices that absolutely need access is to explicitly set them to use DNS other than through the router-as-relay. I.e., set the DNS on your laptop, phone, whatever to something other than 192.1.6.1.1 (as provided by the DHCP of the RBR50 router).
It is possible to set the RBR50 DHCP to provide that information, but not to ensure the configuration is persistent across reboots (it would be nice if that were a configuration option, though!)
Make that 192.168.1.1, below...
l8nc wrote:Hi, all,
A long-term fix for devices that absolutely need access is to explicitly set them to use DNS other than through the router-as-relay. I.e., set the DNS on your laptop, phone, whatever to something other than 192.1.6.1.1 (as provided by the DHCP of the RBR50 router).
It is possible to set the RBR50 DHCP to provide that information, but not to ensure the configuration is persistent across reboots (it would be nice if that were a configuration option, though!)
