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byebyeflyguy
Jun 10, 2024Aspirant
RBR50/RBS50 DNS over Wifi always returning IP of Access Point
Have had a mesh setup with RBR50 router and 3 RBS50 satellites working for a while. Recently tho' the two MacBooks have started having problems with DNS over Wifi. All DNS requests seem to return the...
michaelkenward
Jun 11, 2024Guru - Experienced User
byebyeflyguy wrote:
Have had a mesh setup with RBR50 router and 3 RBS50 satellites working for a while. Recently tho' the two MacBooks have started having problems with DNS over Wifi.
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byebyeflyguy
Jun 12, 2024Aspirant
Thanks, but the solution turned out to be stale access control entries. All new devices were getting blocked and so getting fake DNS returns. Had to clear out the lists of old devices and turn off access blocking at the router.