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br200 DHCP DNS server configuration
Dear community, I have a BR200 with firmware 5.10.0.5. I have succesfully setup multiple vlan's and corresponding DHCP services it is all working nicely. However, the iPhone complain that the...
Thank you for your answer, although I was hoping for a solution. But situation is as it is unfortunately
however, something does make me wonder. If I manually configure the 9.9.9.9 as the dns service, my iPhone stops complaining. Why does this work?
and secondly, how can i configure any dhcp attributes in the br200? Or can I better use a different dhcp service?
Haaino wrote:
If I manually configure the 9.9.9.9 as the dns service, my iPhone stops complaining. Why does this work?
Because of DNSSec is an extension of the DNS protocol. While the DNSSec extensions are available on .9, the DNS resolver/relay on the Netgear routers (and many more) does not handle these.
For my curiosity, would you mind to share a screenshot of the iPhone complaint?
Overall, it's still not the world's greatest idea to send your own DNS queries to a business where most don't know anything about it. This is becoming more crucial when you think about DNS with DoH or DoT - the US NSA and CISA before published do's and don'ts for Adopting Encrypted DNS in Enterprise Environments (PDF) - most applies to DoG, too. DoH and DoT can impede analysis and monitoring of DNS traffic for cybersecurity purposes, DoH and DoT can be used to bypass parental controls which operate at the standard plain text DNS level, ...
Not everything Apple does suggest - lie the crazy random MAC address (they promote it as "Private Wi-Fi Address") - does make sense in an enterprise, business, small business and even at home.
Haaino wrote:
how can i configure any dhcp attributes in the br200? Or can I better use a different dhcp service?
Unfortunately, Netgear left out plenty of features on the BR500/BR200 specs.
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