NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
FVS318N DNS drama...
This is driving me nuts... and by the looks of things, has been a problem with these firewalls for VERY long time. I have two of these things... and they both exhibit the SAME behavior. Latest fi...
Yes SamirD... I have to manually enter everything anyway. I'm on a business class connection so there is no DHCP server. Address, subnet mask, gateway and DNS servers all have to be enterred manually. I had tried the DNS proxy enabled and dissabled but niether way did the trick. I then turned up logging as high as it allowed and I could see that the firewall was claiming DNS requests were traversing correclty but since DNS uses UDP (User Datagram Protocol) which does not do any sort of acknowledge / negative acknowldge of packets (like TCP does)... there was no way to determine where the breakdown was. As it turned out... just repeated reboots of of both the cable modem and firewall finally got it working.
I have two of these devices now. Since I have 5 public IP addresses, the devices each use one of the 5 for different internal networks. Once they're up and running though they seem to be rock solid. But any reboot required (such as a firmware update) and the entire process starts all over again. Reboot the devices until they start working correctly seems to be the norm.
And BrianL: No ... there doesn't appear to be any "dropdown" at all to view the default outgoing rules. I poked around quite a bit out of curiosity, but since they're working correctly right now that's not a problem at all. :-D
I still say though... for the cost of these devices... you just can't beat them.
Ahh, this makes perfect sense. Yes, mine do exactly the same thing upon any type of reboot. It's usually 15-30 minutes before the unit is stable enough to use, but then it will be up for many months without an issue. So, it's 'normal'. As you said, bang for buck they're a good deal even with the quirks like this.
And here's my method to get back online. Reboot the modem and let is stabilize, then unplug the ethernet between the router and the cable modem, reset the router, let it stabilize a bit (test light turns off) and then plug the ethernet back into the cable modem and wait. Still takes a while (15m+), but seems to work quicker than random reboots.
Excellent idea SamirD! I'll try that the next time I need to restart and see how it goes. :-D
I needed a device that I could keep up to date, would fit into the budget... and not require an insanely expensive support contract just to keep firmware up to date against exploits and the like. These little babies fit the bill perfectly... and the lower power consumption is an added bonus.
NETGEAR Academy
Boost your skills with the Netgear Academy - Get trained, certified and stay ahead with the latest Netgear technology!
Join Us!
