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Nighthawk M1
Dear support: I am using a Nighthawk MR1100 (firmware NTG9X50C_12.05.05.14) and am having an odd problem. The mobile router will suddenly stop allowing the internet connection to devices. The ro...
Configure DNS server on your device manually, instead of MR1100, it (MR1100) will always assign itself to connected devices as DNS server regardless you are making it as AUTO or MANUAL when devices are getting IP address from MR1100. Sometimes it just stuck on MR1100 for DNS service and that is causing problem to prevent you going out as expected.
- DNS is not the problem.
He said he could not connect to a web server by its IP address: http://212.129.20.209/
DNS is used to look up IP addresses using its friendly name (such as www.google.com). But if you specify the IP address in the address bar, this bypasses DNS completely. There is no "friendly name" that needs to be converted to an IP address.
DNS is like a phone book. You can look up a person's NAME to find out their PHONE NUMBER. But if you already know the phone number, why do you need the phone book? Even if your phone book was damaged, you'd still be able to dial the phone number that you already knew.
icaruspony wrote:
DNS is not the problem.
He said he could not connect to a web server by its IP address: http://212.129.20.209/
DNS is used to look up IP addresses using its friendly name (such as www.google.com). But if you specify the IP address in the address bar, this bypasses DNS completely. There is no "friendly name" that needs to be converted to an IP address.
DNS is like a phone book. You can look up a person's NAME to find out their PHONE NUMBER. But if you already know the phone number, why do you need the phone book? Even if your phone book was damaged, you'd still be able to dial the phone number that you already knew.Yes, wan't noticed that, you are right about this.
